Changzhou specialty

Xiaolongbao with crab

During the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, it was first created by Wanhua Teahouse on the south bank of the floating bridge along the river. Its characteristics: the crab oil is golden and shiny, fat but not greasy, the crab fragrance is fragrant, the juice is delicious, the skin is thin and strong, the filling is tender and refreshing, and it is delicious when served with balsamic vinegar and shredded ginger.

·Cannabis Cake

Changzhou Cannabis Cake is a large oval-shaped sesame cake with a unique taste and flavor. It is also the favorite traditional home-cooked food of Changzhou people. When making it, raw materials such as refined white flour, high-quality sesame seeds, white sugar, and refined salt are selected, and it is refined through multiple processes such as dough mixing, stirring, kneading, stuffing, shaping, and baking. There are two flavors, salty and sweet, for buyers to choose from. Once the qualified sesame cake comes out of the oven, it will have a rich and tangy aroma, a yellow color but not burnt, moderate salty and sweet but not greasy, crispy and delicious but not crispy, and good color, aroma and taste. In the past, Changzhou hemp cakes were mostly eaten by locals as breakfast. Nowadays, after reform and innovation, careful packaging, beautiful appearance and easy to carry, it has become a must-have gift for people to visit relatives and friends.

·Crab shell yellow

Crab shell yellow is a local snack in Changzhou, commonly known as small hemp cake. It is often paired with hemp cake as a gift. There are four kinds of fillings: shepherd's purse, scallion oil, sugar, and bright oil bean paste. Its characteristics: shaped like a crab shell, golden in color, oily but not greasy, crispy and fluffy, sweet and mellow sugar filling, fresh salty filling.

·Chicken soup with vegetable and meat wontons

Chicken soup with vegetable and meat wontons is a specialty snack in Changzhou with a history of more than 40 years. Its characteristics: smooth skin, fragrant filling, fat but not greasy, delicious taste.

·Jiuniang Yuanxiao

Jiuniang Yuanxiao is one of the specialty snacks in Changzhou. It is a folk custom to eat Yuanxiao during the Spring Festival. More than 100 years ago, Pei Yugao added fermented glutinous rice to the traditional Lantern Festival and created the fermented glutinous rice dumpling. Its characteristics: the dough is like jade grains, the aroma of wine is overflowing, the flavor is unique, and it is sweet and refreshing.

·Silver Noodles

Silver Noodles are a specialty variety of Changzhou with a history of more than 30 years. The ingredients are exquisite and the operation process is strict. It has the characteristics of noodles as thin as silk, white as silver in color, soft and smooth, rich in toughness, and not mushy when cooked. It is one of the varieties collected in "Chinese Snacks Book".

·Sesame Candy

Changzhou sesame candy has a long history and unique flavor. It is said that as early as the Tang Dynasty, local people began to make maltose and sesame seeds to produce a sesame candy that looks like sesame balls, called sesame balls. By the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, war smoke was everywhere, and the Jin soldiers invaded the south on a large scale. Kang Wang Zhao Gou fled south from Bianliang, the capital, and settled south of the Yangtze River. He blindly compromised and sued for peace, not wanting to regain the lost territory in the north. The people were very angry about this. At that time, someone once wrote a poem saying: "Beyond the mountains, there are towers outside the mountains, when will the singing and dancing in the West Lake stop? The warm wind makes the tourists drunk, and they call Hangzhou Bianzhou!" to vent their dissatisfaction. The people in the Changwu area took another form to express their desire to resist the Jin and regain their lost land. They transformed the spherical sesame dough candy into a cylindrical shape like a firecracker and gave it to King Kang to encourage his courage to fight against the Jin Dynasty and restore the country. It is unknown whether King Kang Zhaogou was inspired and gained courage from it. However, Changzhou sesame candy was made into a cylindrical shape and continues to this day.

Changzhou sesame candy has carefully selected ingredients and exquisite production. It is required that the sesame seeds are fully covered without exposing the skin, and both ends are sealed so that the filling does not leak out. The sugar layer is porous but not stiff, the taste is sweet and crispy and does not stick to the teeth, the color is bright and uniform, the thickness is about the same length, and a pound is exactly 20 sticks. It is indeed a good gift for home travel and as a gift to relatives and friends.

·Dried radish

People who have been to Changzhou will say: "There is a strange thing in Changzhou. Dried radish is used as a side dish with wine." Authentic Changzhou dried radish is indeed different from dried radish elsewhere. The sweet and tender solid carrots produced in Ximenwai Xinzha, Changzhou are selected as raw materials. They are washed and cut into strips, dried appropriately, and then added with an appropriate amount of salt, sugar and various accessories, and then carefully pickled. Due to the excellent selection of ingredients, a unique pickling process is used, and it is paired with unique seasonings. Therefore, Changzhou dried radish is yellow in color with red inside, salty but not salty, salty but slightly sweet, crispy but not spicy, and very delicious. Moreover, it is cheap, good quality and easy to carry. It is not only a side dish for people to eat, but also can be used as a snack for drinking and after dinner. If you buy authentic Changzhou products, customers will definitely be in for a treat.

·Shrimp cakes

It has a history of nearly 200 years. Qing Dynasty writer Yuan Mei's "Suiyuan Food List" contains: "Shrimp cakes, raw shrimp meat, green onions, salt, pepper, a little liqueur shank, add water to make noodles, and sesame oil to sear it through." It is golden in color, crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. , fresh and delicious.

·Horse hoof cake

After the Taiping Army captured Changzhou in the 10th year of Xianfeng Period in the Qing Dynasty, a shortbread shaped like a horseshoe appeared among the people, which was intended to praise the achievements of the Taiping Army. Water chestnut cake is made from refined white flour, cotton sugar, soybean oil and other raw materials, and is baked in a traditional furnace. Golden in color, sweet and crispy. It has been included in "Chinese Famous Dishes Recipes".

·Three delicacies wontons

The filling is made of shrimp, fresh herring and fresh pork, so it is called "three delicacies". The wonton wrappers are rolled with refined white flour mixed with egg white, and the wonton soup is made from fresh hens simmered into chicken soup. The wonton skin is thin and smooth, the filling is fresh and tender, and the soup is clear and delicious.

·Elan Vegetarian Ham

Elan Vegetarian Ham was founded in 1932 and is famous for its pure vegetarian snacks. Yilong vegetarian ham is a traditional specialty food of Changzhou Yilong vegetarian restaurant. This product is made from fine materials, advanced formula, scientific production process, supplemented by a variety of natural precious spices and natural pigments.

This product is fragrant and fresh, tough and soft, delicious and refreshing. Cut into thin slices and drizzled with sesame oil, it looks like ham meat. It is a delicacy to go with meals, drinks, and travel, and is also a good gift for relatives and friends. In 1989, it won the "Golden Tripod" Award for high-quality food from the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China and is one of the top ten famous restaurants in Changzhou.

·Tianmu Lake Casserole Fish Head

Tianmu Lake Casserole Fish Head: Founded in Tianmu Lake Hotel in Jiangsu Province, it has been carefully cooked by Zhu Shuncai, a famous chef in Jiangsu Province for nearly 30 years. , is now known as the best traditional dish in Jiangsu and has become a wonder in the world of Chinese food. Cooking Tianmu Lake Casserole Fish Head uses large silver carp heads naturally grown in Tianmu Lake water as raw materials, pure natural Tianmu Lake water as soup base, and is processed with unique cooking techniques. Due to the beautiful scenery of Tianmu Lake, Not only does the green vegetation on the surrounding mountains filter the lake water, but the bottom of the lake is sandy rather than silt. This unique natural environment makes the water of Tianmu Lake clear, sweet and spotless, so the fish growing in it have no earthy smell. Therefore, Tianmu Lake Casserole Fish Head is highly praised by food lovers for its excellent quality of "fresh but not fishy, ??fat but not greasy".