The 13th National Games has been grandly opened that tourists in Tianjin will definitely stroll around on streets of Tianjin to admire charms, experience culture and enjoy food of Tianjin. Besides, these featured food are also moved into National Games Village.

Gobuli Steamed Stuffed Buns

Tianjin Gobuli Stuffed Buns are definitely first to be introduced. The fresh-made stuffed buns are steaming hot like chrysanthemum in bud in the mist. It is tasty but not greasy. The great taste o Gobuli is based on excellent skills of materials selection, ingredient, kneading and rolling method on dough. Especially, the folds of Gobuli must be symmetrical and no less than 150. Besides, there are also vegetable buns stuffed with agaric, cauliflower and tofu skin, mutton stuffed buns in Muslim restaurants and duck oil stuffed buns in roast duck restaurants, etc.

18th Street Fried Dough Twists

Speaking of Tianjin fried dough twists, the most famous one is "Guifaxiang 18th Street Fried Dough Twists", one of "Three Unique Foods of Tianjin". The innovation point of the twists is that a crispy stuffing is sandwiched between two dough stripes mixed with sweet-scented osmanthus, crystallized ginger, peach kernel and sugar-preserved gourd, etc. Then the fried dough twists become different from the rest and tasts crisp, tender and sweet.

The fried dough twists are appetizing, crisp and sweet that they won't lose flavor, soften or go bad for months if only being stored in a dry and ventilated place. Tourists from home and abroad would take several boxes of them before leaving. 

Jianbing Guozi

Jianbing Guozi (Chinese Crepes) is known to all in Tianjin. It is one of the best options for breakfast of Tianjin people. The local snack can only be found on breakfast booths on the street, but not in those famous restaurant or hotels.

It consists of thin pancake made from mung bean flour, eggs, as well as Guozi or crispy Guobi. Adding some soybean paste, chopped green onion or chilli sauce, the Jianbing Guozi will become great with salty flavor.

Guo Ba Cai

Guo Ba Cai, also called as Ga Ba Cai, is a kind of unique street snake of Tianjin. Different from other snacks, Guo Ba Cai is also ate as breakfast. In Tianjin, you can find restaurants selling Guo Ba Cai everywhere.

Mung beans, millet and water are ground to be thick liquid to make pancakes with even thickness then cut into willow leaf shape. The ready-made Guo Ba Cai need to be soaked in fresh made soup with extra fermented tofu juice, leek flower juice, garlic juice and sesame paste according to personal taste.

Frog Spiting Honey

It is a kind of sesame seed cake different from common ones. Because the stuffing expands in high temperature during baking that the wrapper is naturally burst by stuffing and "spits" the stuffing like a frog opening mouth. Thus, people call it Frog Spiting Honey according to the vivid appearance.

It tastes palatable and sweet while hot, chewy and refreshing while cold. The cake is covered by sesame on all sides, full of fragrance of sweetened bean paste and sweet osmanthus sauce.

Green Bean Cake

Green bean is sweet-cold on property and flavor, non-poisonous. It is a kind of good food in summer with effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, driving away summer heat, quenching thirst, inducing diuresis to alleviate edema, removing nebula and nourishing skin.

Its shape is regular and orderly; its color is yellowish; its tissue is thin and tight; its flavor is soft but not sticky. Green bean cakes are small and exquisite with palatable sesame flagrancy. Some are pure cake without any stuffing, some are stuffed with rose paste, jujube paste or sweetened bean paste.

The excellent combination of National Games and food must show tourists from all over China a different tongue experience. 

Article by Xi Lei