1. Crispy cakes

Crispy cakes are a famous specialty food in Nantong, Jiangsu Province, and they are also divided into three local schools, namely, Nantong Crispy Cake, Dingyan Crispy Cake and Xiting Crispy Cake. These kinds of shortbread are different and have their own characteristics.

But they are all made of flour, sugar and oil as the main raw materials. Nantong shortbread is very particular when it is made. It has to go through more than a dozen processes, such as ingredients, peeling, stuffing, wrapping, baking, etc. The shape of the prepared shortbread is very unique and layered, and it tastes crispy and delicious. It is one of the necessary cakes for Nantong people on holidays, and it is also a business card for Nantong food industry.

2. Haimen goat meat

Haimen people in Nantong eat mutton instead of soup, but braised mutton. Xiaobian has read several articles about Nantong cuisine before. I don't know why it is absolutely incorrect to say that Haimen cooks mutton soup. I can only say that it is not clear, because in Haimen people's eyes, local goat meat only tastes best in braised pork.

Haimen goat meat is quite famous in Nantong and its surrounding areas, and its meat quality is very delicious. It is really delicious to make braised Haimen goat meat, which is very popular and loved by people. It can be said that it is a must for Nantong local cuisine. Braised Haimen goat meat is fragrant but not greasy, fat, tender and delicious, and has an endless aftertaste. If you go to Nantong, you must not miss this braised goat meat.

3, Nantong swordfish

The swordfish in Nantong has never been eaten and people who have seen it are mistaken for hairtail, because in many places in northern China, hairtail is called swordfish, but the swordfish in Nantong is not hairtail. The scientific name of saury is Coilia elata, which usually lives in the sea. Only from February to March every year does saury enter the river from the sea, so this kind of fish is very common in the Yangtze River, and it is also known as one of the "Three Freshness of the Yangtze River".

It is very nutritious and delicious, but it is prickly. It can be eaten by steaming, stewing, eating badly, frying and so on. It is delicious as long as you like. However, swordfish has also been heated up in recent years, and its price has also soared.

4. Rudong Meretrix

Rudong Meretrix is a specialty food in Nantong City, Jiangsu Province, and also one of the main producing areas of Nantong coastal Meretrix. The meat quality of Meretrix produced here is particularly fat, and it is rich in nutrients needed by human body, such as protein and fat, and is known as "the freshest in the world".

It is said that clam was used as a tribute as early as the Tang Dynasty. There are many ways to eat in clam shell, such as stir-frying, making soup, barbecuing, baking and so on. No matter which way you eat, it is particularly delicious. If you go to Nantong, Jiangsu, you must not miss this "the best in the world".

5. Straw-oven baked sesame seed cake

Straw-oven baked sesame seed cake is a famous traditional snack in Nantong. It is not difficult to think that this food is baked with firewood as fuel, which is quite different from the baked sesame seed cake with charcoal fire.

The authentic straw oven biscuit is baked with wheat straw as fuel. After the wheat straw is ignited, the fire is very soft, and the baked biscuit is cooked inside but not burnt outside. The made grass stove sesame seed cake is golden yellow in color, smells particularly fragrant, and is very crisp when eaten, which is most suitable for buying and eating now.