A complete list of Wenzhou's famous snacks (with pictures) Wenzhou is a commercial city and an ancient historical city. Many dynasties established counties here.
There are many legends circulated in it, such as the white deer passing through Lucheng carrying flowers, which add a lot of mystery to the whole Wenzhou.
Wenzhou has beautiful scenery and is the birthplace of landscape poetry. The poetry style is at its peak and continues to this day.
The Wenzhou snacks that everyone loves also have a lot of knowledge, which fully reflects the characteristics of Wenzhou culture.
County Qian Tang Tuan, formerly known as Zheng De Da Tang Tuan, began in the 27th year of Guangxu's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1901). According to legend, it has been popular for a long time.
Wenzhou people regard eating glutinous rice dumplings as good luck and have always had the custom of entertaining guests with glutinous rice balls.
Young people in urban areas should give dumpling coupons to relatives and friends when they are engaged to express their happiness in getting married.
Overseas Chinese returning home regard eating glutinous rice balls as a feeling of hometown.
Xianqian dumplings are made from the finest glutinous rice, which does not break when cooked and has a delicate taste, making it famous.
8 pieces per bowl, just right.
There are more than 10 varieties, and the hemp heart dumplings are sweet and delicious.
The Lesha glutinous rice dumplings are mellow and refreshing, and the fresh meat glutinous rice dumplings have a fragrant juice flowing out when you bite them. They are extremely delicious. These three varieties are the most popular.
In December 1998, the Ministry of Domestic Trade held the country's first "Chinese Famous Snacks" recognition event in Hangzhou, and the Ma Xin Tangyuan of the County Qian Tangyuan Shop was recognized as a "Chinese Famous Snack".
Fish balls are made from fresh catfish meat as the main ingredient, cut into thin strips, salted with wine, monosodium glutamate, and white starch for a while, then picked into boiling water with your fingers and cooked when it floats.
When eating, ladle the original soup into a small bowl, add rice vinegar, MSG, pepper and chopped green onion.
There are many fish ball shops and stalls in the streets and alleys of Wenzhou.
In December 1998, the fish balls of Wenzhou Restaurant were recognized as "Chinese snacks" together with the county's glutinous rice balls and hemp heart glutinous rice balls due to their good flavor and distinctiveness.
White Snake Shaobing is also known as Hu Cake in ancient times.
In the late Guangxu years of the Qing Dynasty, the widow Zhang opened a sesame cake shop on the side of the bell tower of Futoumen in the urban area. Based on the Hu biscuits, she introduced the scallion oil and crispy sesame cakes, which were golden yellow, melted in the mouth, crispy and delicious, and were famous far and wide.
Zhang often wears white clothes, and citizens refer to her as the White Snake in "The Legend of White Snake". As time goes by, the biscuits are called White Snake Biscuits, which have been passed down to this day. Around 1930, Chen Liziao, a Yueqing native, made the pancakes at Tiejinglankou in the urban area.
When dealing in wontons, we pay attention to quality. The wonton skins are thin, the alkali is used properly, the fillings are fresh, and the fillings are exquisite, including seaweed, egg shreds, meat floss, wine-soaked shrimps, etc.
The cooked wontons have a clear soup with a flower-like shape and are delicious and refreshing.
Because he is very tall, he is called Changren Wonton.
Doumentou Dengzhan Cake During the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, two brothers, Chen Dahai and Chen Suihai, from Wenzhou, sold Dengzhan Cake at Doumentou, Dongmen.
They focus on quality, branding and materials.
The prepared lantern cake has a crispy outer skin and a refreshing meat filling.
Delicious and famous, it is called Doumentou Dengzhan Horseshoe Pine. It was first produced in the Baixiang area of ??Leqing during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty. It is named after its shape like a hoof. It is made of flour and brown sugar as the skin, and filled with sugar heart and bacon.
Dried red melon shreds, cooked sesame powder and osmanthus.
The sides are slanted, and there are five openings. Press down with your hands to reveal the candy heart, which is attached to the inner wall of the charcoal stove barrel at a temperature of 200 degrees Celsius and simmered over an open flame. It has the characteristics of crispy skin and soft heart.
In the late period of the Anti-Japanese War, Gu Jinfang, a Wenzhou native, ran a sponge cake business in Wumakou. He cooked and sold the sponge cakes with exquisite materials and fine production. The texture is soft and glutinous, sweet and salty, and fragrant and delicious. It is suitable for all ages all year round.
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Because of his short stature, he is famous for his dwarf cake.
Jelly is made from kingfish (i.e. yellow croaker) gelatin, which is boiled into a thin slurry and left to cool to form jelly.
When eating, cut it into small strips and mix it with ginger and vinegar. It tastes delicious.
There are vendors selling them along the street, which can be used as snacks or used in banquets.
Knocked fish is made from fresh fish meat mixed with sweet potato flour. Use a mallet to pound the fish into thin fillets, then cut it into strips or diamond shapes, boil it in water and eat it.
It can also be cut into slices, dried and stored, and used as snacks and condiments when entertaining guests.