Speaking of Jiaxing, there is no doubt that at least Zhejiang people can think of zongzi, and the most famous one must be Wufangzhai Zongzi, known as the "Jiangnan Zongzi King". Wufangzhai Zongzi was made by 192 1 and has a long history. It is famous for its waxy but not rotten, fat but not greasy, tender and delicious meat, and moderate salty and sweet. Wufangzhai Zongzi is refined according to the traditional formula, and the selection of materials is very particular. The meat zongzi is made of top-grade white glutinous rice, lean hind legs and Huizhou Furuo, and the sweet zongzi is made of top-grade red bean "Dahongpao", which is refined through many processes such as batching, seasoning, seasoning and cooking.
It is rare for Jiaxing to have such a proud food enterprise. As Jiaxing people, everyone feels very proud, so Jiaxing people have special feelings for zongzi. I wonder if it is the same in other places. In a year, you must buy zongzi to eat, and you also have the habit of eating zongzi on New Year's Day, winter solstice or other festivals. To give gifts, buy the gift box zongzi of Wufangzhai.
However, many people in rural areas make their own dumplings, so the dumplings wrapped according to their own tastes taste better. Usually a small piece of lard is put in zongzi. Some people think it tastes oily, but we all think that rice dumplings without oil are not delicious, including those made by Wufangzhai. People in other areas may not know the small town of Jiaxing, but they know Wufangzhai Zongzi, which has become an iconic brand of Jiaxing.
Secondly, in Jiaxing, there is one thing that is not available in other places, and that is the water chestnut of Nanhu Lake, which is a specialty of Jiangnan. But there is no other place to grow water chestnut in South Lake except South Lake, which is really amazing. What is even more amazing is that this kind of water chestnut has no horns, green skin, smooth ends, thin skin and tender meat, and the juice is sweet and crispy, which is better than other varieties.
South Lake Eleocharis tuberosa can be eaten raw and cooked, and can also be used to make cakes, delicacies or wine with sugar. Raw eaters choose fresh, especially fresh water, and cooked food chooses old water chestnut with yellow and brown color, which is sweet and rich, and the meat is delicious after washing. Those who eat wind chimes choose black bell, wash it, dry it in the wind, and then peel off the bell meat. At this time, the meat is hard, but the smell is strange and delicious.
In the south of the Yangtze River, including Jiaxing, boat dishes are famous because of the developed waterways. Of course, Jiaxing also has its own boat dishes. South Lake boat dishes are exquisite, and the raw materials mainly come from South Lake, such as fish, shrimp, crab and eel. Pay special attention to the freshness of raw materials and cooking skills. There are shrimp, shrimp balls, crab powder, tendons, tremella, lotus seeds and so on. Famous dishes include crab shark's fin, Babaoji, fish belly, cold turtle skirt, ham house, steamed pork with flour, etc.
There is also Hu Wen Sauced Duck, which is known as "the first duck in Zhejiang". It is brownish red in color, delicious, oily but not greasy, crisp but not rotten, and of course it retains the unique taste of this area, that is, salty with sweet.
Jiaxing has many cuisines with Jiangnan characteristics. I believe that some people have already experienced the charm of Jiaxing cuisine at the Jiangnan Cultural Festival once held. In Jiashan, Haining, Tongxiang, Haiyan and Pinghu in Jiaxing, you can find all kinds of unique cuisines. For example, in Wuzhen, Tongxiang, you can not only enjoy the beautiful scenery of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, but also taste the farm dishes cooked by the landlord of the hotel there, as well as some special snacks, such as aunt cakes (made into chess, which can be played as chess), rice soup with crispy rice, and lake sheep noodles, which are very popular, and tourists there will definitely be attracted by the food there. Similarly, the local food flavors of Jiashan, Haining and Haiyan also have Jiangnan characteristics, but each has its own characteristics.
Tea tasting is also an indispensable thing. Longjing is in Hangzhou, and Chrysanthemum morifolium is produced in Tongxiang, Jiaxing. It is a good chrysanthemum drinking product because of its "four wonders" of color, fragrance, taste and shape. At present, the high-quality boxed Chrysanthemum morifolium on the market is not distracting after brewing, and the flower shape is complete, pure and fragrant.
In fact, there is a specialty in Yuxin Town, Nanhu District, Jiaxing City, my hometown, which is white jade snail. It may be hard for people who don't know how snails eat, but in fact, snails are a kind of nutritious health food with high nutritional value, tender meat, delicious taste and rich nutrition, which is highly praised by modern nutritionists and gourmets. Now this product is very popular with foreigners, especially because it is rich in protein, so it is also exported abroad in large quantities. In our town, there is a cultural festival every year. There will be tasting, and of course there will be white jade snails.