To understand a city, start with its delicious food. When it comes to Changsha cuisine, what is your impression that it is stinky tofu all over the street? Sugar and oil cake? Or spicy crayfish?

As a city delayed by delicious food, Changsha's delicious food will only dazzle you, and a stomach is not enough! But do you know what the authentic delicacies in Changsha are?

Changsha foodies sincerely present "Changsha May Day Shopping Guide" to everyone to find the good taste of Changsha!

Hunan style hard vegetables

Lao Street Yuzuiba

Although Hunan cuisine brands are popping up one after another, you can not only eat the most authentic Hunan cuisine, but also experience the unique Hunan cuisine culture. How can you miss the fish mouth in the old street? (But there are many foreign tourists who come here because of this)

The signature dish of Old Street Fish Mouth is widely popular among diners. Every fish mouth is hard-won, full, smooth, and spicy. It takes 100 kilograms of fish to make a fish mouth! Old Street Fish Mouth must be a good place to eat fish.

In this big restaurant, not only are fish mouths to eat, but more childhood memories are also brought in. The glutinous rice wine from Chengyuan Centenary Tavern can be purchased at Yuzui Restaurant in Laojie.

If you love fish, you definitely can't miss this. And making rice in fish soup makes you can't stop eating three bowls of white rice! Fish mouth, honeycomb corn, shredded duck... No matter which dish it is, your taste buds will definitely be conquered by them. Laojie Yuzui selects high-quality raw materials, coupled with the chef's superb craftsmanship, and the table is definitely a feast for taste. Foreign tourists who love Hunan cuisine should remember to check in ~

Yizhang lamp

Yi Dian Deng is a well-known restaurant in Changsha. Duck web tendons, stir-fried shredded pork with sour radish, and beef with pickled peppers are all super popular dishes. They have a strong taste and are very good for the meal. Especially the long-lasting signature dish duck's palm tendon. If you don't order it, it's in vain!

Juanjuan Restaurant

Juanjuan Restaurant's "four signature dishes": sauce-flavored pork ribs, delicious perch, secret goose meat on iron plate, and stir-fried shrimp tail are must-recommended. In addition, his family also has home-cooked specialties such as rice tofu, pearl meatballs, sauce-flavored beef, and green beans...

Chef Fei fried pork with chili pepper

Chef Fei uses the front leg meat of Ningxiang flower pig, adds fresh thin-skinned green peppers and Shandong single-headed garlic to stir-fry the most attractive Changsha flavor. Finally, pour vegetable soup on the hot rice, which is another delicious taste!

Wenheyou Lao Changsha Lobster Restaurant

Wenheyou Lao Changsha Lobster Restaurant, located on Hisense Square, once set a crazy record of queuing for 12 consecutive hours. No matter what season it is, it cannot stop Changsha people's enthusiasm for eating crayfish. The crayfish are just big and fat, wrapped in oily soup, and dipped in a little sauce. They are delicious and spicy!

Mengzhong Barbecue

Mengzhong Barbecue can be said to be the leader of Changsha Xiangxi Barbecue. Butter, pork belly, thousand-page tofu, fire beef, and garlic fried chicken are all must-order items for Mengzhong. You can also have a bowl of lard mixed with flour, soy sauce and lard. The aroma of integration cannot be better matched with kebabs.

Tianbao Brothers

Tianbao oil-fried shrimp, Tianbao flavor shrimp, and Tianbao Roche shrimp are his family's signature, and friends who have come to eat all applauded. Each shrimp is processed very cleanly and soaked in a secret soup to make it salty and fragrant. You can also order a portion of clear water noodles and use the remaining soup to mix the noodles. It is super delicious!

special snacks

tea color

You can see charming figures everywhere in Changsha, and there will be one within fifty steps! The most classic one is Youlan Latte, which is covered with light cream and nuts. The black tea has a very fragrant flavor and the cream is very mellow.

Black classic stinky tofu

You can't help but eat stinky tofu when you come to Changsha. His stinky tofu is fried plump, poked after it is taken out of the pot, and then quickly poured on it with simple chili soy sauce. Be sure to eat it while it is hot. The stinky tofu is fried until it is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and a mouthful of fragrance will remain in one bite.

Five stinky tofu

Different from other homes, which add onions, ginger, garlic, and pickled mustard for seasonings, Wujiao only add dried peppers, soy sauce, and sesame oil sauce. After the crispy and slightly charred skin is bitten open, it blends perfectly with the soup, making it so delicious that people can't stop!

Jinji Sugar and Oil Tuotuo Store

The small shop opened in the alley outside Changjun Middle School is different from the soft sugar and oil cakes in other homes in Changsha. The glutinous rice balls kneaded by his family are fried to golden yellow in sugar and oil with sufficient syrup and solid materials. The glutinous rice balls are fried until the outside are crisp and glutinous inside, sweet but not greasy.

Wenheyou sausage

Wen Heyou's old Changsha sausage is the most popular street food in Changsha! Whether it is foreign tourists or local residents, it has become a must-check-in place for ghosts to enjoy. The sausage is crispy and has a meat Q-bullet under the outer skin. If you take a bite, you will be full of happiness.

Bianjing Fried Chicken

The local fried chicken brand has captured the hearts of Changsha people. Fried fin roots, fried fin medium, fried diced chicken... The golden fried chicken that has just come out of the pan has a fragrant meat aroma and a crispy outer skin. The chicken inside is pickled and delicious. It can still remain tender and juicy after being fried.

Changsha rice noodle

Xiaji Rice Noodles Store

Xia Ji's signature is meatball powder. The meatballs are very firm and full of ingredients. The long-cooked stock is very delicious. Rice noodles have developed from the original two or three types to the current ten types of shredded pork, beef brisket, patty eggs, miscellaneous sauces, etc.

Sijie Flour Restaurant

Changsha handmade flour used in Sister Sijie Flour Restaurant is divided into simmering and stir-fried. The most classic one is shredded pork powder. The soup head is very delicious, and with the soul of millet pepper, it is strong and refreshing. There is also Zhang Yixing's set meal, steamed egg with meat pie + beef noodles, which is also a must-order for star-chasing girls!

Changsha is definitely a city that you have to visit once for food! This May Day, bring your stomach to Changsha for a perfect vacation!