Geng Fu Xing (Phoenix Food Street)

Geng Fu Xing is a time-honoured snack house on Phoenix Food Street (No. 10), in Zheshan Subdistrict of Wuhu's Jinghu District, in Anhui province, China. Its listing dates the business to 1888, which makes it one of the oldest names in Wuhu's local snack tradition, and it is also one of the most-reviewed eateries in the city, with a rating of about 4.5. The kitchen is a specialist in Wuhu-style snacks rather than a full-service Anhui restaurant, so the menu is built around noodles, dumplings and small plates that locals eat for breakfast, lunch and a light dinner. The two dishes that define the house are shrimp-roe noodles (xiazi mian), priced at about ¥15, and crab-roe soup dumplings (xiehuang tangbao). Shrimp-roe noodles are a regional speciality in which fine noodles are served with a savoury sauce made from river-shrimp roe, a flavour closely tied to the Yangtze and its tributaries around Wuhu. The soup dumplings follow the Jiangnan tradition of thin wrappers filled with pork, rich broth and crab roe. The dining room is a busy, casual space with shared tables, fast turnover and a lively, noisy atmosphere; there is no dress code, and the experience is closer to a canteen than a formal restaurant. A typical meal costs around ¥49 per person, which is inexpensive even by Chinese standards. There is no formal wine or cocktail programme; tea and soft drinks are the usual accompaniment. Reservations are not normally taken: the listing describes the restaurant as walk-in, and queues of an hour or more are reported at peak meal times, particularly weekend mornings and the lunch rush. Opening hours on the Trip.com listing are 06:30-14:00 and 17:00-21:00, and visitors are advised to confirm on Dianping before travelling. The telephone number on the listing is +86 553 3845577. For visitors exploring Wuhu's old town, the restaurant makes a convenient stop for sampling the city's best-known local flavours in one sitting.