In June 2020, I went to Shanghai to visit a friend, they led me to Nanxiang Ancient Town in Shanghai's Jiading District, when I was obsessed with the ancient tower, Wrote several articles on the ancient tower, friends said that there are also ancient towers more than a thousand years ago.
This pagoda is the "Nanxiang Twin Towers", built in the fifth dynasty to the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, later destroyed, the current tower was restored in 1982 according to the ancient tower, it is said to be "the only pair of the oldest pair of imitation wooden structure pavilion-style brick towers in the country".
To be honest, this tower did not arouse much interest to me, one is that it is rebuilt, the real history is not long, and the other is that it is not large, much inferior to the thousand-year-old Liao Pagodas in my hometown, a little out of sight.
But I have heard about Nanxiang long ago, and this source is Nanxiang Small Dumplings.
Next we wandered around in Nanxiang Ancient Town, I found that this is actually a food street, it seems that there is no ancient town as dense food here, one by one, almost all sell food.
Of course, the most, but also the most bright is the small dumplings, ready to sell, can't help but want to find out.
In the past, Eating Nanxiang small dumplings was in the Shanghai City God Temple, but also queues, the price is also high, and now to its place of origin Nanxiang, see how the price here is?
In addition to the small dumplings, the most here is Nanxiang's pickles, which seem to be better sold than Nanxiang small steamed buns.
Now that I am used to eating big fish and meat in life, I am more seeking a variety of flavors, so the taste of pickles is evocative and memorable, that is, the taste of the lowest meal. Nanxiang's pickles have become large-scale, multi-variety, have word of mouth, but also bring great economic benefits, and there are many stores.
Roasted pig's trotters are obviously also the characteristics of Nanxiang, there are many to do, the funny thing is that some stores simply named "roasted second master brother's hooves", which is also too direct, let the eight commandments brother how to think ah!
Nanxiang has a wide variety of pastries, focusing on the characteristics of Shanghai pastries, and here is also a collection of tricks.
What are the "old eight treasures" in Shanghai, the packaging is exquisite, and how many people remember.
There are also some freshly roasted pork breasts, this one can be spread out, the yard is neatly arranged, but is there any like me, do not know how to eat?
What is the taste of this ice powder, 10 yuan a cup, do you want to try it?
Teppanyaki tofu is also fragrant tofu, how many people like this bite, it seems to like fried stinky tofu more.
Grilled gluten and bean skin are the most popular sweeps of the year, and you have them there!
I saw a couple making pastries nervously busy, and their "mung bean pastry" and "begonia cake" were very popular, gathering a lot of tourists.
Listening to the accent they are foreigners, and this snack is also a foreign brand and production method, but here there is already word of mouth, their serious look is also convincing, things can not be wrong.
Their children are very small, the counter inside and outside the turn, a moment to run to the next door is far away, and when the father finds that the son is gone, quickly put down the work in his hand to find, fortunately did not go far, a false alarm.
Peaceful Nanxiang ancient town, small streets and alleys, all the way slowly, slowly taste and watch.
There are as many delicacies as there are years; as much culture as there are fireworks.
The years can pass, only the food can not be disappointed, even if it can not be tasted one by one, all the way down, this heart is also drunk.