"I usually don't eat dumplings, but I finished all of them, just as President Xi did," Sun said. "His deed showed that he is a man of the people," Sun added. "I feel more confident in building a strong China under his leadership."

Pan Xinxin, 27, a postgraduate student at the Central University of Finance and Economics, also decided to come to taste the same meal Xi had ordered after hearing of the president's visit.

"President Xi's deed makes me feel he is quite close to the young and not reserved, and this makes us like him very much," Pan said.

Pan decided to visit the restaurant because it is "affordable" and "it's a place we can experience firsthand".

According to an online post from Baidu, the largest search engine in China, the term "Qing Feng Steamed Dumpling Shop" had been searched for 33,317 times on Saturday.