The finalists of Meituan's "Scream Food" list were announced on Nov 25. The first phase covers seven major cities, with a total of nearly 2,000 merchants selected. The final list will be selected from these merchants and is expected to be released on December 19.
The Scream Dish is a new Meituan list following the must-eat list "Black Pearl". Different from "Must-Eat List", which takes into account the tastes of diners in different places, and "Black Pearl", which focuses on high-quality fine dining, "Scream Food" pays more attention to local specialty dishes. Based on the big data of the real evaluation of urban specialties by massive users of the platform, it tries to screen out the most popular classic dishes of local residents in various cities, so as to meet consumers' ultimate pursuit of urban characteristic flavors.
The first edition of the list covers seven major cities, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Xiamen, Xi 'an and Changsha, with a total of 35 urban specialties selected. Specifically, Beijing marinated noodles, fried sauce noodles, Shanghai Xiaolongbao, sparerib rice cake, Guangzhou Clay Pot Rice, sausage noodles, etc. Nearly 2,000 restaurants have been shortlisted to evaluate the taste of the dishes, and the final list is expected to be announced on December 19.
In recent years, with the rapid development of "Internet + catering", life service apps represented by Meituan not only provide convenience for people to choose dining places, but also provide a platform for diners to evaluate the quality, characteristics and price of food in restaurants. According to Meituan's data, Meituan's business covers 2,800 districts, cities and counties and connects more than 6.3 million active merchants, which is a sign of the competition.
According to the person in charge of Scream Food, Meituan "Scream Food" is a guide to local specialties for small and medium-sized businesses generated based on the massive real behavior data of users of Meituan App and Dianping App. Meituan "Scream Food" drives a large group of small and medium sized catering businesses to improve the quality of dishes in the form of food selection shops to get a chance to stand out, providing a stage for merchants to "become famous with one dish". In the future, we will continue to expand the list of cities, to recommend the characteristics of different cities for consumers.
