Snack Streets
2 min readFuzimiao Street(Gongyuan Street)
Most travelers find local delicacies in Nanjing irresistible.Gongyuan Street on the northern bank of the famous Qin Huai River(usually called Fuzimiao Street bylocals)is the most bustling tour site in the city.It is one of China’s Four Famed Streets-the others being Wangfujing in Beijing,Xuanmiaoguan Street in Suzhou and Nanjing Road in Shanghai.You can sample various snacks,from the reputed Salted Soup Duck to Chinese dumplings in dozens of restaurants,stalls and shops on the street.The most famous snacks include spicy Gan Si,eggs boiled in tea,friedpancakes,duck blood soups,beef soup,dumplings and others.Famous restaurants include Wanqing Tower,Kuiguangge,Lao Zhengxing and Liu Feng Ju.You can take Bus 1,7,31,40 and 301 or the special tourist lines of No.2 or 4 and get off at Fuzimiao stop.An alternative could be choosing Bus 2,4,16,33,44 and 49 and get off at Changle Lu.
Hunan Lu Dinning&Shopping Street
Located in the northwestern part of the city in Gulou District(Drum Tower District),this one kilometers long street is one of the most prosperous shopping streets in Nanjing with the famous Shiziqiao Food Street in the middle.This pedestrianised street is filled with dozens of restaurants providing both Chinesand western-style food.The street is divided into three parts.The first part has restaurants providing typical local cuisine,among which Shiwangfu Restaurant is th best.The second part is called Chinese Food Street where various cuisines from different parts of China are found and the last,but not least,is the area which has food from Japan,Korea,India,Thailand and the west.
This street is a warm,lively place for local people who spend evenings there with friends.An annual flavored food festival is held to attract tourists.
Hanfu Street
Hanfu Street,opposite Nanjing Presidential Hall,is the latest food street to be developed and has restaurants run by people from other cities in China.They cover all kinds of food from throughout the country including spicy Sichuan cuisine,ethnic Guizhou food,folk dishes of Northeast China and Shanghai cuisine.