Harbin Food Tour
Author: Yu Jin; Editor: Xu Wuqi
Harbin is a young city, from 1898 when it developed relying on the Middle East Railway and opening up, it's only been 110 years, very similar to the small fishing village of Qinyuwawa, a truly remarkable resemblance to Dalian, one of the northeastern twin walls guarding one north and one south, both shining brightly on the list of China's most beautiful cities. And as a Dalian native, I'm fortunate to have a Harbin little cousin, and one day he invited me on a Harbin food tour.
Harbin Cityscape
Day 1 in Daohe, this place is full of cheap and delicious small restaurants. If you're willing to lower yourself and don't mind the dirtiness and dilapidation, you can enjoy a rare treat. This morning we went to a small street beside Seven Streets, not easy to find, and it took a detour to a small state-owned restaurant. Inside, there were old-fashioned steamed buns and tofu brain. I haven't eaten tofu brain so flavorful and authentic in a long time. Very rich bean fragrance, smooth and tender when you eat it, old soup as sauce. The steamed buns are fragrant, made with traditional techniques, and it feels very substantial when you eat them, crispy and full of belly. After finishing the tofu brain, we were still a little hungry, so we went to the noodle shop in front. Noodle soup is just ordinary but delicious, but the meat pie with sweet bean sauce is very distinctive, the skin is crispy and fragrant, the filling is like melting in your mouth—the perfect combination of diced pork belly and sweet bean sauce,
Meat Pie
At noon, we went to Sheng'anxia in Daohe Nanba, eating at a small snack shop called Sheng'anxia, the boss and boss's wife manage, no menu, just sell a few dishes. Ice sugar elbow, rotten, fragrant, smooth and rich in meat flavor, melts in your mouth with a hint of ice sugar sweetness, no matter how you eat, you won't get tired. During the meal, there was also Nine Turns Large Intestine, Slippery Chicken Belly, etc. old dishes. After finishing, the only feeling was that we were stuffed,
Ice Sugar Elbow
For late-night snacks, we sat on the Central Street Beer Square, drinking beer and eating snacks in the hot summer night is very refreshing. Women happily ate ice cream, yogurt, and bread from Mailar Ice Cream Hall, while we meat-loving men were delighted eating Harbin Flour Intestine. Flour intestine is made from starch and pork stuffed with green onions, then smoked to a golden amber color with a unique aroma. I still couldn't figure out why it was so tender and easy to break, and I still drool thinking about it. It's an excellent cold dish,
Summer Night
Sitting by the river with a bucket of hundred-year-old beer, quietly watching the Mother River flow by under the moonlight, bathed in the slightly fishy river breeze, what could be more perfect?
