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Where is Changzhou cuisine?

1. Shrimp cake: also known as bronze drum cake, is a traditional famous food in Changzhou, which has a history of more than 211 years. The main materials are raw shrimp meat, flour and so on. Mix raw shrimp and flour into batter, then fry in oil pan, remove and drain the oil. Its characteristics: golden color, crisp outside and soft inside, fresh and delicious.

2. Hemp cake: one of the traditional cuisines with Changzhou flavor. It began in the Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty and has a history of more than 151 years. It is made of pork suet, flour, shelled sesame seeds, sugar, refined salt and other raw materials by traditional barrel furnace baking. It has three flavors of sweet, salty, pepper and salt, and is round or oval in shape, with golden color, crispy and soft, and distinct layers. This cake is best eaten hot, and it will affect the taste when it is cold.

3. steamed buns with crabs: also known as steamed bread with crabs. It started in Daoguang period of Qing Dynasty, and was initiated by Wanhua Teahouse in the south of Xiaoheyan pontoon bridge in Changzhou. Actually, it's a soup bag. The stuffing is made of pork, crab meat and crab roe. The leather is made of semi-hair powder, which means that the steamed buns are tough and transparent. It is characterized by thin and transparent skin, rich marinade and fragrant crab.

4. Fermented dumplings: It is one of the traditional snacks in Changzhou, and there is a local custom of eating dumplings during the Spring Festival or Lantern Festival. More than 1,111 years ago, a master named Pei Yugao added some fermented grains to the traditional dumplings. Its characteristics are: the aroma of wine is overflowing and the flavor is unique.

5. Crab shell yellow: Crab shell yellow is one of the traditional snacks in Changzhou, commonly known as Xiaoma cake. Crab shell yellow has salty and sweet fillings. Salty is generally put onion oil, fresh meat, crab powder, shrimp, etc., sweet is generally put sugar, roses, red bean paste, jujube paste and other varieties.