Famous Yangzhou dishes include Eight Treasures Gourd, Grilled Pig's Head, Colorful Butterfly Dance, Yangzhou Wuting Bridge, Pipa Shrimp, Chrysanthemum Sea Whelk and so on. Red House Banquet, Three Heads Banquet and Whole Lotus Root Banquet are the three pearls of Yangzhou cuisine.
The Red Chamber Banquet is an innovation of the dishes written in the book Dream of the Red Chamber. The author Cao Xueqin stayed in Yangzhou for a long time, and his grandfather Cao Yin also hosted a banquet for the six departments of the palace when he came to Yangzhou to receive the Kangxi Emperor. Feng Qiyong, the famous red scholar, said, "Red Chamber cuisine is really a system of Yangzhou cuisine."
The Three Heads Banquet is a banquet developed from the three traditional famous dishes of Yangzhou: split braised chub fish head, stewed lion's head and grilled whole pig's head. The lion's head is fat and tender; the chub fish head is flavorful; and the whole pig's head is fragrant, all of which have a strong local flavor.
The Whole Lotus Root Banquet is a unique feast developed by Baoying, which has been called the "Hometown of Lotus Roots", based on the production methods inherited from its ancestors, and more than 50 kinds of lotus root dishes have been innovated.
In addition, Yangzhou snacks are also very famous. For example, Yangzhou Dried Shredded Bean Curd: a piece of dried bean curd can be divided into seventeen layers and then cut into shreds, which are as thin as hair. Crab roe buns: the best in October every year, take the full cream of crab roe, with fine white flour made of Yangzhou snacks can be said to be the best. There are also Yangzhou spring rolls, sanding buns and dried vegetable buns, all of which have a strong local flavor. Almost all of these famous dishes can be tasted in the food street of Siwangting or the snack street of Yechun Garden. In addition, some long-established hotels: Fuchun Tea House, Caigenxiang Hotel, Yangzhou Hotel, *** and Spring Restaurant, Green Poplar Village, Fu Manchu House, etc. also have a variety of snacks supply, Qionglinyuan, Xiyuan Hotel, Zhenyuan Hotel, East Garden Hotel, New World Restaurant, Qionghua Mansion, Yangzhou Mansion, Palace Restaurant also have a variety of exquisite snacks, it seems that "eating in Yangzhou "
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Ten famous snacks: three ding buns, thousand-layer oil cake, double sesame pastry, emerald shao mai, dried vegetable buns, wild duck vegetable buns, glutinous rice shao mai, steamed dumplings with crab roe, Che Che chee shao mai, and shredded chicken rolls.
Top Ten Snacks: Bamboo Shoots Pot Stickers, Yangzhou Cake, Crab Shell Yellow, Egg Fondue, Salted Pot Cake, Radish Crispy Cake, Chicken Shredded Rolls, Sanshin Pot Cake, Cinnamon Sugar Lotus Root Porridge, and Three-Color Oil Dumplings.
Top Ten Specialty Snacks: Four Happiness Soup Dumplings, Raw Meat Lotus Root Porridge, Bean Curd Rolls, Bamboo Shoots and Meat Siu Mai, Red Bean Lanterns, Five Kinds of Cake, Scallion and Oil Crisp Cake, Huangqiao Siu Cake, Noodles with Shrimp Roe Dumplings and Bamboo Shoots and Meat Wontons.
Morning water in the skin, evening water in the skin
Old Yangzhou will tell you that Yangzhou people have two major enjoyments "morning water in the skin, evening water in the skin". Early in the morning to drink a cup of Yangzhou morning tea and then taste the Yangzhou specialties, and in the afternoon to Yangzhou bath ponds to take a bath, which is the best enjoyment of Yangzhou people. Yangzhou bath pond is very unique, can be said to be a custom formed over the years, Yangzhou back rubbing master's kung fu is also very good, to ensure that you can let you live blood to relieve fatigue, body comfortable.