when you go to Hangzhou, besides enjoying the beautiful scenery, can you forget to eat the classic dishes with Hangzhou characteristics? The taste of Hangzhou food is mostly pickles, slightly sweet. "Qing" is an obvious feature of Hangzhou cuisine. What are the specialties of Hangzhou? The following small series brings you the ranking of the top ten famous dishes in Hangzhou. Let's enjoy it first. 1. Babao Tofu: Babao Tofu is a famous court dish in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. Tofu is made of tender tofu slices, pork, chicken, shrimp, dried shrimp, ham, mushrooms, diced melon seeds, diced pine nuts and chicken soup. It tastes fragrant and tender, better than bird's nest, so it was named "Babao Tofu" by Kangxi. 9. Duck pot with dried bamboo shoots: This is a traditional dish in Zhejiang. It is boiled with aged ducks, dried bamboo shoots from Tianmu Mountain and aged ham. The soup is thick, sweet and not greasy. 8. Sweet and sour tenderloin: Sweet and sour tenderloin is one of the famous Chinese dishes. Many hangzhou dishes pavilions in Hangzhou also serve this dish, and it is welcomed by several friends. This dish is made of pork tenderloin as the main raw material, with flour, starch, sugar, vinegar and other ingredients. It is sweet and sour, and can be used as both a dish and a snack. 7. West Lake Chongcai Soup: West Lake Chongcai Soup is a soup based on West Lake hanging broccoli and chicken. There are white and transparent colloids on the stems, buds and leaves of Brassica oleracea, which are rich in colloids and other nutrients, and the use value is quite high. Broad-leaf lettuce is green, shredded chicken is tender, clear and delicious, and the soup is rich and delicious. 6. beggar chicken: beggar chicken is a famous food in Hangzhou. It is said that a beggar (beggar) was hungry and hard up. Without a cooker, he wrapped the chicken in mud, and then put it on a stone stove to barbecue with dried firewood. Finally, the clay chicken was ripe, so he knocked it on the ground and it was full of fragrance. He had a good meal. Later, this dish was introduced into small restaurants, and after continuous improvement, it finally had the current version, and the "beggar chicken" was unexpectedly spread all over the country. 5. Song Saoyu Soup: Song Saoyu Soup is a traditional food with a long history, which has a history of 8 years. This dish was invented by sister-in-law Song. It mainly uses quail as the main raw material, which is steamed first, then fish bones are removed, and then shredded ham, mushrooms, bamboo shoots, chicken soup and so on are added to make soup. This dish is golden in color, tender and smooth, rich in nutrition, and tastes like crab meat, which is very delicious. 4. Hangzhou sauce duck: The production process of Hangzhou sauce duck is very complicated. It is required to marinate a whole duck with soy sauce, Shaoxing wine, cinnamon, sugar, salt and other auxiliary materials for 36 hours, then soak it in soy sauce for 48 hours, put the duck in a barrel with soy sauce, cook it until its skin is red, fish it out and drain it, and finally air dry it. This dish is oily, rich and chewy, which is really memorable. 3. Longjing Shrimp: Longjing Shrimp is a shrimp that grows in the river and is cooked with the tender buds of Longjing tea. This dish is delicious and golden in color. Longjing is green, fragrant and delicious. Among the Shanghai cuisine, this dish is a must. 2. Dongpo pork: Dongpo pork was created by Su Dongpo. The pork belly with fat and thin was selected, cut into squares, and white wine was put in the process of burning. Therefore, this dish is bright red and juicy, fragrant, soft and sweet to eat, not greasy, and has been unanimously praised by local people. 1. West Lake Vinegar Fish: West Lake Whale is a dish made of West Lake sole fish, which requires special heat and time. Cook the fish first, and then put a layer of oily sweet and sour on the fish. It tastes fresh and tender, with crab flavor, and tastes sweet and sour.