1, steamed buns: Pay attention to the soup when eating steamed buns. When cooking, you should condense the broth into transparent solid gum, chop it up and mix it inside. Once the hot air is steamed, it will all turn into soup. Good steamed buns are as thin as paper, and they can be carried around without breaking. Carefully put it out, put it in a vinegar bowl, aim at it and suck it, and the delicious soup will enter your stomach. But don't worry, or it will burn, and then enjoy the contents slowly. Therefore, Nanjing people eat steamed buns and have a ballad, "Move gently, lift slowly, open the window first, then drink soup".
2. Boiling dried silk: Nanjing dried silk is a unique method of making which is different from other cities. Those tender but not old, dry but not broken dried silk are specially made in tofu shop. Cut the tofu into thin filaments, cook it with various soups, mix with sesame oil and excellent soy sauce, and the entrance is refreshing and has a long aftertaste.
3, beef pot stickers: crispy outside and tender inside, stuffed with plenty of juice. Saltiness with sweetness is the biggest feature of Nanjing beef pot stickers. Because there is so much juice, all the regular customers use the soup packets on this fried dumpling. The first bite will leak the juice; If you bite hard, the juice will spray; Bite too small and not too hidden!
4, duck blood fans: In Nanjing, stalls selling duck blood soup are dotted. The shrewd stall owner cooked the duck blood in advance, cut it into small pieces and put it in the pot. When he saw tourists coming, he fished out the duck blood and put it in a white porcelain bowl, then poured a spoonful of hot fresh soup, dropped a few drops of sesame oil, sprinkled a pinch of dried shrimp or duck casing, and added a pinch of coriander. Guests who like spicy food can also add some Chili oil or pepper, which is fragrant, spicy and delicious.
5, Ruyi back to the brine: Nanjing has a long history, and Nanjing people are also willing to touch all kinds of snacks and history. Take this ordinary brine drying as an example, and it has also been linked with Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Taizu. Legend has it that after Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne in Jinling, he was tired of eating the delicacies in the palace. One day, he went out of the palace incognito, and saw a snack bar fried bean curd in the street, which was full of fragrance and golden color, and his appetite increased greatly. He took out a silver ingot and asked the shopkeeper to process a bowl of tofu fruit for him to enjoy. Seeing that he was a rich gentleman, the shopkeeper immediately put the bean curd into the chicken soup pot, cooked it with a small amount of bean sprouts and seasonings until the bean curd was soft and tender, and Zhu Yuanzhang praised it again and again after eating it. From then on, oily tofu was all the rage and spread to this day. Because Nanjing people often add bean sprouts during firing, and its shape is very similar to the jade ruyi in ancient jade articles, it is called ruyi Huilu Dry.
6. Assorted tofu waterlogging: Tofu waterlogging is also called bean curd brain and bean curd flower, and it is also called "not old" in Nanjing dialect. This snack is found all over the country, but the tofu waterlogging in Nanjing is not the same as that in other places, except that it is as white as jade. In addition to its fragrance and refreshing taste, Nanjing tofu waterlogging pays attention to one seasoning, supplemented by more than ten kinds of seasonings such as shrimp, mustard tuber, fungus, chopped green onion, spicy oil and sesame oil. It is not only beautiful in color, but also mellow, strong, fragrant, fresh, salty and appropriate, moderately spicy and full of flavor. It's a good saying that Nanjing people eat snacks, which has also been verified in the simple snack of Tofu Waterlogging: It is said that young people eat Tofu Waterlogging to strengthen their brains, while old people eat it to prolong their lives. In order to win favor, the store also added jambalaya to it. What does it mean? The future is bright, hehe
7. Zhuangyuan Bean/Spiced Egg: Zhuangyuan Bean is one of the special snacks of Nanjing Confucius Temple. According to legend, during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Qin Dashi, a poor scholar who lived in the alley next to Jinsha well in the south of the city, studied until late at night every day because of his poor family. His mother cooked the beans with red rice and red dates, packed the beans in a small bowl, and gave him a red date to eat, and encouraged him to study hard and win the top prize in the future. Later, Qin Dashi won the top prize, and the story spread, and Zhuangyuandou became famous. . Some vendors took advantage of the students' psychology and sold Zhuangyuan beans near the Gongyuan of the Father-Son Temple, saying with a lining that "eating Zhuangyuan beans makes you a champion". Zhuangyuan bean is actually spiced bean. Like spiced egg, spiced bean tastes fragrant, salty, sweet and tender, and tastes interesting. Because it is cooked to taste, it is generally rosewood-colored, elastic and fragrant, so people can't stop eating it.
8. Salted duck/duck head: You can't go to Nanjing without eating salted duck. Nanjing is so fond of ducks that some people even say that Nanjing people had a grudge against ducks in their predecessors. Whether this rumor is based or not, Nanjing is called "Duck Capital" but it is a real name. Salted duck is a famous specialty in Nanjing, which has a long reputation. It is said that it has a history of more than 1000 years. Nanjing salted duck skin is white and tender, fat but not greasy, fresh and delicious, with the characteristics of fragrance, crispness and tenderness. The salted duck around the Mid-Autumn Festival has the best color and taste every year, because the duck is made in the blooming season of osmanthus, so it is called "Sweet-scented osmanthus duck". "White Door Recipe" records: "In August in Jinling, salted duck was the most famous, and everyone thought there was osmanthus fragrance in the meat." It seems to have become a secular etiquette in Nanjing for visitors from home to go to the streets to chop a bowl of salted duck on holidays or weekdays. It is also because they eat too much duck that Nanjing people turn waste into treasure and make duck head into a delicious snack. Duck head, whether braised in soy sauce, soaked in soy sauce, or salted water, is delicious on earth. Buy three or five duck heads and a bottle of beer. Taste it carefully and chew it slowly. That's comfortable ...
9. Steamed dumplings: Steamed dumplings are actually found all over the country, but the steamed dumplings in Nanjing are unique. They are not only beautiful in shape, but also famous for their fresh taste. A little greasy oil will not achieve a refreshing effect. The stuffing of mushroom steamed dumplings is made of fresh pork and mushrooms, and with delicious mushroom juice, the meat is tender and juicy after steaming in a steamer, and a strong fresh breath permeates the mouth with a gentle breath.
10, the cake group is small: Jiangnan people are sweet, so the traditional cake group shop is still very popular in Nanjing. Nanjing people pay attention to sweetness but not evil, and glutinous but not sticky when eating sweets, which is called the best dessert. In addition, it's not enough to taste good, and the shape and color are outstanding. Therefore, most of Nanjing's cakes are exquisite and small, colorful, sweet and soft, and full of fragrance. A pot of good green tea will be the best taste!