Shang Gangzi Mian Cha

"Shang gangzi mian cha," or seasoned flour mush is a popular breakfast food in Tianjin. With a light yellow color, it tastes mild and refreshing and is quite nutritious. The main ingredients are proso millet flour and glutinous millet flour. When a customer orders the dish, hot water is poured into the bowl containing the flour to create a paste-like mush. It is served with white and/or brown sugar and sweet osmanthus sauce.

18th Street Fried Dough Twists

Fried dough twists, known as "ma hua," have a shiny and golden look. They are made by frying bars of dough in peanut oil and stuffing them with a variety of fillings. Large dough twists are a traditional Tianjin snack. The fried dough twists produced by Guifaxiang 18th Street are the most famous because they are prepared with well-selected ingredients and consummate skill. Crisp, aromatic and sweet, they will not become soft over a long period of time.