Shanghai is known for its juicy pork buns.
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Aside from its more well-known cuisines, China is also home to a colorful street-food culture. Street food is usually served in night markets, always cheap and tasty. Recently, a chart showing a ranking of the best street snack cities of China began circulating online. The chart considers major Chinese cities known for their snack foods based on variety, uniqueness, popularity within China and in foreign countries, innovation, service environment, and a few other criteria.
1. Taipei, Taiwan
Taiwanese food is both deeply rooted in its unique history and highly innovative due to its open culture.
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2. Chengdu, Sichuan
Chengdu is the capital of Sichuan. Sichuan cuisine is well-known in the U.S. for its spicy, aromatic dishes.
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3. XiAn, Shaanxi
XiAn is known for spicy noodle dishes.
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4. Chongqing
Chongqing offers spicy and sour noodles.
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5. Hong Kong
Hong Kong cuisine prides itself on being exquisite and finely made.
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6. Guangzhou, Guangdong
Guangzhou features small plates.
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7. Wuhan, Hubei
Wuhan dishes are hearty and full of flavor.
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8. Changsha, Hunan
Changsha is famed for its stinky tofu.
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9. Beijing
Beijng is home to the Peking duck and a variety of snack food brought by the Qing emperors.
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10. Shanghai
Shanghai is known for its juicy pork buns.
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11. Tianjin
Among Tianjin's specialties are these buns.
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12. Xiamen, Fujian
Xiamen has an assortment of snacks.
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13. Nanjing, Jiangsu
Nanjing's offerings include duck blood soup.
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14. Harbin, Heilongjiang
Food in Harbin is heavily influenced by Russia, as it is the capital of Heilongjiang, a province bordering Russia.
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15. Kaifeng, Henan
Snack food comes in a variety of ways in Kaifeng
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