Travellers to Tianjin should not forget to include a visit to Nanshi Food Street in their itinerary. This site is an ancient compound which as its name indicates, is devoted to gastronomy. Here you will find over 100 restaurants serving up a bewildering number of local and foreign dishes.
Situated in Nanshi, one of the busiest parts of the downtown quarter of the city the Food Street locality may be considered to be an attraction in itself with its attractive buildings, both old and new. The street resembles a medieval walled city with its enclosed areas and traditional buildings, many of which are roofed with glazed green tiles. At the centre of the area you will see an attractive musical fountain.
Naturally pride of place goes to Chinese food, and you will find delicacies from across the nation here. Offering an array of different varieties and flavours the locality provides some of the finest Chinese dishes available including the delicacies native to Shandong, Sichuan, Hunan, Guangdong and Jiangsu. The street is especially noted for its seafood specialties, obtained from the Tanggu port area. In the customary Chinese fashion, the fish or other food item will usually be brought to your table for your approval prior to preparation.
Tianjin is particularly renowned for its tasty and inexpensive snacks. Perhaps the best known are the meat buns known as goubuli which are noted for their delicious flavour. Another interesting food is the jianbing guozi. This consists of a light pancake formed of green bean flour. As the pancake is being prepared, an egg is broken and spread on it; then a hot sauce and a sweet-tasting soy sauce are applied on to the pancake, which is then folded around a typical Chinese style doughnut. Another delectable offering is the deep-fried crispy dough twists which are composed of wheat combined with sugar, sesame seeds, nuts and preserved fruit.
In addition you will also find the cuisine of countries like Italy, Russia, Britain and Germany at this one of a kind locality.
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Uditha Dharmawardhane is a travel writer who writes under the pen name Roland Lefevre. He specializes in creating features on leisure as well as business travel destinations across the globe. Google+
