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Meat-stuffed gluten
Meat-stuffed gluten is a folk specialty dish in Wuxi, which is simple to prepare and delicious, and can be eaten in many restaurants. The elastic fresh gluten absorbs the fresh juice of meat stuffing and other ingredients, and blends all kinds of delicious food just right.
crispy whitebait
It seems that you can appreciate its crispy skin and tender inside just by looking at its name. This dish is made of whitebait, a specialty of Taihu Lake. The whitebait is fresh and tender, with few thorns, white and almost transparent. After being wrapped in a special batter, it is fried, and you can dip it in seasoning according to your own taste.
Steamed white fish
More than 1,111 years ago, Taihu white fish was called "the first fish in Wuxi" by Wuxi people, and it was famous for its delicious taste and tender meat. Steamed white fish is the most classic practice, and it is also the most exquisite dish to be processed before entering the pot. After pickling and seasoning with various spices, put it into a steamer and steam it for just a few minutes, and a bowl of Taihu Lake flavor will be freshly baked.
ribs with sauce in Wuxi
When it comes to famous dishes in Wuxi, we have to mention ribs with sauce in Wuxi. It is not surprising that this dish appeared in the documentary "China on the Tip of the Tongue". Wuxi's sauce ribs are tender, juicy and delicate, with a salty and sweet taste. It is said that the weight of sugar in the ingredients is one tenth of that of ribs, which can't help but make those diners with light taste incredible. However, since I have come to Wuxi, how can I miss this top1 famous dish?
Tell me more about several snack streets
Chong'an Temple Pedestrian Street
The scenic spot has a variety of dining options, such as traditional brand names (three "time-honored brands" of Wang Xingji, Kutokuhayashi and Huangting Cuisine), local snacks, western-style restaurants, tea shops and bars, and it is also a bustling shopping gathering place. Chong'an Temple Life Pedestrian Street is located at the intersection of Zhongshan Road and Renmin Road in Chong 'an District, Wuxi City, starting from Jiefang North Road in the east, Zhongshan Road in the west, Renmin Road in the south and Xueqian Street in the north. Chong'an Temple Life Pedestrian Street is located at the intersection of Zhongshan Road and Renmin Road in Chong 'an District, Wuxi City, starting from Jiefang North Road in the east, Zhongshan Road in the west, Renmin Road in the south and Xueqian Street in the north.
Sanfengqiao Meat Restaurant
A famous time-honored brand in Wuxi. The geographical position is very superior, and it is located in the most prosperous and lively golden section of the city center, which is called the Golden Triangle by Wuxi people. Sauced ribs are a must, with red sauce, rich flavor and crisp bones and rotten meat; Tiger skin, chicken feet, smoked fish and plum sauce wings are all special dishes, so you must try them. If you don't have time to sit down for dinner, there are many cooked foods at the take-out window, and it's not bad to take them home as handwritten letters. Business has been booming, please be prepared to wait in line.
Snack Street in Huishan Ancient Town
Snack Street is located in the ancient town, next to Qinyuan Street. There are more than 11 quaint shops in it, which supply various snacks with local characteristics, such as tofu flower, stinky tofu, Wangji wonton, beef noodles, north-west cold rice noodles, Taiwan Province hand-grabbed cakes, Qinyuan steamed buns and so on, which are deeply favored and loved by consumers.
South Gate Head Food Street
In the early Han Dynasty, Wuxi set up a county to build a city with four gates, east, west, north and south. In the Ming Dynasty, a new city was built to resist the Japanese invaders, maintaining the original basic pattern of four gates, namely Jinghai, Wanghu, Shiquan and Kongjiang. The rebuilt Wanghu Gate, together with the Miaoguang Pagoda in nanzenji and the site of Xishan Post Station in the Ming Dynasty, will be restored into three important historical and cultural landscapes of Wuxi ancient canal, namely the South Gate. The food street on the south gate is the food street along the river in nanzenji. The food street is not long, mostly snacks from all over the country, and the environment is just so-so. There are also many small restaurants, and the clerks are very enthusiastic to greet them at the door. It is also a relatively lively place in nanzenji.
Dachengxiang Food Street
Located in Dachengxiang Pedestrian Street opposite Chong'an Temple, Zhongshan Road, it has been opened for a long time. Walking to the end of the pedestrian street, a food street in Dacheng Lane, where many snacks are gathered, is formed. There are also various snack restaurants, which are very popular. There are also various small stalls in the middle of the street, which will be filled with all kinds of shopping people on weekends. Many snacks are affordable and delicious, and there are many kinds. From fried rice and noodles, casserole powder rice noodles to plum blossom cake skewers, it is still very good to solve a lunch and dinner.
Begonia Cake
It is named after the cake looks like a begonia flower. It is sweet and delicious, especially when eaten hot.
Sweet-scented osmanthus sugar porridge
One of the traditional famous spots in Wuxi. Sugar porridge is thick but not sticky, and red dates are rice congee, with attractive color, sweet and delicious taste, which is very suitable for the taste of citizens, especially the elderly.
Three Whites in Taihu Lake
Whitebait, white shrimp and white fish. White fish meat is very delicious, only fresh with onion and ginger, steamed to retain the original flavor, even fresh eyebrows can fall off; White shrimp is rich in nutrition, and the meat is fresh, sweet and smooth; Whitebait tastes tender, white as silver, and even more delicious.
Taihu Crab
The hairy crabs raised in Taihu Lake are also fat, tender and delicious, and are not inferior to those raised in Yangcheng Lake.
ribs with Wuxi sauce
The meat is crisp and rotten, salty and sweet, and the sauce is thick, delicious and attractive, so it is one of the delicious foods that have to be tried.
steamed buns in small cages
The skin is slightly transparent, and you can even see the meat stuffing. The soup is fresh and sweet, not greasy. You can eat crab powder in small cages in crab season, and the taste is extremely fresh and beautiful.
Sweet-scented osmanthus sugar taro
is a traditional famous point in Wuxi. Taro is crisp, rotten, bright red in color, sweet and clean in soup, and full of fragrance. It is a seasonal snack suitable for all ages.
vermicelli glutinous rice balls
, also known as five-color glutinous rice balls, are a traditional name in Wuxi. The fillings are fresh meat, vegetable lard, sesame seeds, red bean paste, roses and sugar, which are tough, soft and moist.
Oil gluten
One of the three specialty products in Wuxi, which enjoys a good reputation at home and abroad, is made of flour and fried in plain oil. The finished product is uniform in size, golden, smooth, shiny, and thin and crisp. It can be added to vegetarian food, and can also be matched with all kinds of meat, such as frying, roasting and cooking soup. In particular, the meat-brewed gluten made by stuffing minced meat into oil gluten is durable to cook, unbreakable and delicious.
Yulan cake
is named because it is in the flowering season of Yulan. Its skin is crispy, the inner shell is soft and waxy, sweet and salty, and its fragrance is attractive. People in the south of the Yangtze River often eat it with soybean milk for breakfast.
Top Ten Special Cuisine in Wuxi
1. Steamed buns
Steamed buns in Wuxi are traditional famous dishes in Wuxi and have a history of one hundred years. It is made of superior flour, carefully selected materials, steamed in a small cage and has a southern taste. It has the characteristics of not breaking the skin when picked up, not leaking the bottom when turned over, being full of brine when sucked, and being fresh and not greasy. Steamed bread has thin skin, rich stuffing, tender and fragrant taste. In autumn and winter, boiled crab yellow oil is added to the stuffing, which is the famous "crab powder cage", which is delicious when eaten.
2. Sanxian Wonton
Sanxian Wonton originated from the folk in Dongting Township, Wuxi County, and gradually developed into a traditional Wuxi famous spot. Wonton is made of fresh meat, kai yang and pickled mustard tuber, so it is called "Sanxian". And with meat and bone soup, dried tofu and egg skin silk as seasoning. With thin skin, rich stuffing and fresh soup, Sanxian wonton is the most popular snack in Wuxi.
3. Dried bean curd
Dried bean curd is a traditional snack in Wuxi. Cut the old tofu into 1cm thick with a knife, fry them in an oil pan one by one until golden brown, put them in a bowl, cut them with scissors, and pour in cooked soy sauce, sweet noodle sauce, chopped green onion, Jiang Mo, white sugar and other condiments to serve. This snack has an attractive aroma, crispy outside and tender inside, and is very popular among the public.
4. Radish cake
Radish cake is a snack with Wuxi flavor. Its production method is: wash radish, shred it, marinate it with a little salt, squeeze out the water, add chopped green onion and mix well. In addition, flour and cold water are mixed into a slurry lake shape, and then a round mold spoon made of white lead skin is made. The bottom layer is covered with powder slurry, shredded radish is added, covered with flour paste, fried in an oil pan until golden brown, and demoulded. It is delicious when eaten.
5. Fermented rice balls
Fermented rice balls have a history of one hundred years in Wuxi. It uses white glutinous rice flour to mix and toughen with hot water, cuts it into small squares, and rolls it into a small round with a flat screen, which is similar in size to cotton seeds. In addition, mash the wine and sugar into a bowl, and put the cooked dumplings and soup into the bowl. Fermented dumplings are soft, waxy and sweet, and are delicious snacks for the elderly.
6. Four-color dumplings
Four-color dumplings are a traditional name in Wuxi. It selects 71% of Bai Yuan and 31% of white stalks, washes them with clear water and immerses them in water, then grinds them into gouache with water, puts them into a cloth bag to remove water with stones, rubs them evenly, and then wraps them with stuffing such as fresh meat, vegetable lard, sesame seeds and bean paste. When eaten, it can be cooked in boiling water, soft, tough and smooth, and the stuffing is fresh and clean.
7. Beef noodle
Beef noodle is also a special snack in Wuxi. Slice beef, add starch, yellow wine, refined salt and monosodium glutamate, and mix well. When the water in the pot boils, put beef slices first, cover the pot and roll slightly, then add vermicelli cooked with boiling water, cover the pot and cook for about five minutes, then open the pot and add refined salt and monosodium glutamate, then boil, put into a soup bowl and pour sesame oil.
8. Sugar taro
Sugar taro is a traditional name in Wuxi. Founded in 1858, it selects the taro seeds of local superior taro, peels them, washes them, puts alkali, burns them until they are purplish red, then turns them into fire stew, adds red ponds and sweet osmanthus, and boils them. It has the characteristics of crisp taro, bright red color, fresh and clean sweet soup and overflowing fragrance, and is a timely snack suitable for all ages.
9. Yulan Cake
It was created by Sunji Cake Group Store in Wuxi in 1855, and it was named because it was in the blooming season of Yulan. This cake is made of glutinous rice flour and boiled water, kneaded and picked into small pieces, made into a cake blank, filled with vegetable lard, bean paste, fresh meat, roses, sesame seeds, etc., put in a pan and fried in oil, showing golden yellow color, crispy skin, soft and waxy inner shell, sweet and salty, and attractive fragrance.
11 tofu flower
Tofu flower is a traditional snack in Wuxi. It makes tofu flower in a big jar, sells it and bakes it, which is tender and hot. When eating, cooked soy sauce, chopped green onion, laver, shrimp skin, mustard tuber powder, sugar, sesame oil and other condiments are added to become Wuxi snacks for all ages.
Wuxi, in the southern part of Jiangsu, is located in the Taihu Lake Basin. Besides the beautiful natural scenery of Taihu Lake, Wuxi's food is also very famous.
1. ribs with Wuxi sauce
ribs with Wuxi sauce, which is an authentic Wuxi dish, tastes sweet, and the sauce is rich and delicious. Moreover, in a very famous local Sanfengqiao, the main dish is ribs with sauce.
2. Wuxi steamed buns
Wuxi steamed buns, also known as steamed buns by local people, are famous all over Shanghai, Nanjing and Hangzhou for their thin skin and plenty of bittern. They are traditional famous spots in Wuxi and have a history of one hundred years. It is made of superior flour, carefully selected materials, steamed in a small cage and has a southern taste. It has the characteristics of not breaking the skin when picked up, not leaking the bottom when turned over, full of brine, fresh and fragrant, full of brine when sucked, fresh and not greasy.
3. Wuxi Sanbai:
White shrimp
White shrimp, one of the three white shrimps in Wuxi, is different from ordinary metapenaeus ensis in that it is small and delicious. It is well known that the water quality in Taihu Lake is good. The white shrimp in Taihu Lake grows in such excellent water, so it is natural to say more about its taste.
whitebait
Whitebait, one of the three whites in Wuxi, is the first to cook eggs with whitebait, which is very authentic in Wuxi.
Zizania latifolia
Zizania latifolia, one of the three whites in Wuxi, must be eaten when you go to Wuxi!
4. Meat-stuffed gluten
5. Tofu flower
Sauced ribs
Fresh and tender ribs are poured with sauce ribs made of marinade stewed in old soup, which is mellow in taste, crisp and rotten in bone, oily but not greasy, moderately sweet and salty, and delicious.
Wuxi Xiaolongs
Wuxi Xiaolongs are specially made. In the process of beating, the minced meat should be added with appropriate amount of water in several times, so that the minced meat can slowly eat the water. The Wuxi steamed buns made in this way are juicy and delicious, and the meat is soft.
Yangchun noodles
Yangchun noodles are cooked with scallion oil and cooked dried seaweed. The noodles are tough and smooth, the dried seaweed is soft and delicious, and the onion oil is fragrant. Slim silver noodles with delicious Tonga are rich in onion fragrance, full of color and flavor, delicious and not expensive.
fermented bean curd
Fresh and tender pork belly has different methods and tastes. As the name suggests, the main seasoning of fermented bean curd meat is bean curd. Friends who like bean curd must not miss this dish. The pork belly with the smell of fermented bean curd is red and bright, fat but not greasy, and slightly sweet in taste.
dried glutinous rice balls
dried glutinous rice balls, also known as five-color glutinous rice balls, are a traditional name in Wuxi. It selects 71% of Bai Yuan and 31% of white stalks, washes them with clear water and immerses them in water, then grinds them into gouache with water, puts them into a cloth bag to remove water with stones, rubs them evenly, and then wraps them with stuffing such as fresh meat, vegetable lard, sesame seeds, bean paste, rose and sugar. When eaten, it can be cooked in boiling water, soft, tough and smooth, and the stuffing is fresh and clean.
Crispy whitebait
Whitebait is a special product of Taihu Lake, with tender and boneless meat and delicious taste. This dish is made by dragging whitebait through strips to improve the delicious batter and slowly frying it in a 61% hot oil pan. The skin is crispy and the fish is fresh and tender.
Shrimp crispy rice
Among Jiangsu dishes, "the best dish in the world" is undoubtedly the most distinctive and famous dish. When you taste this dish, the chicken, shrimp and mushrooms are delicious, the tomatoes are colorful, the crispy rice crust is fragrant, and the ears, nose and tongue are satisfied, which is both lively and enjoyable.
Oil-dried bean curd
Wuxi traditional snack Oil-dried bean curd is made by cutting old bean curd into 1cm thick with a knife, frying it in an oil pan until golden brown, putting it into a bowl, cutting it with scissors, and pouring in cooked soy sauce, sweet noodle sauce, chopped green onion, Jiang Mo, white sugar and other condiments, so it can be eaten.
# Great city # Wuxi
Plum blossom cake with bean paste flavor is the first choice. There are also glutinous rice foods such as Olay cakes and rice cakes. Secondly, we should try the local steamed buns, which are sweet in taste and juicy and full of meat. Sweet ribs and sweet gluten in Wuxi. The pot-stewed taste of Sanfengqiao must be bought. Tofu flower, wonton in chicken sauce, three fresh noodles. All kinds of pastry hearts.
In addition, Wuxi is adjacent to Taihu Lake, so the lake is rarely famous. Taihu Lake Three Whites, Whitebait, White Shrimp, White Fish. But personally, although white fish has many small thorns, the soup is delicious. The other characteristic fish species in Taihu Lake should also be tasted. Steaming is recommended. The food in Jiangnan is generally light.
Location
nanzenji Mu Guiying Snacks
Dacheng Lane Snack Street
Sanfengqiao Restaurant
Chong'an Temple Wang Xingji
Sanyang Parkson Subway Station
Huishan Ancient Town
Dangkou Ancient Town
Southern Former Farmhouse
There are countless Wuxi specialty snacks, but I can't help but know that waiting for me is Wuxi's three major features, Sanfengqiao Sauced Ribs. It has a history of nearly 141 years since it came out.
The other two specialties are Huishan clay figurine and Sanyang clear water oil gluten.
where there are beautiful scenery, there must be delicious food. Wuxi is not only a picturesque water town in the south of the Yangtze River, but also a gourmet paradise with many special snacks. How can you come to Wuxi without trying local specialty snacks? Today, come with me to taste Wuxi cuisine, which will definitely make you feast your eyes!
Crispy whitebait
Whitebait is a special product of Taihu Lake, with tender and boneless meat and delicious taste. This dish is made by dragging whitebait through strips to improve the delicious batter and slowly frying it in a 61% hot oil pan. The skin is crispy and the fish is fresh and tender.
silver silk noodles
is one of the famous spots in Wuxi. It selects refined white powder, adds eggs, and mixes them.