There are quite a lot of specialties in Jieyang. The most representative ones include Uratian bamboo shoots, Didu pickles, ping pong, Jieyang pork jerky, Fortress Nantang, oyster meat, baked oysters, etc.
Ping pong_, also known as betel fermented rice_, is a traditional snack in Jieyang.
Due to the similar pronunciation of Chaoshan dialect, Chaoshan people roughly call it "Ping Pong_".
In 1997, it was recognized as one of the first batch of "Chinese famous snacks" in the country.
_Tiao, Chaozhou people call the food made by grinding rice into powder _Tiao, _Tiao is one of them.
_Tiao can be eaten in many ways, either stir-fried or souped, with various ingredients, and the taste can vary from person to person. It is one of the foods that trendy people like.
Among them, Jieyang Tiao, Tongkeng Tiao (Tonghang is a small village in Jiedong County), and Shantou beef are famous delicacies in Guangdong.
Oyster baked, this is a long-standing traditional snack in Jieyang. It uses seafood oysters as the main raw material, adds an appropriate amount of cornstarch and yellow flowers, adds water, mixes well, and then slow-frys it.
It can be eaten as a snack or included in a banquet.
It is said to also improve eyesight and warm the stomach.
Dip in some fish sauce when eating to make it taste better.