Jinan's Most Beloved Affordable Breakfast: Foreign Tourists Find It Difficult to Accept - Have You Tried This Food?

Every place has its own unique culinary culture, such as Xiamen's sha cha mian, Quanzhou's mian xian hu, and Beijing's dou ji. When it comes to Jinan's representative snacks, the most famous one is probably tian mo. Although tian mo is quite mainstream and many foreign tourists have never heard of it, it is closely related to the life of the people of Jinan.

Visiting Jinan, besides appreciating the 'wonder' of Jinan's water, don't forget to taste Jinan's special products – the 'two wonders' of Jinan. The 'two wonders' of Jinan are must-try delicacies when visiting Jinan, and they are special foods passed down through generations in Jinan. One wonder is cha tang, but it's not tea. Cha tang is made with millet as the main ingredient, stir-fried and cooked by adding boiling water, hence the name. The other wonder is tian mo, which is not sweet. Tian mo is a salty porridge. After the porridge is made, the owner will ask, 'Again?' referring to adding ingredients such as vermicelli, vegetables, and tofu silk. Later, people joked about it and called it 'tian mo', so the taste of tian mo is salty, not sweet. Cha tang is not tea, but the fragrant rice aroma is better than tea. Tian mo is not sweet, and after tasting all kinds of flavors, you finally find the sweetness.

For tourists, this taste is difficult for many people to accept. I thought tian mo was sweet, but it has an indescribable strange taste. The porridge itself is salty, but perhaps special seasonings were added, making it unlike a salty porridge. Coupled with the combination of ingredients such as peanuts, bean curd strips, etc., it truly reflects the saying 'all kinds of flavors'.