Characteristic food Changzhou snacks have both local traditional characteristics and Jiangsu and Zhejiang flavors. They have a wide range of materials, salty and sweet fillings, exquisite collocation of meat and vegetables, and are famous for their fine production. Crab steamed stuffed bun was first created by Wanhua Teahouse in the south of Xiaoheyan pontoon bridge. Its characteristics: crab oil is golden and shiny, fat but not greasy, crab-scented, juicy and delicious, with thin skin and strong tendons, tender, smooth and refreshing stuffing, and delicious with balsamic vinegar and ginger. ? 6? 1 sesame cake Changzhou sesame cake is an oval sesame cake with unique taste and flavor, and it is also the favorite traditional food of Changzhou people. When it is made, white flour, high-quality sesame seeds, white sugar, refined salt and other raw materials are selected and refined through kneading, stirring, kneading, stuffing, molding, baking and other processes. There are two flavors of salty and sweet for buyers to choose from. As soon as the qualified biscuits are baked, they are rich in flavor, yellow and moist in color but not burnt, moderate in salty and sweet but not greasy, crisp and delicious but not crisp, and good in color, smell and taste. In the past, Changzhou sesame cakes were mostly eaten by local people for breakfast. Nowadays, after reform and innovation, carefully packaged, elegant and easy to carry, it has become a necessary gift for people to visit relatives and friends. ? 6? 1 Crab Shell Yellow Crab Shell Yellow is a local snack in Changzhou, commonly known as Ma Xiao Cake, which is often used as a gift together with sesame cake. There are four kinds of fillings: shepherd's purse, onion oil, sugar and bright oil bean paste. Its characteristics: it is shaped like a crab shell, golden in color, oily but not greasy, crisp and refreshing, sweet and mellow in sugar stuffing, and fresh and fragrant in salty stuffing. ? 6? 1 Chicken Soup Wonton Chicken Soup Wonton is a special snack in Changzhou with a history of more than 40 years. Its characteristics: smooth skin, fragrant stuffing, fat but not greasy, delicious. ? 6? 1 Fermented Lantern Festival Fermented Lantern Festival is one of Changzhou's special snacks, and people have the custom of eating Lantern Festival. /kloc-More than 0/00 years ago, Pei added wine to the traditional Lantern Festival and created the Lantern Festival with wine. Its characteristics: the dough is like jade grains, the wine is rich, the flavor is unique, and it is sweet and refreshing. ? 6? 1 silver noodle is a special variety in Changzhou, which has a history of more than 30 years. The ingredients are exquisite, the operation procedure is strict, and the noodles are delicate, white as silver, soft and smooth, tough and not sticky. It is one of the collection varieties of China snacks. ? 6? 1 sesame sugar Changzhou sesame sugar has a long history and unique flavor. According to legend, as early as the Tang Dynasty, the local people began to mix sugar and sesame seeds in caramelization to make a kind of hemp candy, called hemp candy. By the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a great show of smoke and the army of nomads from the North invaded the south on a large scale. Zhao Gou, the King of Kang, fled from the capital city of Bianliang to the south and was partial to the south of the Yangtze River. He always compromised and made peace, not wanting to recover the lost land in the north. The people are very dissatisfied with this. At that time, someone wrote a poem saying, "When will the West Lake stop singing and dancing?" Warm wind makes tourists drunk and makes Hangzhou a Bianzhou! "To vent their dissatisfaction. The people in Changwu area expressed their desire to resist gold and recover lost land in another form. They changed the spherical sesame candy into a cylindrical shape like a vessel and gave it to Kang Wang to inspire his courage to resist and rejuvenate the country. People don't know whether Zhao Gou, King Kang, was encouraged or not. However, Changzhou sesame sugar has been made into a cylinder since then and continues to this day. Changzhou sesame sugar is finely selected and beautifully made. Sesame requires no skin cover and no stuffing at both ends. The hole in the sugar layer is not hard, the taste is sweet and crisp, and it does not stick to teeth. The color is white and bright, and the thickness is generally uniform, just 20 pieces per catty. It is really a good gift for a family trip and a friend. ? 6? 1 dried radish Anyone who has been to Changzhou will say, "There is a strange thing in Changzhou. Dried radish is an appetizer. "Authentic Changzhou dried radish is really different from dried radish in other places. It is made of sweet and tender solid carrots produced by the new gate outside the west gate of Changzhou, washed and cut into strips, moderately dried, and then added with appropriate amount of salt, sugar and various auxiliary materials, and carefully pickled. Due to the excellent selection of materials, a unique pickling process and a unique flavor seasoning are adopted. Therefore, Changzhou dried radish is yellow and red in color, salty but not salty, slightly sweet in salty, crisp but not spicy, and very delicious. Besides, it is cheap and easy to carry. It is not only a side dish for people to eat, but also a pastime food after drinking and eating. If you buy authentic Changzhou products, customers will be satisfied. ? 6? 1 Shrimp cake has a history of nearly 200 years. Yuan Mei, a litterateur in Qing Dynasty, wrote in "Suiyuan Food List": "Shrimp cakes, raw shrimps, onions, salt, pepper, a little sweet wine, add water and flour, and sesame oil will burn thoroughly. "Golden color, crisp outside and tender inside, fragrant and delicious. ? 6? 1 horseshoe crisp After the Taiping Army captured Changzhou in the tenth year of Qing Xianfeng, a kind of shortcake shaped like horseshoe appeared among the people, which was intended to praise the achievements of the Taiping Army. Horseshoe crisp is made of refined white flour, cotton candy, soybean oil and other raw materials, baked in a traditional stove. Golden color, sweet and crisp. It has been listed as a famous dish in China. ? 6? 1 Sanxian wonton stuffing is made of shrimp, fresh herring and fresh pork, so it is called "Sanxian". Wonton skin is made of white flour mixed with egg white, and wonton soup is made of chicken soup stewed with fresh hens. Wonton skin is thin and smooth, the stuffing is fresh and tender, and the soup is clear and delicious. ? 6? 1 Elonsu Ham Elonsu Ham was founded in 1932 and is famous for making vegetarian snacks. Elonsu ham is a traditional specialty of Changzhou Elonsu restaurant. This product is made of excellent materials, advanced formula and scientific production technology, supplemented by a variety of natural precious spices and natural pigments. This product is fragrant, dry, soft and delicious, refreshing. Sliced and sprinkled with sesame oil, it looks like ham. It is a delicacy for dining, drinking and traveling, and it is also a good gift for relatives and friends. 1989 won the "Jinding" award for high-quality food from the Ministry of Commerce, and it is one of the top ten famous spots in Changzhou. ? 6? 1 Tianmu Lake Casserole Fish Head Tianmu Lake Casserole Fish Head: Founded in Tianmu Lake Hotel, Jiangsu Province, it has been carefully cooked by Zhu Shuncai, senior chef, Jiangsu Province for nearly 30 years. Now it has been praised as the best traditional dish in Jiangsu, and it has become a wonderful flower in China cuisine. Cooking the fish head of Tianmu Lake casserole uses the silver carp head naturally raised in Tianmu Lake, and the pure natural Tianmu Lake is the soup base, which is a unique cooking technology. Because the beautiful Tianmu Lake not only filters the lake water by the green vegetation around the mountain, but also the bottom of the lake is sand instead of mud, this unique natural environment makes Tianmu Lake clear, sweet and spotless, so the fish growing in it have no earthy smell. Therefore, the fish head of Tianmu Lake casserole is highly praised by the vast number of food lovers for its excellent quality of "fresh but not fishy, fat but not greasy".