Hengyang is a city with a long history and splendid culture. Its unique geographical environment and climatic conditions have created Hengyang’s unique food culture. Hengyang cuisine is famous for its fresh, fragrant and delicious food, especially local dishes. Hengyang local cuisine is characterized by the rich local wild animals and plants, local specialties and traditional handmade production methods. It has unique regional characteristics and distinctive flavor.

One of the representative dishes of Hengyang local cuisine is "Bamboo Tube Chicken". This dish is cooked using a special bamboo tube. The chicken and various seasonings are placed in the bamboo tube and simmered over slow fire to make the chicken The freshness, fragrance and fragrance of the bamboo tube are blended together. In addition, there is a local dish in Hengyang called "rotten egg rice". The cooking ingredients include rice, rotten eggs and various auxiliary ingredients. These ingredients are mixed evenly and then steamed in a bowl. The rotten eggs and rice are paired together. The taste is soft and delicate and melts in your mouth.

Not only that, Hengyang also has a variety of delicious local dishes such as "Wind and Rain Lotus Chicken", "Snow Clam Soup", "Rape Cake", "Lotus Leaf Rice Steamed Pork" and so on. Although these dishes have different tastes, they all have one thing in common: high-quality ingredients and superb cooking skills, which demonstrate the Hengyang people's deep appreciation and love for food.

In short, Hengyang’s local cuisine is unique and famous. Among them, those classic dishes represent the food culture of Hengyang, inherit the wisdom and exquisite cooking skills of Hengyang people, and also bring endless surprises and delicious food to tourists who come here.