What are the good places to eat in Tianjin

Every place has its own special food, and local food is something that other places cannot learn to make even if they want to. Because some things that are passed down from tradition are the most delicious. Tianjin also has its own local specialty food. I believe everyone has heard of Tianjin’s Goubuli steamed buns. This delicacy has been passed down since ancient times. Other places have learned it for many years, but have not been able to make it. Let’s take a look at what other delicious places there are in Tianjin.

1. Goubuli steamed buns

Goubuli steamed buns were first created during the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty and are one of the “Three Wonders of Tianjin”. It not only uses fine ingredients and tastes good, but the workmanship also requires the pleats to be even. Each bun has 18 pleats, and friends who come to taste it can count them. In addition to the traditional pork buns and three-fresh buns, there are now six major series, including seafood buns, wild vegetable buns, and whole crab buns, with more than 100 varieties.

2. Shibajie Mahua

Guifaxiang Shibajie Mahua is also a specialty of Tianjin. It is not only crispy but not hard, and has a moderate sweetness, but is also fried thoroughly, has no moisture, and does not contain preservatives. It can be stored for three months in spring and autumn. It can be stored for two months in the hot and humid summer without losing its flavor, becoming soft or spoiling. The small packages of Shibajie Mahua are available in various flavors, including assorted, pepper and salt, and hawthorn.

3. Ripe pear cake

Also called bowl cake, it actually has nothing to do with pears. It is a very traditional folk snack in Tianjin. It also has a formal scientific name called "zeng'ergao". "Zeng" (pronounced the same as "zeng") is an ancient cooking utensil with many small holes at the bottom. Steam can pass through these holes to cook the food in the container. When making it, first put the rice flour ground into a wooden steamer, use the steam from the steamer to steam the rice flour, and then put various jams on it. The taste is average, but children like it and it’s also a good choice for those who are trying it for the first time.

4. Sticking the cake

Fish stewed with buns is a delicacy popular among the people of Tianjin. The characteristics of the cornmeal cake are golden color and crispy bottom. The small fish is fresh and fragrant, and the fish bones are soft and crispy. "Tiebobo stewed with small fish" is an authentic Tianjin snack, but it is also a very common home-cooked meal. Tianjin is located at the lower end of the Nine Rivers, with Baiyangdian Lake above and Bohai Bay below. It is low-lying and water-rich, and aquatic products are very rich. Fish and shrimp are available all year round, and Tianjin people have developed a habit of loving to eat fish. Corn is also abundant in the north, and cornmeal cakes are the staple food of the family.

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Bengdou is the most famous store in Tianjin that specializes in making and selling various beans, dried goods, and snacks. The founder, Zhang Decai, lived during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty. He made many varieties of beans, including paste-skinned fragrant beans, peeled and stuffed beans, osmanthus crispy beans, pea yellow, three-bean jelly, rock sugar cream beans, rock sugar strange-flavored beans, children's pearl beans, peeled spicy beans, etc. They are crispy but not hard, and leave a lingering fragrance in the mouth.