Fried cakes are one of the famous traditional snacks in Tianjin. Together with Goubuli steamed buns and Guifaxiang twists, they are also known as the "Three Wonders of Tianjin". It is fried to a golden and crispy texture. After taking a bite, you can see three distinct colors: yellow, white and black. The yellow one is the fried brown outer skin; the white one is the glutinous rice skin, which is chewy but not sticky to the teeth; and the black one is the sweet bean paste filling.
Jianbing fruit is a snack of Tianjin people. The authentic pancake fruit is composed of mung bean flour pancakes, eggs, and fried dough sticks or thin crispy "fruit grates". It is served with flour sauce, minced green onions, chili sauce (optional), and fermented bean curd (optional) as condiments. Savory and fragrant, today’s pancakes are not limited to pancakes made from mung bean noodles, but there are also soybean noodles, black bean noodles and many other options. However, Tianjin people still adhere to the traditional way of eating. The only ingredients used in authentic pancakes are mung bean noodles, fried dough sticks, chopped green onion, sesame seeds and other condiments.
When I was a child, I always got up early to pester my elders and follow them to buy breakfast. Just for this candy skin. Watching the chef take out a small ball of sugar dough from under the plastic sheet, I was super excited. If you are particular about sugar noodles, you can also use brown sugar instead of soft white sugar. The oily and crunchy texture, the happiness of biting into the sugar crust, I still love breakfast!
I always thought it was a snack available everywhere, but I didn’t expect it to be a specialty of Tianjin. Silver silk rolls are famous for their fine craftsmanship and the strands of silver thread inside the dough. In addition to steaming, it can also be baked in the oven until golden brown, which also adds a special flavor. Often served as a party snack. The silver silk roll is white in color, soft and sweet in the mouth, soft and oily, and has an endless aftertaste. The fried silver rolls are steamed and then fried.
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The real name of "Gaba Cai" should be "Gaba Cai", which is called "Gaba Cai" in Tianjin dialect. Crispy rice is made from mung beans and millet ground into a paste, spread into evenly thin pancakes (commonly known as crispy rice by Tianjin people), dried and cut into leaf-shaped strips, dipped in vegetarian brine, served in a bowl, topped with sesame sauce and fermented bean curd juice. It is made with six kinds of small ingredients, including spicy oil, spicy paste, dried braised incense slices and coriander powder. Crispy rice is tender and chewy, delicious and nutritious. This product relies on strict selection of pure natural ingredients, exquisite fourteen production processes, especially the three unique skills of "big and small brine" technology, which makes its flavor unique, famous far and near, and deeply loved by consumers. Tianjin's crispy rice dish is not only food, soup, but also vegetables, and has become a unique delicacy in Tianjin.
As a famous Tianjin specialty, although many people complain about it, we still have to love it. Goubuli steamed buns are made using the "half-baked dough, water-filled stuffing" technique. The skin is thin and tough; the filling is made of finely chopped meat, ginger, soy sauce, sesame oil, monosodium glutamate, pork ribs soup, etc. are added. The buns made must not lose shape, fall off the bottom, or leak oil, and must be in the shape of a chrysanthemum. The skin is thin, the filling is large, the taste is mellow, tender and delicious, fat but not greasy.
“Big pear cake, big pear cake, children won’t fall down after eating it.” Big pear cake is a classic specialty cake in Tianjin. It originated from Tangmajia in the northwest corner of Tianjin. It was later improved and gradually became famous. Come on, it’s a famous snack. When I was a child, the big pear cakes were broken into pieces and put in small bags smaller than my hands. They cost 50 cents a bag. To this day, whenever I pass by Nanshi Food Street, I will buy one to eat. It is fragrant and crispy, melts in the mouth, sweet at first and then bitter.
Jianzizi is a famous traditional festival food in Tianjin. The color is yellow and white, with a sense of transparency, hot and crispy on the outside, soft and cool on the inside, smooth and delicious. When dipped (or mixed) with seasonings, the taste is sour, fragrant, spicy and salty. Fried stewed rice is made from mung bean flour and fried with seasonings. In the old days, almost every household would cook and eat it on the second day of the second lunar month. It is said to commemorate Nuwa's mending of the sky. Due to its characteristics, it gradually became a snack made and sold on the street. Nowadays, many families no longer eat fried food on the second day of the second lunar month, but you can eat fried and stewed food sold at small stalls all year round.