1. Taiyuan knife-shaped noodles: Taiyuan knife-shaped noodles are known as flying knife-shaped noodles because of their excellent knife skills and cutting skills.

The knife used is a special tile-shaped knife.

The noodles should be kneaded into a tube shape that is about the length of a foot. When cutting the noodles, the person stands in front of the pot, holds the noodles with one hand, and holds a knife in the other hand to cut into the pot from top to bottom.

The shaved noodles are triangular in shape, and the strips are the same width, thickness, and length.

The chefs with exquisite craftsmanship cut the noodles into the soup pot, and floated in the air. As soon as the knife came out, the noodles were cut like fish leaping.

It tastes weak on the inside and sinewy on the outside, soft and smooth, and easy to digest.

2. Taiyuan Rat Cave Lantern Festival: Rat Cave Lantern Festival is a local traditional snack in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province.

Thin skin, full filling and sweet taste.

People who have lived in Taiyuan for a long time or come to Taiyuan temporarily to visit relatives, friends, or travel, all go to "Rat Cave" to taste it.

This Yuanxiao skin is sticky, the filling is sweet and fragrant, the color is white and bright, the ingredients are exquisite, and the flavor is unique. It has been included in the intangible cultural heritage of Shanxi Province.

3. Taiyuan head: "Taiyuan head" is a unique snack in Taiyuan, which is a soup-like food.

Put three large pieces of fat mutton, a piece of lotus root, and a strip of yam in a bowl of soup.

The condiments in the soup include rice wine, distiller's grains and astragalus.

When you taste it, you can feel the mixed aroma of wine, medicine and mutton. It is delicious and the more you eat, the more fragrant it becomes.

Features: Replenishing Qi and regulating vitality, nourishing deficiency, activating blood circulation and strengthening the stomach, rich in nutrients, has the effect of relieving cold and asthma, strengthening the body and prolonging life.

4. Taiyuan Haggis: "Haggis", also known as "Haggis", is a famous local snack in Shanxi.

Walking in the streets and alleys of Shanxi, you can see small shops selling "haggis cut" everywhere. They are small but have a prosperous business.

Generally, every store puts a big pot on the fire, with old soup in it, and the prepared haggis are put together waiting to be cooked.

Every time a customer comes, the boss will ask you how much you want to eat.

This means how many taels of meat you want to add, and the price is determined based on the amount of meat you want.

Don’t think that the haggis is purely meat, it will be served with vermicelli.

Each family's old soup has different ingredients and different tastes.

5. Kuiyili Steamed Beef and Mutton Dumplings: Kuiyili Steamed Beef and Mutton Dumplings are one of Taiyuan’s famous delicacies. They were founded around 1930 and are located on Qiaotou Street.

Yili's steamed dumplings are known for their "thin skin, small sides, large fillings, half-moon shape, no opening, no filling exposed". They use more than a dozen ingredients, mainly cardamom, Amomum villosum, Angelica dahurica, Atractylodes, cinnamon, cloves, and so on.

Fennel, pepper, aniseed, tangerine peel, etc. are known as the "Thirteen Fragrances". They are fat but not greasy, juicy and delicious.

If you can’t get enough of the steamed dumplings, the store also has a variety of choices including lamb offal soup, beef meatball soup, beef wontons, red bean porridge, millet porridge, etc. All of them are delicious. Just walk into the store and you’ll be guaranteed

You eat until you go out warm.

6. Shaomei: Shaomei (also called Shaomai, Shoumai, Shaomai) is also a famous snack in Taiyuan. It is made into flower pleats with a special rolling stick, which looks like plum blossoms.

There is a saying that "the plum blossoms are delicious and difficult to make dough, and the skin is thin and the fillings are difficult to make." Making plum blossoms is technically difficult. You need to use a special rolling pin to make the flowers. The more pleats you make, the more beautiful the plum blossom buds will be.

The skin of the good plums is as thin as paper, round as a plate, with many flowers on the edges. The stuffing of the selected plums is large, fragrant and sharp. When placed in a cage, it looks like blossoming snow plums.

Plum blossoms with thin skin, sufficient filling, and flowers that appear to be not fully opened are the best plum blossoms.

7. Egg glutinous rice: Egg glutinous rice glutinous rice is also a specialty snack in Taiyuan. The egg glutinous rice glutinous rice of Rongmaoyuan Haizibian snack bar has long been famous. There is still a saying that "Haizibian glutinous rice is the king, and the wine is not as strong as the glutinous rice glutinous rice." Although egg glutinous rice glutinous rice is available in many places across the country

, but the taste is very different.

According to legend, Zhao Kuangyin abandoned literature and martial arts and crossed the Yellow River eastward to Jiangzhou. He was starving without money and food.

The shopkeeper thought he was very impressive and made glutinous rice for him.

Zhao Kuangyin didn't know what it was, and the store owner said: "It's just bad soup."

Later, when Zhao Kuangyin became the emperor, he missed the "dregs of glutinous rice" and asked the shop owner to go to Beijing to make it again. He said, "The glutinous rice glutinous rice soup is sour and sweet, and the aroma of wine is refreshing. From now on, we will change the name to glutinous rice glutinous rice."

So far, people in the north of the Yangtze River are mostly called glutinous rice wine, while those in the south of the Yangtze River are mostly called glutinous rice wine.

8. Oatmeal noodles: Oatmeal noodles (栲栳栳kǎolǎolao) is a famous traditional pasta snack in the alpine area of ??Shanxi Province and belongs to Shanxi cuisine.

"栠栳栳" is a kind of noodle food made from oval noodles. Because its shape is like a "bundle", it is called "栳栳" among the people.

Youmian 栲栳栳 is one of the top ten noodles in Shanxi.

It has exquisite craftsmanship, a perfect combination of beautiful shape and strong taste. With the addition of "Mutton Sauteed Seeds and Taiwanese Mushroom Soup, which is enjoyed by the whole family", it has become an authentic delicacy. Even Emperor Kangxi tasted it when he paid homage to Mount Wutai.

This is the joy of life.

9. Oily pork: Although oily pork is a common dish in Shanxi and even the north, the oily pork made by relatively large restaurants in Taiyuan is the most authentic.

On September 10, 2018, "Chinese Cuisine" was officially released, and "Shanxi Oily Pork" was rated as one of Shanxi's top ten classic dishes.

Authentic oiled meat is made from pork tenderloin or ingot meat. Cut into copper coin-thick slices. Add egg yolk, starch, refined salt, cooking wine, etc. and mix well. Put it into an oil pan and stir-fry until cooked. Add fungus and magnolia slices.

, green onion, spinach and other auxiliary ingredients are stir-fried, and the color is golden.

10. Buckwheat enema: Buckwheat enema is a snack that can be seen everywhere in Taiyuan. It is called "Wantuo" in surrounding counties and cities.

The production method is to mix the buckwheat noodles into a paste, put it in a container, steam it over high heat, and then remove it from the container after cooling, which is more vividly called "Wantuo".