Eating is a real pleasure in Yangzhou if you know where to look. The best-known restaurant in town is the Fuchun Tea House, down a small alley called Dexingqiao running east off Guoqing Lu - there's a big sign suspended over the alley entrance. A plate of ten different kinds of dumpling here costs ¥28; other specialities include doufu gansi (dried shreds of tofu) and qingshao xiaren (fried shrimps). The restaurant in the Qionghua Hotel is also worth trying, and there are plenty of noodles and dumplings on offer in the area around Ganquan Lu. For cakes and pastries head for Maxim's Pastry Shop on Guoqing Lu (west side), a short way north of Sanyuan Lu. Every night until 2am street vendors set up a food street along Ximen Jie just off Huaihai Lu, offering everything from hotpot to skewered beef and puddings. Yangzhou fried rice has become a staple on restaurant menus countrywide, but tastes surprisingly like ordinary fried rice - you can find it at eateries throughout town.