1. Wick cake Wick cake is a traditional non-staple food specialty of Xiangtan.
It not only looks like a wick, is white and soft, tastes sweet and spicy, cool and fragrant, and twists and turns in a circle, but it can also be ignited with fire to emit the pure scent of cinnamon.
And after opening a box, I ate from the first one to the last one, no more, no less, for a full 24 hours.
Xiangtan has a history of making wick cakes for more than 400 years.
2. Sugar-oiled Baba Sugar-oiled Baba is a long-lasting folk snack in Changsha.
Its main raw materials are white flour and cane sugar, but the heat and the amount of sugar must be accurately controlled, otherwise the taste will be affected.
The freshly baked sugar-oil cake is golden, crisp and tender, sweet but not rich, oily but not greasy, and has an attractive color and fragrance.
The steam is so hot that it burns your mouth if you get impatient.
3. Salt and pepper dumplings Changsha has a history of making dumplings for more than 2,000 years. The raw materials of salt and pepper dumplings are white flour, salt and white pepper powder, which are fried and made. Its characteristics are that the threads are even in thickness and taste delicious.
Crisp.
4. Hunan stinky tofu. Stinky tofu in Changsha, Hunan Province smells stinky, but tastes endless aftertaste.
Stinky tofu has become one of the characteristic business cards of Hunan snacks.
Nowadays, Changsha stinky tofu can be seen in prosperous areas all over the country; the locals in Changsha also call it stinky tofu.
Black in color, burnt on the outside and tender on the inside, fresh and spicy.
Crispy but not mushy, tender but not greasy, the smell is tangy at first, and the aroma is tempting when you smell it carefully.
5. Hunan Hot Sauce Salted Duck. Hunan Hot Sauce Salted Duck is a famous dish in Hunan. It is made by soaking more than 30 kinds of precious Chinese medicines, more than 10 kinds of spices, and 15 processes including air-drying and roasting. The finished product is deep red in color and has crispy skin and meat.
Fragrant, with a strong sauce aroma and a long taste, it is a popular delicacy in the north and south of the Yangtze River. It is a delicacy with wine and a good gift.