It only takes a short 40-minute drive from bustling Hangzhou to a place that has been praised as "No.1 Town" by the global food list.
It's not only home to mouth-watering local food, but also a unique cultural charm and a name that most people mispronounce – 嶊 (shèng).
This ancient city in the south of the Yangtze River, with its unique food culture, with a dazzling array of snacks and sumptuous table feasts, declares to the world that "the world is worth it, and the food is unbounded".
Impression of Shengzhou: The heritage and charm of the city of food
Shengzhou, a place name with a unique shape and long pronunciation, often makes people who come into contact with it for the first time feel unfamiliar.
However, once you set foot on this land, you will immediately be captivated by its gastronomic aromas.
Shengzhou, not only the "hometown of Yue Opera", but also the "food paradise", with a low-key and firm attitude, guarding and inheriting the thousand-year-old food culture, with a tongue-in-cheek art, telling the beauty and simplicity of life.
Shengzhou Cuisine: A Journey of Taste Buds Intertwined with Flavors
✅ Xiao Long Bao: The starting point of the taste legend
The journey often begins with the most iconic tapas. Shengzhou xiaolongbao, an iconic delicacy known as the "No.1 small city in the world's cuisine", has long been famous.
Different from the common minced meat-based buns, Shengzhou xiaolongbao uses tofu as the main ingredient, and is paired with carefully prepared minced meat and chives, which achieves a unique deliciousness.
Gently bite through the thin dough like cicada wings, the steaming soup instantly gushes out, and the mouth is full of the tenderness of tofu and the aroma of meat, accompanied by vinegar and chili sauce, sour and spicy and fragrant, awakening every sleeping taste bud cell.
✅ Pressed noodles: The nostalgic taste of the precipitation of the years is a frequent guest on the table of Shengzhou people, and it is also the nostalgia in the hearts of wanderers.
This seemingly ordinary noodle dish is actually the embodiment of the craftsmanship that has been passed down from generation to generation.
The selection of high-quality rice ground into powder, refined through multiple processes, its taste is tough but not hard, dry but not broken, whether it is boiled or fried, can maintain its unique smoothness.
A steaming bowl of squeezed noodles, accompanied by seasonal vegetables, eggs, shredded meat, or added with local characteristics of bad meat and pickled vegetables, instantly turns into a bowl of homely warmth and local flavor.
✅ Fried rice cakes: Taste memories through thousands of years Shengzhou fried rice cakes originated from the ancient food of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and still maintain that simple taste.
Selected local rice cake slices, stir-fried, danced with shredded pork, bamboo shoots, black fungus, carrots and other ingredients, and finally drizzled with delicious soup to form a delicious dish that is both chewy and soft and glutinous.
Every bite seems to interpret the echo of history on the tip of the tongue, allowing people to experience the precipitation of thousand-year-old culture in taste.
✅ Streets and alleys: a taste carnival of 100 kinds of snacksIn Shengzhou, the charm of food is not limited to a few signature dishes.
Strolling through Shixin Street, Fuhao Road, Yuexiu Road and other food concentration places is like stepping into a carnival of taste.
Xinchang steamed soup dumplings, Chongren rice cake dumplings, hand-kneaded ice powder, wine-stuffed taro balls ice powder, pot potatoes, Quzhou cuisine Fengbo Villa, Liu Yishou pickled cabbage fish, Lao Ma iron pot stewed noodles, green leaf barbecue, taro pole ...... These dazzling snacks are like a vivid food picture, laid out in front of your eyes.
With only 100 yuan per capita, you can eat for three days in a row and immerse yourself in the ocean of Shengzhou snacks.
Behind the Food: People and Life
Shengzhou cuisine is not only a taste bud enjoyment, but also a carrier of local culture.
The melodious melody of Yue Opera flows through the air, intertwined with the aroma of food in the streets and alleys, forming a unique urban rhythm.
And those delicacies with auspicious meanings, such as the squeezed noodles necessary for the daughter's marriage, or the Chongren stewed duck for entertaining VIPs, all reflect the love of life and respect for tradition of the people of Shengzhou. Shengzhou, a once-misunderstood food city, weaves a double feast of taste and culture for every visitor with its profound cultural heritage, rich food variety and affordable prices.
Starting from Hangzhou, in just 40 minutes, you can start a food journey through time and space, and feel the charm and temperature of Shengzhou cuisine.
The next time you hear the name "Shengzhou", what may come to mind is no longer just the unfamiliar pronunciation, but the fragrant tofu buns, mellow noodle soup, delicious fried rice cakes, and those tempting snacks in the streets and alleys.
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