"One of the best" is the five-spice tea eggs, five-spice beans and rainbow tea of Kui Guang Ge;
"Two of the best" is the Kayo dried silk and crab shell yellow baklava of Yong He Yuan;
"Three of the best" is the sesame oil dried silk and duck oil crispy baklava of Qifang Ge;
"Three of the best" is the sesame oil dried silk and duck oil crispy baklava of Qifang Ge.
"Sixth Best" is Jiang Youji's Beef Soup and Beef Pot;
"Seventh Best" is Junyuan Noodle House's Thin-skinned Dumplings and Fish Noodles in Red Soup;
"Eight Best" is Lianhu Sweets.
The "Eight Bests" are the osmanthus-flower-centered small dumplings and five-color cakes of Lianhu Sweet Shop
Introduction to Food and Drink
Nanjing cuisine has always been known as the Beijing-Soviet cuisine, and the chefs refer to themselves as the "Beijing-Soviet Gang".
Nanjing cuisine is known for its rigorous selection of materials, fine production, highlighting the main ingredients, exquisite and delicate, color and luster, and constantly renovated varieties according to seasonal seasons. Its flavor characteristics are mainly manifested in the taste mellow, salty and light, adaptable to a wide range. Dishes pay attention to the original flavor, to fresh, fragrant, crispy, rotten, tender mainly. Its shape hard and soft, soup thick and fragrant, fat and not greasy, light and not thin. Crispy off the bone without losing its shape, tender and crisp without losing its flavor.
Nanjing's duck-making technology has long been famous, as early as 1400 years ago in the Southern Dynasties period has been recorded. Duck dishes in Nanjing are famous all over the country, in addition to Jinling roast duck, duck, brine duck, roast duck, Jinling sauce duck, crispy duck, eight treasures pearl duck, salted duck gizzard, etc. are also distinctive.
In addition, Nanjing's Longchi crucian carp, with its small head, large body back thick belly empty, tender and delicious meat known far and wide, aquatic products in the "water eight fresh" for the fish, diamonds, lotus root, wild rice, mushrooms, watercress, chicken fruit, lotus seed, is the Mid-Autumn Festival to enrich the public's food basket of the best products.
Dashiba Street in Fuzimiao and Lion's Bridge on Hunan Road are famous food streets with many special snacks, such as Huiwei Duck Blood Vermicelli, Lion's Head in Lion King's House, and Yin's Soup Buns with Chicken Juice, etc., which you must try if you have a chance.
Qinhuai Eight Best: The so-called "Qinhuai Eight Best" refers to the sixteen famous dishes of eight snack halls in Nanjing: five-spice tea eggs and five-spice beans of Kui Guang Ge; crab shell yellow biscuits and Kai Yang dried threads of Yong He Yuan; duck oil crispy biscuits and dried threads of sesame oil of Qifang Ge; scallion pancakes and bean curd brains of Liufeng Jiu; and assorted cabbage buns and noodles with chicken threads of Qifang Ge; Beef potstickers and beef soup from Jiang Youji; thin-skinned dumplings and fish noodles in red soup from Junyuan Noodle House; and five-color cakes and osmanthus-centered snacks from Lianhu Gao Duan Shop. There are also different versions, for example, some of which include huihoujian (回卤干). Some of the stores have gone out of business, such as Kui Guang Ge, and some of them are no better than that, so don't be superstitious. Many restaurants in Fuzimiao have snack packages, so you can try all the eight masterpieces of Qinhuai at once, but it's best to look for a big store that can guarantee the taste. Recommended to go to the scholar building, VIP building or Qinhuai people, of course, the price is also quite expensive (usually more than 100 yuan per capita).
Specialties
Pan duck
Nanjing pan duck is famous all over the world. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, Nanjing was famous for its ancient academy, glazed towers, and salted ducks. The ballad, visible Nanjing duck has long been reputable. The duck is cured with salt brine and air-dried, and is divided into two kinds: waxed duck and spring duck. Because its meat is tender and tight, like a board, so the name of the duck. Nanjing duck production technology has more than 600 years of history, to the Qing Dynasty, local officials always select the better quality of the new duck tribute to the royal family, so it is also known as "tribute duck"; court officials in the exchange of visits to the duck as a gift to each other, so there is "official gift duck"
Salt-water duck
Salt-water duck is a famous specialty of Nanjing, which has a long history of more than a thousand years. Nanjing salt water duck can be made all year round, the curing period is short, now do now sell, now buy now eat, should not be stored for a long time. This duck has white skin and tender meat, fat but not greasy, fresh and flavorful, with fragrant, crispy and tender characteristics. Every year before and after the Mid-Autumn Salt Water Duck color and taste the best, because the duck in the osmanthus blooming season production, so the name: osmanthus duck. White Gate Recipes" recorded: "Jinling August period, salt water duck is the most famous, everyone thought that the meat inside the fragrance of osmanthus. "Osmanthus Duck is a good drink for a long time. On New Year's holidays or weekdays home guests, go to the street to buy a bowl of salt water duck, seems to have become a secular ritual in Nanjing.
Authentic vacuum-packed salted duck can be bought at the Guihua Duck Store on Hunan Road, next to the Hunan Road shopping mall.
Snacks
Jinling snacks
Nanjing Fuzimiao is the birthplace of Jinling snacks, which have a long and varied history. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, it was already a place where merchants gathered, and the Ming and Qing Dynasties were even more prosperous, with restaurants, teahouses, taverns, and snack stores abounding. Only snack color varieties there are more than two hundred kinds. With the development of urban construction, snack outlets are also increasing, in addition to Fuzimiao, in Hunan Road, Xinjiekou, Chaotiangong, Changle Road, Shanxi Road, Central Gate, Huiminqiao, Yanziqi and other places, but also gradually formed a more concentrated group of snacks. In addition, hawking along the street, everywhere.
Nanjing's famous snack stores include Liufengju (bean curd brains, scallion pancakes, etc.), Qinyuanchun (wontons, noodles), Lianhu Dessert Shop (Soviet-style pastries) and Jiang Youji Potstickers and Dumplings House