2, crab shell yellow. Crab shell yellow is a local snack in Changzhou, commonly known as Ma Xiao cake, which is often used as a gift with sesame cake. There are four kinds of fillings: shepherd's purse, onion oil, sugar and bright oil bean paste. Its characteristics: it is shaped like a crab shell, golden in color, oily but not greasy, crisp and refreshing, sweet and mellow in sugar stuffing, and fresh and fragrant in salty stuffing.
3. dried radish. People who have been to Changzhou will say: Changzhou has a strange thing, dried radish as an appetizer. The difference between authentic Changzhou dried radish and other dried radish lies in that it uses the sweet and tender solid carrots produced by the new gate outside the west gate of Changzhou as raw materials, and the pickled dried radish is yellow and red in color, slightly sweet in salt, crispy and delicious.
4, sesame sugar. Sesame candy is a traditional famous spot in Changzhou, with a long history and unique flavor, such as strip, flat and cylindrical. According to legend, as early as the Tang Dynasty, the local people began to mix sugar and sesame seeds in caramelization to make a kind of hemp candy, called hemp candy. Changzhou sesame candy is milky white in color, bright and crystal clear, sweet and crisp, and has the functions of harmonizing stomach, relieving cough and treating constipation.