Speaking of Qishuzhuang's specialties, the most famous ones are "Qizi Shaobing" and "Guangshenghao" honey sesame candy.
"Guangshenghao" sesame candy has a history of more than 400 years and originated during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty.
At that time, people liked to use sugar and flour and sesame-fried pacha as holiday food during holidays. Honey sesame candy.
This is Tangshan’s iconic snack, and when I was a kid I was only late for it during the Chinese New Year.
After many processes including ingredients, kneading, rolling, clearing and slicing, chopping, frying, and pulp-burning, the cakes are light yellow in color, as thin as paper, and shaped like flowers. The crisp, sweet Suspension Bridge Shaobings are the signature of Laoting Ketuo Shaobings.
Authentic representative, this brand is registered as a trademark and is made by Master Cui Wanxiang, the seventh generation successor of Suspension Bridge Oven Shaobing.
Crispy candy has a history of hundreds of years and is as famous as Tangshan sesame candy.
This product is made from rice, wheat and other food crops, boiled into syrup by hand, and then refined by adding pure peanut powder.
It is golden in color and is as big as a 10cm long gold bar. It is very sweet and crispy in the mouth. For old Tangshan people, almost everyone knows about Hongyan Restaurant.
Hongyan Restaurant is the most famous restaurant in Tangshan. It was founded in 1937 and is listed as a "Chinese Time-honored Brand".
The signature feature of Hongyan Restaurant is Hongyan Pork Pork!
Yishengyong smoked chicken is cooked in a special soup with many spices such as cinnamon and Sichuan peppercorns. The chicken is also carefully selected. It is stewed first and then smoked. The smoked chicken is red in color and the meat is tender. Some sugar is also added.
Seasoned, crispy, flavorful and fragrant, it is one of the typical representatives of Tangshan cuisine.
There are common ways to eat pancakes: braised pancakes, pancake boxes, sweet and sour pancakes, fried pancakes with burnt meat, stir-fried pancakes with meat. Chess piece biscuits are named after their shape is like a small drum and the size is like a chess piece. It is made in a unique way and tastes crispy.
The famous delicacies in Tangshan City include (in no particular order): Wanli Xiang Braised Chicken, Honey Sesame Candy, Chess Shaobing, Hongyan Restaurant Braised Pork Elbow, Big Pancake, Tang Haihe Crab, Luannan Shrimp Sauce, Yutian Cabbage, Laoting Liumei
Roast chicken etc.