Pure Dry Goods! A Pro-Level Changsha Food Guide – Save It!
Changsha – a city whose food culture is every bit as amazing as Chongqing's or Chengdu's! A! FOOOOD! HOLY! LAND! There are delicious things everywhere that will make you want to check in again and again. When traveling, the worst thing is following the crowd and not getting to taste the most authentic local food. Your foodie buddy here is sharing some late-night temptation, specially offering a Changsha food guide – authentic recommendations from a local Changsha native! Please! Check! It! Out!
An essential step to experience Changsha flavor is 'suo fen' (slurping rice noodles). A Changsha person's morning begins with a bowl of steaming hot noodles.
They open early in the morning and close after breakfast rush. When it's crowded, you have to grab a stool and squat while slurping your noodles. There aren't many fancy options, and the toppings are just a few common ones, but locals eat exactly for this taste~~
But the morning tea at Old Street Fish Lips is something else – you can sit there and eat for an entire morning, with no repeats.
Changsha morning tea nowadays is mostly a pastime for the elderly. Elderly folks get up early to catch the three essentials: a big cup of tea, a big steamed bun, and big talk – chatting about past and present. Old Street Fish Lips, as a long-established Changsha restaurant, is where you come for a sip of hot tea and spend a leisurely morning. In Changsha, perhaps this is the joy that keeps old tea lovers coming here for decades.
Stinky tofu can be found everywhere in Changsha, but the one that truly captures this foodie's heart is this one – a hidden gem in a narrow alley, embodying an old man's lifetime of skill. The old stall and the aged walls create the simple setting of 'Wu Aijie Stinky Tofu'.
The stinky tofu has no soup; freshly fried crispy stinky tofu drizzled with secret chili sauce – if you love spicy food, you absolutely cannot miss this.
I believe anyone visiting Changsha will be recommended the snacks on Taiping Street, but the most worthwhile try on Taiping Street is 'Hu's Fried Everything'.
The deep-fried skewers that stimulate your taste buds late at night are absolutely flawless, a true curse for anyone trying to lose weight. Hidden deep in the alleys of Taiping Street, it never lacks foodies 'staking out' the spot. The secret chili sauce, which has been imitated but never surpassed, is the secret weapon.
The pork tenderloin is a must-order – one skewer per bite, plus two cans of Harbin Beer – it's pure bliss.
If you haven't tried flavored crawfish (kouwei xia), your Changsha trip is incomplete. This time, your handsome foodie strongly urges everyone to follow the crowd. In Changsha, where there's a crawfish restaurant every five steps and a crawfish joint every ten, 'Wenheyou Old Changsha Lobster House' successfully stands out.
By 5 or 6 PM, Wenheyou is already packed. On holidays, you definitely have to queue. Before going, bringing several large bottles of drinking water is something many crawfish fans do without prior agreement. Eating crawfish isn't just about the taste – it's also about the atmosphere; a grand scene makes the meal more exciting.
Coming to Changsha, how can you not have a serving of hot braised snacks? Your foodie has found an authentic Changsha hot braised shop to cure your lack of appetite – 'Little Braised Date' is absolutely the best hot braised I've ever had.
The braising spices are exclusively homemade, using a small-pot slow-braising technique that allows the marinade to be fully absorbed. What you get is a taste sensation.
Writing this has made the foodie hungry. I wish I could take tomorrow off and just be a pure foodie, eating all these delicacies. If you're tempted, hurry up and bring your friends to go eat~~
Travel Directory: 1. Old Street Fish Lips 2. Wu Aijie Stinky Tofu 3. Hu's Fried Everything 4. Wenheyou Old Changsha Lobster House 5. Little Braised Date Travel Info Hotel Index Guide Index Airfare Index Website Navigation Travel Index Cruise Index Corporate Travel Index Join & Cooperate Distribution Alliance Friendly Links Corporate Gift Card Procurement Insurance Agency Agency Cooperation Hotel Franchise Destination & Scenic Spot Cooperation More Cooperation About Trip.com About Trip.com Trip.com Hot Topics Contact Us Careers User Agreement Privacy Policy Business License Security Center Trip.com Content Center Intellectual Property Trip.com Group Algorithm Disclosure
