The delicacies of Dongbao District include Changhu Fish Cake, Star Aniseed Snow Dates, Nanqiao Steamed Buns, Pipiao Eel, Camellia Dessert Taishi Cake, Panlong Cai, etc.
1. Changhu fish cake: Changhu fish cake is made of Changhu silver carp as the main ingredient, mixed with a small amount of pork fat, starch, egg white, ginger, green onion and other condiments, and is spread into a flat shape. Round bar shape, put into a steamer and steamed over high heat. It is one of the traditional folk delicacies. The fish cake has a strong local flavor, white inside and yellow outside, bright in color, delicate and soft, elastic, tender and delicious, and endless aftertaste.
2. Octagonal snow dates: Octagonal snow dates are a specialty of Bajiao Street, Ziling Town, Dongbao District, Jingmen City, Hubei Province. Jingmen octagonal snow dates have an outer skin as white as jade with no impurities, and an inner flesh full of silver threads that melts in the mouth, giving people a sweet, crisp and refreshing feeling. There are two types of star anise snow dates. They are steamed and pounded with high-quality glutinous rice, mixed with soybeans, gypsum powder and white sugar to form a dough. They are fermented and puffed, dried in the sun, fried in small sesame oil until mature, and wrapped in crispy coating. , the color is as white as jade, bright and translucent, the appearance is like a jujube, and the inside is like a silver thread.
3. Nanqiao Baozi: Nanqiao Village is 15 kilometers north of the central city of Jingmen. It is named after a stone arch bridge that is more than 500 years old in the south of the market town. Nanqiao steamed buns are named after being produced in Nanqiao market town.
4. Pimp eel: It is a traditional Han nationality dish in Hubei. It belongs to Hubei cuisine and has a history of hundreds of years. Eel is delicious and has medicinal value. The old bones of the skin eel are removed and then cut into long strips. When cooked, it looks like skin strips and is named after it. It is also called bamboo eel because it is shaped like a bamboo joint. The preparation method is to fry it twice at different temperatures until the skin is crispy, and then add sweet and sour yellow sauce. It is golden in color, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and tastes delicious.
5. Camellia Dessert Taishi Cake: Jingmen Food Notes Taishi Cake, also known as Camellia Dessert, is a traditional Han Chinese snack in Jingmen, Hubei Province, with a history of more than a thousand years. According to legend, it was the favorite of Lu Jiuyuan, a Neo-Confucian scholar in the Southern Song Dynasty, when he was the military commander of Jingmen.
6. Panlong Cai: Jingmen Food Notes, also known as Panlong Cai or Roll Cut, is a traditional Han nationality specialty dish in Zhongxiang City, Hubei Province. It is a royal delicacy of the Ming Dynasty. It was first created in Anluzhou, Huguang (today's Zhongxiang) to Xianwang Palace. For the best food at the banquet. Red and yellow, plated in the shape of a dragon, fat but not greasy, smooth and oily, with a long-lasting flavor.