1. Pang Jiao Jiao

If you want to choose a dish that best represents Jiangyin, then Pang Jiao Jiao must be among the best. In the old days, there were many reed beaches along the Jiangyin River, and the reeds were densely packed. Jiangyin people broke off two pincers and released them. Then they washed the pincers and cut off a horn, and then put them into the marinade made of various seasonings for cooking.

According to the characteristics of the dish, it looks like a parrot's mouth, and the literati gave it a nice name: "parrot's mouth", which became a famous dish in Jiangyin. Jiangyin people have a special liking for pangjiao pincers. As the saying goes, relying on mountains to eat mountains, relying on water to draft. In summer, going to the river to catch pangs was once the happiest memory of many people's childhood.

2. Straw soles

According to legend, in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, Jiangyin people specially made sesame cakes into straw sandals and mixed them into the besieged Jiangyin city for the military and civilians to fight against the Qing Dynasty. Although the enemy was defeated in the end and the city was broken, the method of making this sesame seed cake was inherited and named "grass sole". Shaped like straw and thin as a sole, this is Jiangyin's characteristic sesame seed cake "grass sole".

Sprinkle fragrant sesame seeds, and the baked "grass sole" is freshly baked, giving off an attractive fragrance. Taking a bite seems to bring people back to childhood and once again experience the simple happiness brought by food.

3. Crab dragged on noodles

Crab is recognized as a delicacy in food, and there is a folk saying that "a plate of crab is the top dish". In Jiangyin, besides steaming, eating crab can also be made into crab dragged on noodles, which is a different taste, and for many Jiangyin people, crab dragged on noodles has a deeper and stronger human touch. In summer, hairy crabs have not been listed yet, and a crab commonly known as "June Yellow" is maturing.

So, someone can't wait to take it and taste it after cooking. In order to taste the delicious taste of crabs, they add some thin flour paste and tender beans to the crabs when they are half cooked. In view of the reason why it drags the noodle paste, people commonly call it "noodle dragging crab". "Crab dragging with noodles" has also become a famous dish widely loved by ordinary people in Jiangyin.

4. Cross-bridge eel

Cross-bridge eel, which looks like an arch bridge, means that it is a favorite dish of Jiangyin people. To do a good job of crossing the bridge eel, it is necessary to choose a good eel, change the knife accurately, fry it repeatedly at 8% hot oil temperature, add chicken soup, sugar and soy sauce to boil, and then stew it over low heat.

For foreigners, this bridge is more like a link between their hometown and Jiangyin. They learn about Jiangyin through delicious food and fall in love with Jiangyin.

5. Oily meat

In Jiangyin, "Oily meat" is a main dish in traditional New Year's Eve. It is fat but not greasy, crisp and delicious. However, it is estimated that many old Jiangyin people don't know that the famous dish "Zouyourou" originated in Jiangyin, and has been passed down from generation to generation, and now it has become a famous dish with all colors and flavors.