I went to Zhujiajiao ancient town two years ago, but I haven't been there since, because there are many tourists in the ancient town and its commercialization is fierce. Probably tasted it, but I didn't expect to remember the delicious food I tasted there two years later.
I haven't seen fried meat before I went to Zhujiajiao, but there are many shops selling fried meat on the streets of the ancient town. It looks like zongzi without rice. A small piece of meat was neatly wrapped in zongzi leaves, and the soy sauce was red and shiny. I bought a piece and tasted it. It's not greasy at all, soft and rotten, but it's not falling apart.
When I came back, I wanted to find out why there was such a delicious thing as zharou. As a result, I couldn't find it, but I could find Shaoxing Zharou. I wonder if they are the same thing. It is also possible to think about it. In ancient times, freight was basically transported by water, so most ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River were built by water, with a history of thousands of years. It is not surprising that vendors come and go with food from other places.
To my surprise, I have never seen so many butcher shops when I went to Shaoxing ancient town. As for the source of Shaoxing's tied meat, it is said that in the past, in order to show the chunks of meat, it was wrapped in zongzi leaves. I didn't expect the taste of meat to get better, so I handed it down.
"Grandma" is not a brand. Grandma's zongzi, which is wrapped by grandma at home, is also a bundled food. Jiaozi is the most famous meat stuffing, which is not the most authentic. Jiaozi, a street with many minced meats, has media recommendations, so I'll just pick one and try it. In fact, there is another surprise here. If you just want to taste it, you can buy a mini jiaozi with minced meat. It looks lovely. Compared with jiaozi with minced meat, there should be no big difference except that it is not enjoyable. After all, it was made by the same grandmother, the same meat, rice and leaves.
When I first came here, I thought the meat tie mentioned above was zongzi, but it wasn't. Because the practice is different, the practice of tying meat is closer to braised pork, while zongzi is wrapped and boiled. The zongzi in Jiaxing is very famous. If you have the opportunity to visit more ancient towns here, you will find that almost every ancient town has a zongzi shop, which is also a representative of Jiangnan cuisine!
In addition to the above two kinds, there are other foods. Hooves, smoked green beans, dried tofu, shrimps and pickles are also quite common in ancient towns. I can't tell the difference between the hoof ball here and Shen Wansan's hoof ball in Zhouzhuang. I can write another article specially in the future.
In addition to these specialties, there are some southern cuisines to try, such as fresh meat dumplings, wonton and glutinous rice flour.