Fried steamed bread
This is a snack, born and raised in Shanghai. It has a history of one hundred years. It is made of semi-fermented flour and cooked in a pot. In the process of frying, cold water is sprinkled several times to make a sizzling sound. Dip a little juice when eating, it tastes great. Many restaurants around Yuyuan Garden have this snack.
Nanxiang steamed buns
Nanxiang steamed buns, a famous traditional food in Shanghai, is the most famous. Nanxiang town steamed buns are the most famous, with exquisite appearance and thin skin and many fillings. They are used to steam cooked food in special bamboo cages, so they are called steamed buns. There are two Nanxiang steamed buns in Shanghai, one near Yuyuan Garden and the other in Lushan, Tibet. If tourists visit Yu Garden, they might as well try authentic steamed buns.
Sam Sun Xiao wonton
Shanghainese know the size of wonton very well. The wonton here is different from that in Wuxi. The stuffing is not a mixture of meat and mustard tuber, only meat, and the flavor is all in wonton soup.
Songjiang perch
Songjiang perch, a specialty of Songjiang, has a history of thousands of years. It was a very famous food in Wei and Jin Dynasties, and it was produced in Songjiang. The perch here is very strange. Perch in other parts of the world have two gills. Only this Songjiang perch has four gills, and perch can be made into perch soup, which is known as "Southeast Delicious".
Bean curd soup noodles
Shanghainese usually like to eat dry and wet noodles, so this kind of wet tofu noodle soup is a snack handed down from Shanghainese. Although it looks clear and moist, it goes best with fried food.
Chenghuangmiao pear candy
It is said that the Town God Temple has a history of 1300 years. An owner of the Chenghuang Temple in Shanghai, 1, opened a candy store thousands of years ago. Due to good management and delicious candy, business has been booming and continues to this day. There are two kinds of fruit paste sugar: pear paste sugar and colored pear paste sugar, both of which have the effects of relieving cough and asthma, promoting fluid production and appetizing. The main raw materials are almonds, platycodon grandiflorum, poria cocos, winter flowers and other nearly 10 kinds of materials, and many people admire it and buy it at Chenghuang Temple.
Ribs rice cake
A very economical and delicious snack, which has a history of more than 50 years in Shanghai, is also the favorite snack with unique flavor of Shanghai residents. Well-made, crispy surface, fresh and tender meat, slightly sweet and spicy at the entrance.
Laojie sweet glutinous dumplings
People often eat jiaozi in the old street. Jiaozi in Shanghai Old Street has four flavors: red bean paste, sesame, fresh meat and jujube paste. Take a bite and get a bag of soup. While shouting hot, pick up the soup with your mouth. Soft jiaozi is wrapped in fresh juice. Every year, there are many customers of Laojie Tangyuan, and everyone is waiting in line for jiaozi to cook.