The most beautiful college road encounters romantic age.

University Road, the earliest street in Qingdao, has a leisurely temperament, like an oil painting full of artistic flavor, with a strong sense of history and strong cultural flavor, which makes you slow down unconsciously.

When you visit the island city in May, you have to visit the old city, especially University Road. Reflected in the verdant green trees among the small buildings, from time to time floating bursts of coffee, the sun through the century-old Fatong green leaves projected on the road, forming a mottled light and shadow. "five steps one floor, ten steps one pavilion", even the old Qingdao, which has been here for many years, may not be able to tell how many cafes there are on University Road. May Day holiday, let's find an afternoon, read silently on the university road, listen quietly, and enjoy a wonderful time.

The taste of the market shows the flavor of life.

Quiet, neat, eyes full of green, sometimes birdsong into the ear, this is the university road. Throughout Qingdao, the most cultural street is University Road, which bears witness to the vicissitudes of Qingdao for a hundred years. University Road was built after the German occupation of Qingdao, a modern road was laid along the Qingdao River, and a stone bridge was built at the intersection of Huangxian County, so that the road extends northward, called Ospas Street. But the people of Qingdao call it Dongguan Street. Since ancient times, the streams and springs of Qingdao Mountain merged into a river into the Yellow Sea, giving birth to Qingdao Village and Qingdao mouth, which became more and more prosperous in the late Qing Dynasty. Especially after the establishment of the Qing General Army Yamen on the west bank of the Qingdao River in 1891, it gradually became a town, while Hedong is still a fishing village, and there is a wooden bridge connecting the two sides of Yushan Road and Longkou Road. The local people call this wooden bridge area Dongguan and Dongguan Street along the Qingdao River.

Today's college road seems to be what it was a hundred years ago, but you know, in addition to the cafe, there is also a strong flavor of life here. On the side of the road, you can see a bunch of similar food stalls at No. 8 University Road, where ordinary people have become "Internet celebrities". Chicken breast, chicken heart, vegetarian chicken, eggplant, mushrooms, quail eggs. The classic "style" is wrapped in a thin noodle paste, and then the appropriate sauce is prepared, and the air is filled with the oil smell of happiness. As a result, holding a small plate, chewing fried kebabs, also have a different taste on the university road.

In fact, there are many local restaurants, such as Xiaopi Hotel, that really let the university road show the flavor of Qingdao well. To get to his house, you have to turn a corner and go along Huangxian Road. You can see it at the intersection of Longjiang Road. Xiaopi Hotel is a famous old restaurant in the old city. Marinated Meat Combination of his family is the most distinctive, making the best wine, and it is affordable in quantity, with mashed garlic sauce, and every mouthful feels enjoyable. In addition, there is cumin fried waist flower, not only fried tender, crisp, but also tastes good. There is also a small restaurant worth recommending called Huachun Hotel, not far away on Yushan Road, because it is hidden in the back door of Haida, many people habitually call it the "sea cafeteria". This is also an old restaurant, where the food is not the environment, but the taste, iron plate tofu, potato sirloin, turnip and other home-cooked dishes are very much in line with the taste of Jiaodong people.

The aroma of coffee is full of artistic flavor.

"after a hundred years of Indus covering the sky, Rose quietly climbed the glazed tiles on the red wall of gallery, and the lovers met on the corner of Yushan Road on the university road inlaid with marble." Some people have described the university road in this way. Indeed, the flavor of the market is only a footnote to the humanization of this century-old street, while the literary and artistic tone is its main theme.

At the beginning of the last century, Wen Yiduo, Liang Shiqiu, Lao she and other literary people gathered here to either teach and educate people, or create meticulously. In the summer of 1930, Wen Yiduo and Liang Shiqiu were tired of the hustle and bustle and boredom of life in Shanghai, so they accepted the invitation to arrive in Qingdao together and began an interesting life. Liang Shiqiu lived on Yushan Road in Qingdao and taught in the Foreign languages Department of National Qingdao University at that time. Wen Yiduo first lived on University Road and later moved to Huiquan. He was dean of the School of Arts of National Qingdao University and head of the Chinese Department. There are many mountain roads in Qingdao, and they both bought a delicate walking stick. Wen Yiduo went to work every day. He passed Liang Shiqiu's door and gently greeted him. Liang Shiqiu responded, each holding a stick and walking slowly along the tree-lined university road.

Today, walking on the university road, the century-old Fatong, which is quiet and tidy, with thick shade and shade, has thick trees, mottled bark, gray and white, and the crown holds the sky, together with the red tile roof by the roadside, showing nobility and elegance, instantly making people forget the impetuosity and noise of the city. This tone coincides with the coffee culture of the pursuit of serenity. Since the first cafe was opened on University Road a few years ago, more than a dozen cafes have been opened one after another, together with other cafes nearby. There are almost 20 or 30 cafes in this area. The real version of American country style, grocery store style, comic theme, cat theme, ceramic theme and so on, the shopkeepers are shaping different coffee quality and spiritual core with their own unique perspective.

Cultural style breeds exotic customs

After the Beiyang government recovered Qingdao, it opened the private Qingdao University in 1924. The road in front of the university was called University Road, and it was also the first road named after the university in Qingdao. After the National Shandong University moved back to Jinan in 1958, Shandong Ocean College was established in 1959. In 1988, it was renamed Qingdao Ocean University, and the university road is outside its west wall. On the east side of University Road, there is a Qingdao Hongwanzi meeting site built in 1935, which is now a Qingdao Museum; on the west side of University Road are courtyard buildings, scattered with trees and plants, elegant and tranquil. On the short street of University Road, it condenses the development history of Qingdao for a hundred years.

University Road connects Longkou Road, Yushan Road, Huangxian Road, Huashan Road and Yexian Road from south to north; on both sides are Chinese and Western residential buildings. The strong historical soil is now giving birth to the buds of fashion. Cool Cat Art Beer, which operates its own craft beer, is a small bar with a fresh collection of literature and art. "other side dessert" is also a dessert shop located in an alley at the north end of University Road, which is made by the boss himself, full of exotic customs. Yesterday's village near Huangxian Road in the middle section was a combination of coffee and household accessories and groceries, and Mido pottery from the same house, which perfectly blended coffee and pottery. On college road, coffee may not be the dream of many young people, but these human shops can make people feel the kindness and style of the city.

Visit the specialty coffee shop all at once

Michael Coffee

The cafes on University Road are very interesting, mostly gathered in a courtyard, each with its own characteristics, and coffee customers get what they need. Michael Coffee, Jiao Coffee and Kafa Coffee are all in the same yard, located at 48 University Road. Michael Coffee, the largest of the three cafes, deals in drinks and light meals; Jiao Coffee is culturally decorated, with coffee and light meals, and his two Teddy are "stars". The self-baking beans of Kafa Coffee count as the most important feature of the store.

Non-fish coffee

Located at No. 40 B 1-104 University Road, the name sounds a little strange, but the boss is an expert, and the shop name comes from Nanhua Jing. Yogurt cheese is the treasure of the town shop, which must be ordered when entering the shop.

Dessert on the other side

Located at 40 University Road, although it looks inconspicuous, homemade handmade snacks are a feature of this store. This is a mom-and-pop shop, where the owner makes desserts in the kitchen, while the landlady takes on the role of a waiter.

Manga time

Located in 36 University Road 3, is a two-dimensional animation as the main personality shop, the boss has studied in Japan, matcha, latte the most distinctive. In addition, there are all kinds of cartoon characters in the store, full of two-dimensional painting style.

Zhuli Museum

Located at 18 University Road, it is a cat-themed cafe with 15 cats who can be counted as "employees" who are responsible for drinking coffee with you.

Giraffe coffee

Located at 14 University Road, the shop is small, but the cafe composed of various warm colors gives people a sense of calm. It is a pleasant time to order a cup of coffee, read a book and talk with good friends.

Pine House Wine House

This is a small Japanese-style shop located at 14 University Road, although the storefront is small, with Wudong noodles, mustard octopus and eel rice. This small Japanese-style storefront is reminiscent of the "late-night canteen".