第一楼灌汤包(寺后街店)

Because I was going to the night market in the evening, I ordered two steamed buns and a roasted pepper jelly on the first floor. It was delicious. The filling of the steamed buns was very fragrant and tender. My parents both praised the taste.

The night market for snacks that is open all night and extremely lively is one of the major features of the ancient city of Kaifeng. According to the "Dongjing Menghualu", "The night market lasts until the third watch, and then reopens at the fifth watch. It is a place for fun and entertainment that lasts all night long." Drum Tower Square is the location of the largest night market in Kaifeng. At night, snack trucks of uniform specifications are neatly arranged in the dining area on both sides of the square. The loud and melodious calls and the clash of tableware merge into a moving symphony, making the square the focus of Kaifeng's city that never sleeps.

Kaifeng Diyilou is a century-old restaurant. The Diyilou steamed dumplings sold in the restaurant are a traditional delicacy, which originated from the famous food in Dongjing during the Northern Song Dynasty, the Wanglou Cave Plum Blossom Steamed Buns. The Diyilou steamed dumplings have a beautiful shape, and their shape "looks like a lantern when lifted up, and looks like a chrysanthemum when put down", and are known as "the best food in Zhongzhou". The steamed dumplings are made with careful selection of ingredients and are made with fine flour. They are made with lean meat from the hind legs of pigs as stuffing, and fine flour as skin, and are steamed over high heat. Their characteristics are: beautiful appearance, small and exquisite, thin skin and rich stuffing, oily soup, delicious taste, and refreshing fragrance.

As a native of Henan and a local of Kaifeng, I really want to say that it is garbage! The xiaolongbao is not as authentic as the food stalls, and the other snacks are not as delicious as those sold outside. The prices are very expensive and the service is poor. It is a typical scam for outsiders! Of course, it is not completely useless, for example, the baked carp noodles are quite good.

Kaifeng Diyilou is a century-old restaurant. The Diyilou steamed buns are a traditional delicacy, which originated from the famous food of Dongjing in the Northern Song Dynasty, the Wanglou Cave Plum Blossom Buns. The Diyilou steamed buns are beautifully shaped, and they look like lanterns when lifted up and chrysanthemums when put down. They are known as the best food in Zhongzhou. The steamed buns are made with exquisite ingredients and finely made. They are made with lean meat from the hind legs of pigs as stuffing and fine flour as skin, and are steamed over high heat. They are characterized by beautiful appearance, small and exquisite, thin skin and rich stuffing, and they are filled with soup, delicious, and refreshing.

When I went to Kaifeng, my friend recommended the "Huang's Old Shop" for soup dumplings, but I arrived a little late the night before and it was closed. Because I booked a combined ticket for the Qingming Riverside Park the next day, I decided to go to the first floor of Sihou Street to eat soup dumplings at noon. I went there before 11 o'clock, and there were already some people inside. My son and I ordered two baskets of ordinary soup dumplings, each basket costing 25 yuan, and ordered a fried jelly (26 yuan) and a bucket chicken (48 yuan). The fried jelly was good, a little salty, and the taste was okay! The bucket chicken was just average, in fact, I wanted to say it was bad, salty, with a lot of bone crumbs, and it was hard to chew. My son ate one piece and refused to eat it again. In order not to waste it, I insisted on eating half of it, and almost stabbed my mouth twice. I gave this dish a bad review! The soup dumplings tasted very average, with thick skin, little soup, and the filling was not fresh. My son said after eating the first one that it was not as good as the soup dumplings in Shanghai Chenghuang Temple. I felt the same way. It really feels a bit exaggerated to say that this is a famous food in Kaifeng! (Of course, this is just my experience at this restaurant. There is actually a really good restaurant, which is the one my friend recommended.) Maybe my expectations were too high. This restaurant was said to have been on the "A Bite of China" show, but I don't remember it. The following pictures show fried jelly, chicken in a bucket (cold dish), and soup dumplings.

For tourists, I am not sure which one I went to, anyway, it is in Xiao Songcheng, and soup dumplings are the signature dish. It is different from our soup dumplings in Jiangnan. Ours tastes sweeter, and you will get sick of it if you eat too much. The soup dumplings in Kaifeng are more refreshing, but I think the meat tastes not as fresh as ours. It may be due to different regions and tastes!

I had two meals of steamed buns in Kaifeng, and both were average. They said the first floor was the most authentic, so I had to try it before leaving Kaifeng. But I was a little disappointed. It didn't taste like the chrysanthemum pleated lantern soup dumplings, and the waiter recommended a special tofu that didn't taste very good.