Cai Lin Ji
Wuhan's time-honored snack chain store. You need to recharge a card to make purchases, usually with a minimum recharge of 100 yuan. You then use the card at the respective counters to get your food. The store is quite large with a wide variety of food options, including soup dumplings, pan-fried dumplings, wontons, bean skin, hot dry noodles, and fried rice. Recommended dishes: beef hot dry noodles, three-flavor bean skin, etc.
Runfa Soup Dumplings
Runfa Soup Dumplings are quite famous locally. It is said to be the only soup dumpling shop that operates 24 hours a day, and it is also a century-old brand. They offer 6 different flavors, with 2 dumplings each: fresh meat, shiitake mushroom, cilantro, shrimp, crab roe, and tomato. The crab roe ones are especially delicious!
Rong Yi Ji
There are two floors in total, with ordering on the first floor and a dining area on the second floor. There are quite a few varieties. You can have soy milk and vegetable buns, and also order some pan-fried dumplings. The pan-fried dumplings are really good, with a crispy bottom.
Jingwu Road First Shop
Besides Zhou Hei Ya, this shop is another highly recommended by locals. The owner says that the sweet and spicy flavor is spicier than the fragrant and spicy one.
