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ATTENTION ALL: Give Shenzhen's Shekou New Street a HARD PASS!!!

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    Misty Dare
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    Honestly, the best thing to do in Shenzhen is go to Bao'an Airport and fly somewhere else for fun. If you want to 'do as the locals do,' you can wander around malls; UpperHills and MixC World are pretty good for photos. As for food, Shekou Old Street in Nanshan actually has a decent number of tasty options. Most other places are just full of chain restaurants you can find anywhere.

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      Helen Gleason
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      Honestly, there's nothing particularly delicious in this area, including Jiahua Baicaotang, which is just a very average spot we locals don't usually go to. This part is really a residential area with a wet market, so the ambiance isn't great, and the shops are pretty old. It's definitely not worth making a special trip for. People here usually buy fresh ingredients from the market to cook at home or have them prepared at local eateries. It's been way overhyped, so high expectations will likely lead to disappointment, haha.

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        Abel Schulist MD
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        Jiahua's zongzi (sticky rice dumplings) are actually delicious! Are there any other places nearby that make even better ones?

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          Dr. Guadalupe Homenick
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          Seriously? It's just a road leading to a wet market. What more were you expecting?

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            Lindsey Jerde DDS
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            Hahahaha, I'd advise them to steer clear of this area when they go out.

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              Kevin Harris
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              There's a claypot rice spot nearby called 'Lao Guke' (Old Customer) that's delicious. And there used to be a great beef offal and sweet soup stall opposite Shekou Market, but they don't operate anymore.

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                Steve Beatty
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                Why does everyone say 'Lao Guke' claypot rice is delicious? It's actually terrible, okay? Barely any better than the pre-packaged meal kit kind.

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                  Franklin Weimann IV
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                  I'm from Guangzhou and often visit this street in Shenzhen on weekends. I always make sure to have the claypot rice, dessert, BBQ 🍖, and zongzi. Then I'll grab a shared bike for a ride to the seaside to watch the sunset – it's pretty relaxing.

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                    Dr. Mandy Walter-Reichert
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                    The claypot rice is decent.

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                      Guadalupe Barton
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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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                          Danielle Purdy-Weimann
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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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                            Sonja Schroeder
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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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                              Karen Bruen
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                              So, where do you go instead? Meituan Groceries?

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                                Katrina Ziemann
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                                This rice noodle shop is delicious!

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                                  Dr. Lance Glover
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                                  Are you a shill?

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                                    Brenda Shanahan
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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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                                      Leland Erdman
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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.

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