ATTENTION ALL: Give Shenzhen's Shekou New Street a HARD PASS!!!
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The claypot rice is decent.
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On Xiaohongshu, any random street can be hyped up as a tourist spot. If you actually believe it, you're setting yourself up for disappointment.
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I've lived here for 20 years, and this is the first I'm hearing of people coming here for the food. It used to be just a place for grocery shopping, which made sense. As for eating, the xiao long bao (soup dumplings) are passable, I guess. Other things are either too expensive for what they are, or just not very good. Most of the really tasty places I remember have moved away. Back in the early 2000s, there was an amazing beef noodle shop on the street to the left of the wet market, but it closed down around 2010.
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I haven't gone for xiao long bao since the price went up to 8 yuan per steamer basket.
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I don't get what's so appealing about a wet market that people make a trip for. I live nearby and I don't even usually buy my groceries here.
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So, where do you go instead? Meituan Groceries?
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This rice noodle shop is delicious!
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Are you a shill?
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It was absolutely terrible. The internet-famous spots had long queues, and the places without queues were just plain bad. My husband even chewed me out for my lousy planning.
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I recommend Xiao Nan Ji, a local Shenzhen dai pai dong (street food stall) – it's super delicious, but go early as there's always a queue. For tong sui (sweet soups), both it and 'Foshan Huang Shifu' next door are better than Baicaotang. The Tom Yum Goong Thai food there is good. 'Xin Luo Shuo' next door has decent Luosifen (river snail noodles). 'Liang Shan Bo' for Shandong cuisine offers generous portions at good prices and is pretty tasty. Near Sea World, there's 'Shunde Fishing Village' – you can order almost anything there without disappointment, though it's a bit pricey. For hotpot, try 'Xiao Huo Xi.' On Haichang Street, 'Xing Jiang Ji Bao' (Star-Prize Chicken Hotpot) is recommended. Also near Sea World, 'Zhang Cong Cong Chongqing Hotpot' is good, though the ambiance is just so-so. All of these are in Nanshan district.