Tianjin Dining
Tianjin dining culture is renowned throughout China,
and not only the traditional Tianjin snacks, but the cuisines from
other regions of China can also be found in Tianjin. Tianjin cuisine
places a heavy focus on seafood due to Tianjin's proximity to the
sea.
Food Street is a fairly good place for you to sample
these cross-cultural Chinese dishes. These traditional and famed
snacks cannot be missed. For example, Goubuli Buns is a traditional
brand of baozi (steamed buns with filling), famous throughout
China. Guifaxiang is a traditional brand of mahua (twisted dough
sticks). Erduoyan is a traditional brand of fried rice cakes.
There also a few great dishes as well. The Eight
Great Bowls is a combination of eight mainly meat dishes, which
can be further classified into several varieties, including the
rough, smooth, and high. Furthermore, the Four Great Stews refers
to a very large number of stews, including the ingredients of
chicken, duck, seafood, beef, and mutton. If traditional Tianjin
taste does not suite you, there are also plenty of western food
restaurants in the city as well. Please read below for a sampling
of information concerning the various type of cuisine offered
in Tianjin.
Traditional Tianjin Snacks |
Shiba
Jie Mahua (Fried Dough Twist)
Shiba Jie Mahua is sweet-smelling and crispy. Although
plain in look, this queue-shaped fried dough is by no means easy
to make. Each bar of dough is made with quality flour and then
fried in peanut oil. The bars are usually stuffed with a variety
of fillings, most often the waxy tasting beanpaste (dou sha)
- a taste for only the hardy. Since it can be preserved for
several months, you can take some of this crispy specialty back
home to share with family.
Address: Beilou Hotel, No. 18 Jiashang Road, Tianjin
Goubuli Baozi (Steamed
Stuffed Bun)
Goubuli means the infant of a restaurateur; while Baozi means
steamed stuffed bun. Goubuli Baozi has had more than 150 years
of history. It is not an exaggeration to say that Goubuli Baozi
is a food calling card of Tianjin.
Goubuli's stuffed buns are known for their generous
filling, which is succulent but not greasy. This famous snack
was created during the late Qing Dynasty by a native of Wuqing
County, who had the nickname "Dogy". At the age of
14, Dogy left home and came to Tianjin, where he was apprenticed
to a restaurant specializing in stuffed buns.
A diligent and honest young man, he eventually opened a shop
of his own. As his stuffed buns tasted better and had a unique
flavour, they attracted an increasing number of customers. As
time went by, his nickname became known far and wide. Later,
people changed "Dogy" to "Goubuli", which
literally means "the Dogy who doesn't talk", because
he was often too busy to speak to his customers. Then, eventually,
his buns were called by the same name.
Today, the Goubuli Bun Shop has developed into
a corporation with 89 branch restaurants opened in Tianjin and
two dozen other Chinese cities, provinces and regions. In addition
to over 90 varieties of stuffed bun, its restaurants also offer
more than 200 dishes.
Address:No. 77 Shandong Road, Heping District,
Tianjin
Ear Hole Fried Cake (Erduoyan Zhagao)
With relatively fine ingredients and a renowned reputation in
Tianjin, Erduoyan Zhagao is almost 100 years old. As one of
the most famous traditional food of Tianjin, Erduoyan glutinous
rice cakes were created by a small restaurant located by Erduoyan
Lane, hence the name. With a history of over 80 years, such
fried, glutinous rice cakes are golden yellow in color, crisp,
soft, sweet and tasty.
Address: No. 37 Beimenwai Dajie, Hongqiao District,
Tianjin
Chatang
Chatang is a traditional Tianjin snack. It is
made of baked millet and glutinous millet flour. The soup is
made by pouring boiling water to the mixed flour and then adding
sugar or brown sugar to it. The way chatang being served at
stalls is as attractive as the soup itself. The water is boiled
in a big copper pot whose spout is usually fashioned into a dragon's
head. While making the soup, the skilled chatang maker holds
several bowls in one hand and pours the boiling water into them
from quite a distance.
Guobaicai
A snack of strong local flavour, Guobacai is a sort of pancake
made of millet and mung bean flour. The pancake is sliced and
cooked in the sauce made of sesame oil, chopped ginger, soy sauce,
preserved beancurd and green onion. Guobacai is often served
along with fried dough and sesame cakes.
Tangdui
It is a custom in Tianjin to eat Tangdui on the
eve of the Chinese New Year. The most popular tangdui is made
of hawthorn berry. Hawthorn berries have their seeds removed
and are skewered on a thin bamboo stick, then dipped in hot syrup. When they turn cool, the stringed berries wrapped in crystal
sugar look like beautiful stone beans pungently sweet and sour.
Sometimes, the hollowed hawthorn berries are filled with red
bean paste, walnut and melon seeds. Today, in addition to hawthorn,
a wide variety of tangdui has been developed, including water
chestnut, tangerine, apple, pear and crab-apple, etc.
The Food Street in Tianjin's Southern Market looks
like an ancient walled city enclosed by a circle of neat three-story
buildings. There is a crossroads and at the centre of the crossroads
is a musical fountain. The entire structure is covered with
a glass roof.
In Food Street are over 100 eating places, occupying
more than 40,000 square meters in floor space and each having
its own special dishes of local flavors. There are Chinese restaurants
serving Tianjin and other schools of cuisine and Western restaurants.
As a large city, Tianjin can indulge you with almost
all eight of the classical Chinese cuisines, of which seven types
including Shandong, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Anhui, Guangdong, Zhejiang,
and Hunan Cuisines can be enjoyed in Food Street. Undoubtedly
each cuisine is a feast for your pallet. What's more all the
traditional Chinese constructions are also represented in this
street making a feast for your eyes as well.
Chinese Restaurants in Tianjin |
Tianfu Laoma Restaurant
Address:No. 85 Liuwei Road, Hedong District, Tianjin
Lao Sichuan
Address:South Building, Hexi District, Tianjin
Yang Shangshu
South Gate Branch:No. 406 Nanmen Wai Dajie, Nankai District,
Tianjin
Benxi Road Branch: No. 19 Benxi Road, Hongqiao District, Tianjin
Garden Villa
Address:No. 117 Kunming Road, Tianjin
Tel:(8622) 2331-1117, (8622) 2313-9888
Yue Weixian
Address:No. 283 Hebei Road, Tianjin
Tel:(8622) 2314-6666
Yuanmansushilin
Address:at the corner of Suzhou Dao and Jiulong Road
Western Cuisine in Tianjin |
TGI Friday's
Address:1/ F, Teda International Hotel & Club, Tianjin
Tel: (8622) 2300-5555
Barcelona Western & Spanish Restaurant
Address:No. 10 Binyou Dao, Hexi District, Tianjin
Hank's Sports Bar & Grill
Address: Building B, Joy Business Center, No. 56 Tianta Road,
Nankai District, Tianjin
Tel: (8622) 2341-7997
Richmond Restaurant
Address: No. 231 Hebei Road, Heping District, Tianjin
Tel: (8622) 2311-3397
Pizza & Italian Restaurants in Tianjin |
Bella Pizza
Address: No. 129 Anshan Dao, Tianjin
Tel: (8622) 2781-1902
Mr. Pizza
Address: 1/F, E-Mart (across Olympic Stadium, on the corner
of Binshui Dao and Shuishang East Road), Tianjin
Tel: (8622) 2393-3050
Origus
Address: North side of Binjiang Dao, past the intersection with
Heping Road, Tianjin
Tel: (8622) 2712-7606
The Pizza Box
Address: Fukang Garden Apartments, Wangdingdi Area, Tianjin
Tel: (8622) 2367-1318
Pizza Hut
Address 1: Dagu South Road, Hexi District, Tianjin
Address 2: Dong Ma Road, Nankai District, Tianjin
Address 3: 1/F, Hai Guang Si Carrefour, Nankai District, Tianjin
Address 4: Nanjing Road (near the intersection with Binjiang
Dao), Heping District, Tianjin
Address 5: 1/F, Parkson Building, Heping Road, Tianjin
Pizza King
Address 1: Home World, Jiashi Street, Zijin Shan Road, Tianjin
Address 2: No. 6 Wei Road, Tianjin
Address 3: No. 11 Jing Road, Tianjin
Gino Caf谷
Address: Xiaobai Building on Machang Dao and Weidi Dao, Tianjin
Jimix Italian Restaurant
Address: 7/F, Far Eastern Department Store, No. 168 Dongma Road,
Nankai District, Tianjin
Tel: (8622) 2726-0035
Brazilian Food in Tianjin |
Brazilian Barbeque (Baxi Kaorou)
Address: North of Balitai on Weijin Road, almost across the street from Nankai
University' East Gate.
International Restaurants in Tianjin |
Alibaba's
Address: Near Nankai University. Alibaba's is located in a dark alley across
from the Bengon's on Tong An Dao. Walk down about 50 meters, and it will be
on your right hand side.
Tel: (8622) 2351-3976
Cape of Good Hope
Address: Binjiang Dao (halfway between Nanjing Road and Heping
Road), Tianjin
Tel: (8622) 2711-1965
C'est La Vie
Address: 3/F, Building D, Joy Business Center, Tianjin
Tel: (8622) 2341-9808
Le Tube Cristal
Address: Youyi South Road, Zero Island, Hexi District, Tianjin
Tel: (8622) 2804-8899
O'Smile French Restaurant
Address: No. 162 Machang Dao, Heping District, Tianjin
Tel: (8622) 2331-8806
Paris Village
Address: No. 16 Youyi Road, Tianjin
Tel: (8622) 8371-7060; (8622) 2836-0352
Saigon Court (French
Vietnamese Cuisine)
Address: On the corner of Xikang Road and Chengdu Dao (near
Somerset Olympic Tower), Tianjin
Tel: (8622) 2335-9173
Amigos
Address: No. 10 Chongqing Dao, Heping District, Tianjin
Tel: (8622) 2313-6488
Bawarchi
Indian Restaurant
Address: 3/F, Shanggu Business Complex West Building, No. 69 Tianta Road, Nankai
District, Tianjin
Tel: (8622) 2341-2786
The Golden Fork
Address: B/F, Shangsha Building, Heping Street, Tianjin
Japanese Restaurants in Tianjin |
Furusato
Address: Super 8 Motel, No. 2 Youyi Road, Hexi District, Tianjin
Meshiya
Address: 7/F, Isetan Building, Nanjing Road, Tianjin
Tel: (8622) 2718-8385
Mizuho
Address: Near the corner of Shuishang North Road and Tong Yuan
Dao, about a block away from the intersection with Weijin South
Road
Tel: (8622) 2352-6988
Sakura
Address: No. 30 Zijinshan Road, Hexi District, Tianjin
Tel: (8622) 2335-9949
Seitaro Japanese Restaurant
Address: 2/F, Tianjin Sheraton Hotel, Zijinshan Road, Hexi District,
Tianjin
Tel: (8622) 2334-3388
Takenosuke
Address: Xidao Hotel (near the intersection with Binshui Dao),
Tianjin
Tel: (8622) 2813-9229
Yakiniku, Korean Barbeque
Address: On the southeast corner of Shuishang North Road and Shuishang East
Road, Tianjin
Thai Restaurants in Tianjin |
Golden Elephant
Address: No. 78 Guangdong Road, Tianjin
Tel: (8622) 2328-7801
The Green Chili
Address: Zijinshan Road (slightly to the West of Sheraton Hotel),
Hexi District, Tianjin
Parkway Caf谷
Address: 7/F, Isetan Building, Nanjing Road, Tianjin
Tel: (8622) 2718-8368; (8622) 2718-8369
Y.Y. Beer House
Address: No. 3 Aomen Road, Heping District, Tianjin
Tel: (8622) 2339-9634
Vietnamese Food in Tianjin |
New Saigon Vietnamese Restaurant
Address: D Building, No. 1 Youyi Road, Tianjin
Tel: (8622) 2813-9199
Other Asian Cuisine in Tianjin |
Lianwa Jia.
Address 1: 1/F Dickson Hotel, No. 18 Binshui Road, Hexi District,
Tianjin
Tel:(8622) 2813-0537
Address 2: B1 International Building, No. 75 Nanjing Road, Heping
District, Tianjin
Tel:(8622) 2313-1366
TEDA Branch
Address:1/F Youyi Shopping Centre, No. 19 Huanghai Road, TEDA,
Tianjin
Somewhere Special (Indian and Thai Food)
Address: Guoxin Building A, No. 103 Second Avenue, TEDA, Tianjin
Tel:(8622) 6621-8750
NOTE:
Although this information is correct at the time of our web publication,
it is still advised that you call the phone number and confirm
the address before going to the venue because some venues may
have changed their telephone numbers or address locations.
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