Xi'an top ten must-buy specialties Lantian jade, Lintong pomegranate, Zhouzhi kiwifruit, Demao Gong crystal cake, gourd chicken, Shaanxi cold skin, Yanliang melon, Huanggui persimmon cake, Huaxu big ginkgo, Huxian grapes.
1, Lantian Jade
Lantian Jade is one of the earlier jade species developed and utilized in China, Lantian Jade is beautifully colored or plain, with a strong luster, high transparency, and uniform distribution of serpentine and other minerals. The texture is dense, delicate, tough, polished, free from cracks and other defects, and the block size is large. They are both a type of serpentinized marble, also known as Lantian Jade, named after its place of origin, Lantian County, Shaanxi.
2, Lintong pomegranate
Lintong pomegranate is one of the major specialties of Shaanxi, it is a collection of national pomegranate of excellence, known as colorful, large fruit thin skin, juicy and sweet, soft and fresh nucleus, seed fat less slag, excellent quality and other characteristics and famous. Pomegranate in Lintong, with special geography and climate has much to do.
3, Zhouzhi kiwifruit
Zhouzhi kiwifruit is a specialty of Zhouzhi County, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, kiwifruit is a kind of fruit loved by consumers, its fruit is tender and juicy, fragrant and fresh, sweet and sour, and extremely rich in nutrition.
4, De Maogong crystal cake
De Maogong crystal cake, Shaanxi snacks crystal cake of a kind, famous "De Maogong crystal cake" is one of the traditional food in Shaanxi area, crystal cake is small and exquisite, crispy skin stuffing, moist, layered.
5, gourd chicken
Gourd chicken is a traditional dish in Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, started in the Tang Dynasty. The production of gourd chicken is divided into three processes: boiling, steaming and deep-frying. When making it, it is first put in clean water and rinsed to get rid of the blood and dirt, and the chicken is tied with hemp wire to keep it shaped when boiling.
6, Shaanxi cold skin
Shanxi cold skin is one of the traditional snacks, more than the use of wheat flour production, but also rice flour or other starch production. Generally eaten cold (but in the Hanzhong area, hot food is more widely), a wide variety of different production methods, mixing is also unique, different flavors.
7, Yanliang melon
Yanliang melon production area is located in the Guanzhong Plain in the central north, located in the hinterland of the Weibei Plain, high north and low south, was a trapezoidal downward trend, the overall loess plateau form. The production area is fertile, the soil is mainly Yellow River silt soil, the soil layer is deep and loose.
8, Huang Gui persimmon cake
Huang Gui persimmon cake, also known as crystal persimmon cake, is a kind of persimmon and flour made of flavorful food. It is golden yellow on both sides, the heart of the cake is soft, the filling colorful, persimmon and cinnamon aroma, both individually eaten snacks, but also the feast on the fine points.
9, Huaxu big ginkgo
Huaxu big ginkgo, also known as the ginkgo, produced in Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, Lantian County, Huaxu Township, A's village. Its fruit is round, with an average single fruit weight of about 100 grams. The fruit surface is light creamy yellow; the flesh is golden yellow, soft and juicy, with a sweet flavor.
10, Huxian grapes
Huxian grapes, Huxian County, Shaanxi Province specialties, the fruit spike neat, thick pollen, thick skin in the thick, purple-black at the top, the end of the purplish-red, the flesh is fine and crispy, no meat sacs, sweet and sour, with unique abduction jujube flavor.