The mature season of Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs is from mid-September to 65438+February, in which the female crabs are yellow and tender in September of the lunar calendar; October male crab paste is rich in fat and delicious in meat, which is the best time to eat crabs. Seeing that catering enterprises are doing more and more crabs, they are becoming more and more exquisite. One is steamed crab, which is also the most common practice and the best way to eat it. Choose a big and strong Yangcheng Lake hairy crab, wash it, tie it with a rope, steam it in a pot, or boil it in water. Put some ginger, perilla, yellow wine and salt in the pot to avoid the cold and remove the fishy smell. Dip in sauce and yellow wine can not only flavor and drive away fishy smell, but also fully show the delicacy of Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs. The second method is to brew oranges with crabs. First, cut off the top of a ripe big orange with two leaves, leaving a little orange juice, stuffing the yellow and meat of hairy crabs, then putting the cut top seal into a steamer, adding wine, vinegar and water for steaming. Dip it in vinegar and salt when eating. It tastes delicious. There are curry crab, crab king wings, crab clay pot rice, crab pot cooking Lamian Noodles and other practices.
Tell consumers a unique identification method (this method is only an internal statement of the enterprise and does not represent the official view of Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs): fullness (kneading method): The difference between Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs and other crabs lies in the fullness of meat. You can pinch the calf of hairy crabs to feel whether the meat is full. If it is not full, it will feel hollow when you pinch it. Green back (burning method): the back of Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs is crab shell green, shiny and refreshing, and turns red after cooking. The crab soil in other lake areas is heavy in color and grayish red after cooking. White belly (brushing method): The belly of hairy crabs is white and shiny, but not pure white. Due to water stains in the lake, it should be slightly yellow, which is different from the gray belly of crabs in other lake areas. If the shell is lightly brushed with a brush, it can be slightly stained with water attached to the shell. Golden claws (can be tested on smooth glass or floor tiles): the claws of hairy crabs are as golden as tobacco, with two claws and eight claws, which are strong and powerful; It can stand up and crawl freely on smooth glass plates or floor tiles. The crab claws in other lake areas are thin and weak, and there is no obvious golden color on the claw tips. Yellow hair (claw hair can be squeezed): the hair on the crab claws of Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs is thick and soft, and the hair is bright yellow. The crab hair in other lake areas is very earthy and unclean. This method requires special attention to safety and is easy to be caught by fingers. Zhou Shi Taihe Aoya
Kunshan Aowei sauce duck, referred to as Aoya. The recipe technology originated from Medicinal Diet Series in Qing Dynasty. Taihe Austrian duck is characterized by excellent color, aroma, taste and nutrition, and has the reputation of "one Austrian chef, fragrant streets". The Austrian-flavored products from Zhou's Taihe Pavilion combine the two cooking techniques of "Austrian" and "sauce" to make Austrian-flavored sauced duck. Its characteristics are fat but not greasy, tender but not rotten, fragrant but not greasy.
Aozao noodles
Aozao Pavilion, a century-old shop, is located in the south of Banshanqiao, Lin Ting Road. Aozao noodles are mainly fried fish in red oil and stewed duck noodles in white soup. Fried fish noodles in red oil: All fried fish are herring, and noodles are processed into Longxu Noodles with refined white flour, which is tender and ruddy, fragrant and delicious.
Braised duck noodles in white soup are cooked with the old soup "Kunshan Duck", which is fat but not greasy. A bowl of unique Austrian noodles will add endless fun to you and leave endless aftertaste.
Biluochun tea
One of the top ten famous teas in China, commonly known as "horrible fragrance". Kangxi passed through Suzhou on his southern tour and praised him after drinking tea. Therefore, tea was collected in the Qingming and Grain Rain seasons, and was named "Biluochun" as a tribute.
Caizhizhai candy
Suzhou-style candy enjoys a high reputation in China. Ming goods, roasted seeds and nuts, soft candy and special flavor are four categories1more than 50 varieties, such as pine nut candy, zongzi candy, peanut candy, tricolor pine nut candy, crisp pine nut candy and pine nut jujube candy. Among them, the zongzi sugar produced exclusively by Caizhizhai is the most famous.
Song brocade
"Brocade" is a high-grade silk fabric. Suzhou's Song Brocade, Nanjing's Yunjin and Sichuan's Jin Shu are also called "China's Three Famous Brocades". Its weaving technology is exquisite, and the warp has double warp, so it is also called "heavy brocade".
Jin Song is characterized by exquisite patterns, elegant colors, flat and crisp, and antique. It is often used to mount precious calligraphy and painting, high-grade gift boxes, and also to make special clothes and lace.
Su-style candied fruit
The history of making candied fruit in Suzhou can be traced back to the Three Kingdoms period, and the Qing Dynasty was the heyday of Soviet-style candied fruit, among which "Zhang Xiangfeng" is the most famous and has always been "court food". There are more than 60 varieties of Soviet-style candied fruit/kloc-0, among which the most famous ones are Zizyphus jujuba, buttered plum, kumquat, white bayberry and nine-system dried tangerine peel.
Su-style plum has a sweet and sour flavor, one grain in the mouth, refreshing taste and a long aftertaste, which is the most popular among tourists.
Suzhou orange cake and kumquat cake made of Dongting citrus are rich in orange flavor, sweet and refreshing, and have the functions of appetizing and ventilation.
Zaoni sesame seed cake
Jujube mud sesame cake is a famous point of Han nationality, which is a Soviet-style cake. One is produced in Mudu, Wuzhong. The representative is the dry source, and the sesame cake is brittle and hard, and it is produced in Xiangcheng Town, Xiangcheng District. Represents an old house in the city. The main feature of sesame cakes is soft and glutinous, and both of them are century-old stores. The jujube paste biscuit is made by mixing a proper amount of flour, maltose, eggs, crude oil and baking soda, adding steamed and mashed black jujube paste, cooked lard, pine nuts, melon seeds and osmanthus flowers, and baking in the furnace wall at 150℃- 180℃. Sweet and delicious, with unique flavor 1, Yangcheng Lake Town: At Suzhou North Bus Station, you can take bus No.87 directly to Yangcheng Lake Town. Self-driving tourists, first take the Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway to the exit of Suzhou Industrial Park, enter National Highway 3 12, go straight into Maanshan Road, then enter Quan Min Road, and follow the signs to reach Yangcheng Lake Town.
2. Lotus Island in Xanadu: Lotus Island is located in the central area of Yangcheng Lake. Arrive at the Lotus Island Pier in Yangcheng Lake Town, and enter by motorboat.
3. Bacheng, Kunshan: Hangzhou East Bus Station has 6 express trains to Kunshan every day; You can also transfer from Suzhou North Station, where there is a direct bus to Kunshan. Then take the bus 1 17 at Kunshan coach station or railway station to reach Bacheng directly. Self-drivers can take the Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway to Suzhou exit, then enter the 3 12 National Highway eastward and go straight to Kunshan Bacheng.
4. Shajiabang: There is a direct bus from Suzhou North Bus Station. If you drive by car, you can take the Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway to the Zhajiasu exit, go to Suzhou and go to Changshu. After entering Changshu city, follow the road signs and you can reach Shajiabang.