1. Soviet-style fresh meat mooncakes

There are few southerners who don’t like Soviet-style mooncakes. They look golden and moist, taste crisp and fluffy, and taste sweet and salty. Sweet fillings include pine nuts, walnuts, roses, adzuki beans, etc.; salty fillings include ham, shrimp, chives, etc. Among them, the meat mooncake is probably the most memorable one. In front of the stalls of time-honored brands, you can see queues waiting for mooncakes to be released all year round, and during the Mid-Autumn Festival, supply exceeds demand.

2. Fengzhen Noodles

There are few bowls of noodles that bring the aroma of wine to diners like Fengzhen Noodles, because in addition to the common meat and bones in the soup, , eel bones, wine grains and screws are also added. The topping is a piece of braised pork, but it is different from ordinary braised pork. It is white and the method is complicated. Soy sauce cannot be added when braised, and it is purely seasoned with salt. As a result, the braised meat is plump and melts in your mouth; the noodle soup is fresh and smooth, and the wine is mellow.

3. Chicken head and rice soup

Suzhou people are very particular about eating "water ginseng" chicken head and rice. The first is to eat the chicken head rice from Nantang, which is of the best quality; the second is to buy a small amount and eat it all at once, so that what you eat is the fresh taste with the smell of water; the third is to eat it during the Mid-Autumn Festival, if you miss it, We can only wait eagerly for the launch next year.

It is said that during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, in the remote mountainous areas of Ya'an, there were people who were very good at delicious food. After long-term research and soup mixing practice, the cooked chicken tasted great, and the top-secret stock and red oil were fragrant, making it very delicious. People are salivating! But at that time, the productivity was backward, and chicken was a luxury treat, which was only eaten once during the holidays.

4. Fish-flavored spring rolls

The making of Suzhou spring roll wrappers is unparalleled. The chef holds the pot with one hand and shakes the dough with the other hand, and it is a clean sheet. The spring roll skin is as thin as paper, round as a mirror, transparent and soft. Fish-flavored spring rolls, as the name suggests, are filled with seabass meat and shrimps. They are rich in fish flavor and have distinctive local characteristics in the "Land of Fish and Rice".

5. Jiuniang Cake

As soon as the Spring Festival is over, the streets begin to be filled with the sweet and sour taste of Jiuniang Cake. Jiuniang cake is a spring seasonal Soviet-style food that is only sold for one season. It looks like a small mooncake and has fillings such as bean paste and sesame seeds. Especially the rose filling, with white skin and red flesh, seems to seep into the skin. Take a bite while it is hot. It is fragrant, sweet and sour, crisp and tender, with soft skin, sweet filling and glutinous taste. It has a feeling that everyone will be drunk even if the cake is not intoxicating.