After talking about the food in Nanjing, Nanjing’s time-honored food must be indispensable. Today, the editor will tell you which time-honored restaurants are still worth visiting.
Some of these time-honored delicacies have become symbols of Nanjing, so why not get to know them?
Qifangge Address: No. 12 Gongyuan West Street Per capita: 45 yuan Business hours: 9:30-21:00 This store is very affordable. Compared with other stores in the scenic area, you can eat very full for 30 yuan here.
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Among the "Eight Specialties of Qinhuai", Qifangge has two unique ones, which are duck fat biscuits and vegetarian assorted vegetable buns, dried sesame oil and shredded chicken noodles.
Come to Confucius Temple.
These delicacies must not be missed.
Li Ji’s Mosque Address: No. 1 Dingding Lane, Pingshi Street Per capita: 21 yuan Business hours: 5:30-19:30 Li Ji’s Mosque started in the early years of the Republic of China. It was also featured in "A Bite of China"
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The most popular item at Liji Mosque is the Qijiawan beef pot stickers. Many locals in Nanjing say they have been eating them for many years. The pot stickers at this restaurant are very unique. Juice bursts out when you bite them, and they are not greasy at all.
It is recommended to pair it with beef wontons, it is a perfect match.
Yonghe Garden Address: No. 68 Jianjian Road, Confucius Temple Per capita: 43 yuan Business hours: 7:00-22:00 Yonghe Garden will be more famous. In 1901, it was still a teahouse, and the whole place looked like a restaurant.
The style is very retro.
Their crab shell yellow biscuits come in two flavors, sweet and salty. The salty biscuits are crispy and crumbly, with lots of sesame seeds. The biscuits have a rich texture.
But the sweet sesame seed cakes have a more average taste, they are made with black sesame seeds, but they are sweet but not greasy, and the taste is okay.
Their candied taro sprouts soup is thick and relatively sweet. If you are interested in Nanjing snacks, you can try them here. You can’t eat them here. They also have duck blood vermicelli with a hint of shrimp.
Kaiyang dry silk, highly recommended.
Lianhu Cake Ball Shop Address: No. 26, Gongyuan West Street Per capita: 19 yuan Business hours: 8:30-21:00 Lianhu Cake Ball Shop in the Confucius Temple Scenic Area is very famous. Its signature product is red bean small yuanxiao, which is thick and thick.
It is tempting and tastes very good. In addition to the red bean dumplings, their pastries are also very popular. Their flower-filled dumplings and five-color cakes were once rated as one of the "Eight Wonders of Qinhuai".
The beef pot stickers are also very delicious. The juice bursts when you bite them. The crispy skin mixes with the aroma of the beef, and it feels very good.
In fact, there are still many time-honored restaurants in Nanjing, such as Ma Xiangxing Restaurant, which has spanned three centuries, Han Fuxing, which is famous for its salted duck, or Jiangsu Restaurant, which specializes in dishes from the Republic of China, etc.
But Liufengju and Kuiguang Pavilion, two of the "Eight Wonders of Qinhuai", have long disappeared.