1. Huangjia BBQ Huangjia BBQ is a famous food in Jinan. It originated in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty and has a history of 300 years. It is famous for its roasted whole pig, with yellow skin, crispy and refreshing, fat but not greasy, and long-lasting.

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Legend has it that as early as the Yuan Dynasty, there was a man named Huang in Huangjiawan, Zhangqiu City, who was serving as a military attache in the court, but was demoted back to his hometown because of a defeat.

Among his entourage was a Mongolian who often lit branches to roast mutton and eat it. The delicious taste attracted many people.

The Huang family was inspired by this and often ate barbecue. However, since pigs had been raised here for generations, they mainly ate roast pork, and the pork was cut into pieces for roasting.

2. Youxuan Youxuan is a kind of swirl-shaped scallion pancake. Freshly baked, youxuan is golden in color, soft on the inside and crispy on the outside, with a fragrant scallion aroma.

Oil whirlpool first appeared in Jinan during the Qing Dynasty.

It is said that youxuan was learned in Nanjing by the three Xu brothers (now Qihe County) during the Qing Dynasty when they went to the south. The taste of youxuan in the south is sweet. After the Xu brothers came to Jinan, they made it according to the dietary characteristics of northerners.

The taste of the oil spin was changed to a salty aroma, which has been passed down to this day.

3. Tianmo Tianmo originated from Doumo in northern Henan, and later spread to Jinan, Shandong Province. It is a special traditional snack, a popular porridge delicacy, and one of the two weirdos in Quancheng.

Tianmo is a kind of salty porridge cooked mainly with millet noodles. Jinan people also call it Wuxiang Tianmo.

Among the many snacks in Jinan, Tianmo is the most distinctive signature snack.

4. Pucai in milk soup Pucai in milk soup is one of the famous traditional dishes in Jinan City, Shandong Province.

It is cooked with milk soup and cattail sprouts. The soup is milky white. The cattail sprouts are crisp, tender and fragrant. It is light and delicious. It is a soup dish for high-end banquets. It is known as the best soup dish in Jinan and has always been regarded as the best soup dish in Jinan.

It is known as the first soup dish in Jinan.

5. Jar meat Jar meat is a traditional specialty dish and a famous dish in Jinan, which started in the Qing Dynasty.

It is said that the first person to create this dish was Jinan Fengjilou Restaurant.

About a hundred years ago, the chef of this restaurant added seasonings and spices to pork ribs and simmered them slowly in a porcelain jar.

It is characterized by ruddy color, thick soup, meaty meat, fat but not greasy, and fragrant taste. This dish is famous for this.

Because the meat is stewed in a porcelain jar, it is called jar meat.

A private dish using pork belly as the main ingredient.

It is rich in raw materials, plump in shape, fat but not greasy, brown-red in color, rich in taste, fresh and delicious, rich in soup, ruddy in color, and meat is rotten but not greasy.