The staple food of Zhengzhou people is mainly pasta, mainly white flour (that is, wheat flour), and coarse grain flour is only used as nutrition collocation and taste adjustment, and the demand is very small. Common wheaten food includes steamed bread (steamed bread), vegetable steamed bread (also called vegetable python or vegetable dragon), oil roll, steamed stuffed bun, branded mold, oil cake, vegetable box, sesame seed cake, fried dough sticks, stir-fry angle and so on. Zhengzhou people especially like to eat noodles. There are many kinds of noodles, such as noodle soup, fried noodles, squeezed noodles, Lamian Noodles, fried noodles, beef, mutton and Huimian Noodles noodles. There are five kinds of non-staple food dishes in Zhengzhou: meat dishes, vegetables, edible fungi, bean products and eggs.

Xinzheng Lotus Root Xinzheng Lotus Root is a geographical indication product of agricultural products, which is produced in xinzheng city, Zhengzhou City. Xinzheng city is located in the transition zone from the North China Plain, the mountainous area in western Henan to the eastern Henan Plain, and belongs to the continental monsoon climate in warm temperate zone, which is very suitable for the growth of lotus roots.

Dawei Beef Dawei Beef is spiced beef produced in Dawei Town, xinmi city. It has a long history and a unique formula. After making, it has the characteristics of bright color, delicious taste, rotten tendons and fleshy meat.

Chongyang Flower Cake Chongyang Flower Cake, also known as "Flower Cake", is a food for the Double Ninth Festival of the Han nationality and is popular in most areas of China. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is the Double Ninth Festival, also known as the Day of Respect for the Elderly. People should steam Chongyang cakes to honor the elderly. People usually make colorful Chongyang cakes and sprinkle some sweet-scented osmanthus on the cake surface (so Chongyang cakes are also called Osmanthus Jelly).