Chuzhou’s special delicacies: 1. Zuiwengting Crispy Candy. Zuiwengting Crispy Candy was originally called “Dong Tang”. According to legend, there was a dutiful son named Dong in Chuzhou in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty. His mother was losing weight due to a long-term illness and had no appetite. Therefore, he made various kinds of snacks every day.

I carefully tried to figure out my mother's taste, and made many attempts to make a kind of flour candy using flour, sesame, and caramel as the main ingredients for my mother to eat.

For hundreds of years, pastry chefs have continued to innovate, improve, and inherit the pastry, which has become a memory of Chu people's history.

2. Qinlan Braised Goose Zhu Shouchang’s biological mother was abandoned by his father, and mother and son were separated for fifty years.

In the second year of Song Xining's reign, he abandoned his official position to look for his mother, which lasted more than 14 months, passing through 15 places in 3 provinces and walking more than a thousand miles. Finally, the mother and son were reunited, creating an eternal legend.

In order to let my mother enjoy her old age, she recalled that she had lived with her mother geese before she was seven years old, so she developed braised geese to eat with her mother.

The surface of the braised goose is clean and shiny, the aroma is fresh and mellow, oily but not greasy, rotten but not scattered, and delicious.

The secret craftsmanship of its braised goose has spread in the countryside and is known as the "Shuchang Filial Mother Goose". It is now called Qinlan Braised Goose and has been selected as an intangible cultural heritage.

3. Nvshan Lake hairy crabs are one of the top ten famous dishes in Chuzhou City. This dish uses the "National Geographical Indication Product" "Nvshan Lake hairy crabs" with "green shell, white belly, golden claws and yellow hair". It is delicious and nutritious.

4. Leiguan Salted Duck Leiguan Salted Duck has a long history and is famous all over the country.

Since its advent in the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty (1862), the salted duck marinated with century-old brine and its unique processing method and the derived series of duck feasts have been very popular among the people.

5. Guantang fish cooked rice Guantang fish cooked rice comes from Gaotang Lake in the southwest of Fengyang. It is a famous delicacy and attracts diners from all over the world.

After the fish is cooked, the rice is white and soft, and large pieces of fish meat are mixed with the rice, filling a large pot.

Under the rice, there is a thick layer of fish and rice rice crispy rice cake close to the pot.

This is the part of fish cooking and the part that gives it a very unique taste.