The May Day "small long holiday" is coming, the "May Fifth Shopping Festival" is coming, and it is the time of the annual "buy, buy, buy" and "chop". "Chopping hands" should also pay attention to cost performance, eat tired of the tall restaurants in the city, and occasionally change the fresh taste of the countryside, which is also a lot of fun.
What to eat in the suburbs? Where to eat? Xiaobian has been running around the countryside of Shanghai for many years, and has accumulated a wave of "treasure shops" in the suburbs of Shanghai, and this time chooses 7 of them and recommends them to everyone.
These "treasure shops" have several features:
First, since it is a "treasure", of course, it is difficult to find, and not many people know. Most of these stores are "hidden in the deep boudoir", you probably have not seen anyone recommend these stores in other places, and you have these treasures on hand (hey hey, brag about it).
Second, the things in the store are indeed good, and the customer return rate and word of mouth in these stores are extremely high, but the previous circle of communication is not large. How good is it? In order to write this article, Xiaobian went to find some regular customers in the store to understand the situation, and some familiar customers even jokingly refused: "Don't write!" Everyone knows it after writing it, and it feels like my treasure has been taken away. Mulberry heart..."
Third, "Treasure Shop", like "Treasure Boy" and "Treasure Girl", comes with the potential of Internet celebrities, at least in one aspect has a very prominent potential. Some shop environments can be described as shabby (shabby, dilapidated), but there are still people who drive hundreds of kilometers to buy things; some shops do a fight with star daddy, but the price is several times cheaper; some stores have been open for more than 40 years, red for more than 40 years, debut is the peak, and has been at the peak...
Without further ado, let's get into the main text!
The first treasure shop: Hexi Farm
Store address: Jinshan District Zhujing Town Da Mang Village Construction 13 Group No. 4239
Treasure: Momotaro tomato
Treasure Introduction:
Hexi Farm is located in Dameng Village, Zhujing Town, Jinshan District. At present, the "Momotaro" tomato in the base ushered in a bumper harvest, according to the size of the fruit for sale, the big fruit such as the size of the face plate, the price per kilogram is 15 yuan; the price of small fruits will be much closer to the people, the price per kilogram is 10 yuan.
"Momotaro" is a high-quality variety imported and promoted by Shanghai Jinshan from abroad. In 2014, because he was optimistic about this variety, Wei Liang, the owner of Hexi Farm, resolutely resigned and went to the countryside to plant in the field. Because this variety likes heat and is afraid of cold, easy to infect mold, he has gone through many detours, in recent years, through the use of green planting technology, artificial insect control and disease prevention and other fine cultivation methods, the annual output and quality have increased year by year. In order to ensure the best taste, Momotaro tomatoes are still picked and packed when they are seven or eight ripe and slightly green, and transported to customers, which can be stored for 7 days, and the best taste when they are turned pink.
In the past two years, Hexi's "Momotaro" tomato has twice been awarded the "Most Popular Citizen Award" in the city's tasting.
Xiaobian Exploring:
Tomatoes, available all year round, are available everywhere in supermarkets, and can they be called "treasures"? Don't be discouraged, this tomato is the ability to give you a thumbs up.
The tomatoes of Hexi Farm have recently been a bit "Luoyang paper expensive", and many locals are proud to eat his tomatoes, and they have ordered newly picked tomatoes to give to friends in the city to taste, so the base is even too late to pick.
Xiaobian has eaten this tomato. This kind of tomato called "Momotaro" is eaten raw, sweet and slightly sour, and the sand is sticky, so that people want to eat it, which is exactly the taste of childhood; used to scramble eggs, how juicy and thick, fresh and fragrant rice. What is even more peculiar is that when this tomato is just picked, it is not a seductive red, but a "green fat man" and a "pink fat man", but it is not green and astringent to eat, juicy and delicious, and it is completely "mature" taste.
In the greenhouse, several workers are busy picking, and a string of "green fat people" and "pink fat people" are arranged in pairs, which are cute. It is reported that after the "80s" farmer Wei Liang planted the "Momotaro" variety for nearly 7 years, this year's greenhouse output of 2000-3000 kg, the harvest period from April to June. "This year it was properly managed, the quality and taste were very good." Saying, Wei Liang plucked a tomato from the vine and broke it open, only to see that it was full of sand, and the green seeds in the tomato flowed out with the juice, which made the people's tongues grow...
The second treasure shop: Aunt Shen Begonia Cake & Zhi's Begonia Cake
Shop address: Jinshanzui Fishing Village Old Street bridge is not far away (really can't find it, ask the locals, they all know); No. 85, Zhifu Road, Caojing Town, Jinshan District
Treasure: Begonia cake
In the past two years, the popularity of Jinshanzui Fishing Village has become more and more prosperous, and the crowded streets on weekends have become the norm, and the homestays, seafood shops, small bars, snack bars and other formats have become more and more prosperous. Citizens and tourists must "punch in" here to buy and taste, that is, the begonia cake of Aunt Shen's house at the bridgehead of the old street. Every holiday, there is always a long queue in front of Aunt Shen's shop, and at the peak, citizens and tourists have to queue for an hour or two if they want to eat her begonia cake or oil mound.
In the eyes of the locals in Jinshan, there is another begonia cake that is highly respected, known as "the best begonia cake in Shanghai". It is said that the Zhi's begonia cake in Caojing Town has been sold for more than half a century, and many people will "touch" there to buy dozens of them and bring them back to their relatives and friends to taste.
In the past two years, several new shops selling the same snacks have been opened on the old streets of the fishing village, but many old diners still insist that Aunt Shen's house is "the most authentic". Her begonia cake has a unique taste, delicate bean paste, and moderate sweetness, and many people often drive to buy it.
Xiaobian recently went once. Shen Guirong, an aunt of "internet celebrities", told Xiaobian that in previous years, she closed the stall at 4 p.m. every day, but this year, her stall collection time was postponed to 8:30 p.m., and on weekends, she could not collect the stall until 10 p.m. "As the barber in the village, my husband and I used to help the villagers get haircuts; now, we no longer have time to help people get haircuts, and the long queue in front of the begonia cake stall has become the norm, and it is too late to do it!"
As for Zhi's begonia cake, Xiaobian said that a record is enough: during the shopping festival last year, this store was voted by the majority of netizens and diners to become an "Internet celebrity", and a girl rushed over to buy 110 begonia cakes in one go. Not convinced?
The third treasure store: Huizhan Fruit Wholesale Market
Store address: Fengxian District Jinhui Town Yongnan Road No. 1678
Treasure: Imported fruit
Many small partners on the Internet said that this is the largest imported fruit distribution center in Shanghai. In the Huizhan imported fruit wholesale market, there are dozens of independent imported fruit stores, which look similar to the size of the Longwu fruit wholesale market, at least the largest fruit market in Punan.
Most of the stores here sell imported fruits, such as American black label sunkishi orange, Thai KFRESH coconut green, Australian sweet earth green tip, Japanese ice cream watermelon and so on. Even if it is not imported, it is selected from the best place of origin in the country. For example, Taiwan's Qianlishan mango, Maogu mandarin, Tianmu Lake's watermelon, Xinjiang's goat milk apple and so on.
The goods in each of the stores here look very complete. Xiaobian casually asked one of the stores, mainly imported Southeast Asian fruits, can meet the unattainable durian industry "Hermès" black thorn durian is also often arriving, durian lovers can feast on the food.
Xiaobian found that the fruit varieties and prices of each store are slightly different, which mainly depends on the boss's supply and sales strategy. For example, in the first two months of the more common cherries on the market, some stores can sell at least a box of 120 yuan, it is recommended to shop around before purchasing.
Buy more and you can also "knife" with the shopkeeper. Shopkeepers are usually nice, and it's not impossible to send you one or two new fruits to try.
The fourth treasure store: Bagel Food Factory Factory Store
Shop address: Sanlu Highway No. 3585, Building 5, 1st floor
Treasures: bread and snacks
This is a factory outlet store in the front and back factory, opened in an industrial park. The store façade is not large, but there are many customers, and often people rely on asking for directions to the store to "buy" a lot of snacks in one go. Bagel Foods mainly produces frozen series products, and it is also a supplier of KFC, Starbucks, FamilyMart and IKEA. There are a variety of delicious snacks in the shop
Xiaobian recently loves to eat Star Daddy's breakfast, especially the ham cheese Kesong, Bacon Cheese Egg Burger and other baking products with Kesong as the bread base, which feel very crisp and caramelized. The price is also reasonable, a dozen or twenty dollars a piece, can be used as a breakfast.
Until a small friend who lives in Pujiang Town, Minhang District, dismissively told me that this thing can be bought for four for 10 yuan at their place, and the taste is not bad. And such a good thing? Asked the small partner to ask for the address, with the attitude of doubting the letter, Xiaobian decided to go to find out.
The bread and snack products in this shop are frozen in the freezer, sold in packs, and there are seven or eight different varieties for sale every day, and the production date is the same day, because it is frozen in the freezer, and the shelf life is 6 months. It is more suitable to buy back to freeze at home, and thaw as you eat.
For example, chestnut mud can be sung, four a pack of 10 yuan, sea salt cheesecake four a pack of 20 yuan, salted egg yolk cheesecake, a pack of six, sell for 20 yuan. Xiaobian spent a total of 65 yuan and bought more than twenty small breads and small cakes, which was unbelievable.
After returning home, I first tasted salad kosan and salted egg yolk cheesecake. Ke Song really did not lose the star father at all, into the oven to re-bake for ten minutes, the whole Can Song returned to fluffy state, butter aroma overflowing, crispy skin. Salted egg yolk cheesecake is even more delicious! The cake embryo has the taste of a childhood birthday cake, the upper cheese melts in the mouth, and the salted egg yolk is so strong that it explodes!
The fifth treasure shop: Adrin Cage
Shop address: Songjiang District Rongle Middle Road No. 216
Treasure: Small dumplings
Adrin's little cage is a small roadside shop, with a shop sign with yellow characters on a gray background, the façade is only more than three meters wide, and there are three small tables in it, which are unremarkable in a row of restaurants. But it is very famous, and the golden sign of the fresh meat cage is famous far and wide. In addition to queuing up early in the morning to buy, local residents are also the first choice when guests come to the house and want to taste local snacks. Selling early roadside shops in this way, there is no way to talk about the environment and service, mainly in the taste.
Among the same kind of goods, Adrin Xiaolong is expensive, and a drawer of small dumplings sells for 24 yuan, which is twice that of Songjiang peers. But there is no shortage of customers here, and every morning, the customers of the Adrin cage have to queue up in long lines.
To put on a drawer of small steamed buns that have just been taken from the steamer, the heat on the bun is visible to the naked eye. There are 12 small steamed buns in a drawer, small and delicate, looking very tight, even if you bite the outer skin carefully, you will bite off the meat filling inside, which is almost blown.
According to the process of eating soup buns, Xiaobian sucked a small bite of the soup in the buns. In the mouth, carbohydrates (dough) and meat fillings undergo a perfect chemical reaction under the action of enzymes, and the delicious taste hits the taste buds. Finally, the small steamed bun with a broken mouth and a reddish meat filling is dipped in some vinegar and sent to the mouth, the taste is very different from before, and the grainy meat filling is both sweet and chewy under the action of vinegar.
There is also a way to eat, is to dip the small dumplings with a little vinegar, then put them in the mouth and chew them slowly, there is a kind of pulping pleasure, and the unique fresh flavor of high-grade meat overflows the mouth and nose. Due to the small size of Adrin's dumplings, even if a lady uses this way of eating, she will not eat badly
The meat quality is good, and it is the basis for the delicious and not greasy of the Adrin cage. In order to make a good job of small dumplings, the shop advocates that Derin keep going to sleep every night between 8 and 9 o'clock every night, preparing ingredients at 2 a.m. and pairing them with stuffed buns. There is a lot of emphasis on this, such as the fat and lean ratio of meat filling must be matched to the best degree, which is related to whether the meat filling can eat the layering. It's hard to describe clearly, but if you have the chance, you can still eat it yourself
(Photos of our store are photo by Li Chengdong)
The sixth treasure shop: Ye Deok Hyun Wonton Shop
Shop address: Chongming District Xianghua Town Xiangmin Road No. 211
Treasure: Pure meat stuffed ravioli
There is a Ye Dexian wonton shop in Xianghua Town, Chongming District, which is only pure meat, and it is said that the boss personally purchased pork hind leg meat and took it back to the shop to let the masters chop it into minced meat with a knife. This filling, made in the most primitive way, is more slippery and refreshing than that of the meat grinder.
The ravioli skin in the shop is also particularly distinctive, and it is yellow when cooked, but it is very biting. Wontons can be mixed with soup or dry sauce, and the taste is different. The wontons cooked on the clay stove feel so fragrant that you can't wait to get a bowl.
"This wonton shop has been open for more than 40 years and has been on fire for more than 40 years"; "The store uses 150 pounds of wonton skins a day"; "Eating the wontons in this shop, someone slaps you and you don't put chopsticks"; "Some old foodies in Qidong will come to eat wontons"... With these "urban legends", Xiaobian recently visited this wonton shop on the ground curiously.
The store façade is very inconspicuous, hidden under the old residents of Xianghua Town, if there is no acquaintance to guide the way, you may pass by 100 times and will not notice. The store is not large, and the front hall has four square tables, which can accommodate more than ten people.
The kitchen uses a Chongming clay stove, and a large cauldron is constantly busy, and the wontons are rolling inside. The aunt who wrapped the ravioli simply opened and hung, a touch of meat, a roll of skin, the wonton came out, and in a few seconds, the camera was difficult to capture.
If you prefer a light one, just ask for a bowl of wontons with soup. The spring onion flowers float in the clear soup, making countless gourmets addicted. Those with heavier flavors can be eaten dry mix, and soy sauce and vinegar can be added, which is very attractive just by looking at the color. The wonton filling here is very tender, delicious soup fresh, after Xiaobian has eaten, you can understand why many people run for most of the day to eat. It's really fresh!
When Xiaobian was tasting, an old gourmet on the side told Xiaobian that the secret of the delicious wontons in this store is that the boss will personally remove the meat tendons in the meat he bought every day, so that every bite of the wonton filling is refreshing and will not plug the teeth. What a craftsman...
The seventh treasure store: Zhao family tofu dried food store department
Store address: Near 282 Jinxi Road, Qingpu District (East of intersection of Huqingping Highway and Jinxi Road, next to Shunfa Supermarket)
Treasure: Dried tofu
Dried tofu made at the Zhao family tofu shop is a traditional kanazawa specialty that originated in 1894 and has a history of more than 100 years. Zhao family dried tofu is also known as "Zhao Jia Xiang Dried", because of its unique process and formula, so that the Zhao family tofu dried color is elegant, the taste is fresh and flexible, won the favor of consumers, is a well-known in Suzhou, Zhejiang and Shanghai area of a workshop-style traditional specialty food. The exquisite production skills of ZhaoJia Tofu Shop once attracted many peers to exchange and learn, and the skills spread throughout Zhouzhuang, Xitang, Luxu, Fengjing and other water towns.
The "treasure degree" of this store should be said to be the highest among the 7 stores recommended today. The store environment is exactly the same as the supply and marketing cooperatives of decades ago, and you can faintly feel it from the name of the store with a sense of age like "Store Department". The shop is next to a pier and is very secluded and easy to miss if you are not careful.
The small white dried and dried tea in the shop are really awesome! It's exactly the smell of the neighbor's tofu shop brought by relatives in the countryside when I was a child. The small white dried dehydration forms a slight tenacity, the taste is a simple salty and fresh taste, and it can be very satisfying to eat empty mouth; the dried tea is full of bean flavor and bites very thick. If you cook, stir-fry wild vegetables, mix parsley, shredded, minced, stewed soup can be, the salty and flexible taste, chewy taste, can make you taste endlessly.
The online review of this shop is very interesting. For example, some people say that "the store environment says that shabby is polite, but there is really nothing to say, and it is not worth it for me to drive 100 kilometers to buy"; some people say that "I went out to buy it on weekends, and after eating it for my family, the family praised me, saying that I felt the feeling of childhood, I blushed, and I felt that the red scarf on my chest was more colorful." Such a treasure shop, don't you want to experience a handful?
Well, 7 stores are recommended, everyone has time to go shopping during May Day, welcome to tell the editor about the experience of exploring the store. If you have information about other "treasure shops" in the suburbs of Shanghai, you are also welcome to leave a message and share it with you
(Author: Mao Guanjun Huang Yongdi Du Chenwei Li Chengdong)
Source: Author: Shangguan District