The local snacks are: Bazhen cake, which is made of local high-quality glutinous rice and eight kinds of Chinese medicines. Due to hygiene reasons, the authentic Bazhen cake is no longer produced. Melaleuca cake, bean curd flower, etc. It can be used as both wine and snacks. Steamed pork with lotus leaf powder is a traditional dish in ancient town, with unique flavor, smooth and tender, fragrant but not greasy. Steamed meat from old horse is the most authentic in Xitang, but the price is also the most expensive. One steamed pork with lotus leaf powder in 5 yuan, one steamed pork with lotus leaf powder in A Niu and one steamed pork with lotus leaf powder in 4 yuan will do.
Jiashan yellow rice wine was founded in Tongzhi period of Qing Dynasty. The largest single yellow rice wine production base in China is Xitang Jiashan Winery, which is famous for its good brewing.
Recommended dishes: Braised snails in sauce, and tofu fish soup made with "Don Li Po" (a little black fish in the river).
Bazhen eight treasure cake
Bazhen cake is made of eight kinds of medicinal materials, including yam, Poria, Euryale euryales, rice kernels, wheat teeth, lentils, lotus seeds and hawthorn, and refined with high-quality glutinous rice flour and white sugar. This kind of cake is green, black and crisp. It was very popular at first because it can eliminate malnutrition in children. Later, it became a famous spot in the south of the Yangtze River because of its exquisite materials selection, fine processing, sweet taste and spleen and stomach benefits. 100 has enjoyed a high reputation for more than years.
Xitang ricewine
Xitang people have always loved to drink some yellow rice wine, so there have been many large and small yellow rice wine workshops in Xitang history. Jiashan Winery is the largest single yellow rice wine producer in China, located in the north of Tangxi Town. The factory strictly controls the quality, and produces more than 20 varieties of Hu Fen series, such as carved flowers, good wine and yellow wine, which are mild, mellow and unique in taste and have become the best products for modern people to exchange feelings and give gifts to relatives and friends.
Send a dragon's foot
According to legend, Jia, a rich man in Xitang of Ming Dynasty, had been married for a long time and had no children. Later, a man gave directions to do good deeds and built roads and bridges so that everyone could stop by the bridge when building the bridge. The rich businessman also gave birth to a child that year, so the bridge was named "Songzi Laifeng Bridge". After renovation, it sits in Xitang, a thousand-year-old town, facing south. The rich businessman held a grand banquet in celebration of his son. There was a main course at the banquet, namely hooves. To celebrate this festival, everyone named it "Dragon Feet". Since then, this dish has been used as the main course for family reunions all over Fiona Fang, which means early birth and auspicious reunion. Send a dragon's hoof High-quality pork leg meat, with dozens of ancestral condiments, is made by repeated boiling, steaming, stewing and stewing. The meat is crisp, tender and boneless, fat but not greasy, and delicious.
Steamed meat with rice noodle and lotus leaf
It began in the late Qing Dynasty and is said to be related to the "Quyuan Wind Lotus", one of the ten scenic spots in the West Lake. "Quyuan Fenghe" is at the northern end of Su Causeway. In the Song Dynasty, beside Jiulisong, the old Quyuan made songs to brew official wine, where lotus flowers were planted, hence the old name "Quyuan Hefeng". During the reign of Emperor Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, it was changed to "Qu Yuan Feng He" and a pavilion was built, which crossed Hongqiao North in Su Causeway. At the same time, there are Yingxun Pavilion and Wangchunlou in the east, a cloister and many lotus flowers in the west. Every hot summer, the breeze blows on your face, flowers bloom and cool off. This is really a favorite place for tourists. "Steamed pork with lotus leaf powder" is a chef in a local restaurant in Hangzhou. In order to meet the needs of tourists to enjoy the scenery in summer, the fried rice flour and seasoned meat are wrapped in fresh lotus leaves of "Quyuan Fenghe" and steamed. Later, with the West Lake "Quyuan Fenghe" becoming more and more famous, "Steamed pork with lotus leaf powder" became one of the 36 famous dishes in Hangzhou recognized by Zhejiang Province 1956.
June red
June red refers to the river crab produced in the summer of June in the lunar calendar. The crab of "June Red" is only as big as an egg. The crab meat is tender, the crab fat is dripping with oil, and the shell is thin. When it is steamed in clear water, it will turn deep red, hence the name. There is also a saying in Hangjiahu that "no matter how poor you are, don't forget June Red", which is a compliment to the "June Red" river crab.
Qiantang renjia
Qiantang folk house is located on Yongning bridge, the most lively bridge in the ancient town, and its architectural structure has the most architectural characteristics of Jiangnan water town: small bridge, flowing water and folk house. From the inside to the outside of the store, the scenery of the water town is unobstructed, and our store can accommodate 150 people for dinner at the same time; The specialties of this restaurant, such as old duck wonton soup, steamed fish with white silk, wrapped in rotten clothes, steamed vegetable heart in oil and salted fish, have become the specialties of our restaurant and ancient town.
Xiangying store restaurant
Xiang Fang Ying is a floating restaurant, located near Huanxiu Bridge, Xitang, an ancient town. It is built on water. The dining room has a double-deck structure, with the upper floor as the lobby and the lower floor as the box. It can accommodate 100 guests at the same time. This restaurant has an elegant environment and exquisite dishes. All kinds of seafood are complete. The "boat banquet" in the restaurant is very popular with tourists and has become a good place for many travel agencies and tourists to rest and eat.
Youyicun restaurant
Friendship village Hotel is located at No.60 West Street, the most typical commercial street of Ming and Qing Dynasties in Xitang, an ancient town, with elegant environment and warm and thoughtful customers, which has won unanimous praise from tourists. The hotel can accommodate more than 150 people at the same time, depending on the ability of the reception team.
Huanxiu Bridge Hotel
Huanxiu Bridge Hotel is located in West Street, the most typical commercial street in the ancient town of Tangxi District, adjacent to Huanxiu Bridge, the first bridge of Xitang. It faces the street in front and the river in the back, and you can enjoy the waterscape, corridor and street view of Xitang. The restaurant's signature dim sum, Xiangfu Zongzi, attracted many repeat customers. At the same time, the home-cooked dishes based on fresh water and local dishes are fresh and delicious, and the price is reasonable.
Laojie restaurant
Laojie Hotel is located in the middle of Xitang Town West Street, facing Xiyuan Scenic Spot. There are 200 seats, pure hometown flavor package, antique decoration, beautiful scenery near the river and customer service first, which are quite popular among experienced travelers.