The must-eat foods in Nanchang Street in Wuxi include steamed buns, old cow nests, three fresh wonton, sugar taro, horseshoe crisp, oil gluten and so on.
1. steamed buns
steamed buns in Wuxi are actually steamed buns, but Wuxi people like to call them that. Wuxi steamed buns have fine selection of materials and superb production technology. The steamed buns are thin but not broken, and the stuffing is full of halogen.
2. In the old cow's nest
This is a very delicious restaurant in Wuxi. The classic dishes in Wuxi are fried rice cakes with beef pine nuts and oil gluten. The beef in the fried rice cake with beef pine nuts is fresh and tender, and the rice cake is chewy and full of weight, so it is also extremely popular.
3. Sanxian Wonton
Sanxian Wonton originated from the folk in Dongting Township, Wuxi County, and later developed into a traditional famous spot in Wuxi. Wonton is made of fresh meat, kai yang and pickled mustard tuber, so it is called "Sanxian".
4. Sugar taro
Sugar taro is a traditional name in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. It is a habit to eat sugar taro in many places in Wuxi during the Mid-Autumn Festival every year. Wuxi sugar taro is made of the first-class taro seeds, washed and peeled, then added with brown sugar and osmanthus, boiled first and then braised, which tastes soft and sweet.
5. Oil gluten
Oil gluten is a traditional fried pasta in Wuxi, which is also called clear water oil gluten locally. To make oil gluten, it needs to go through seven processes: pasting, washing gluten, kneading, spreading, beating, picking embryo and frying.