Kaifeng's specialty introduction:
First, Kaifeng steamed soup packets.
1. Kaifeng steamed buns have a long history. It has a unique flavor and is one of the famous foods in Kaifeng.
2. The steamed stuffed bun is exquisite in material selection and fine in production. It is made of pig hind leg lean meat as stuffing, refined powder as skin and steamed by explosion fire. Its characteristics are: beautiful appearance, small and exquisite, thin skin and many fillings, oily soup, delicious, fragrant and delicious.
This must be one of the local characteristics that all foreigners must eat when they go to Kaifeng.
Second, peanut cake
1. Peanut cake is a local traditional specialty in Kaifeng area. Peanut cake is an ancient court meal, which originated in the Song Dynasty and lasted for more than 600 years in Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.
2. Peanut cake is made of selected peanut kernel as the main material, supplemented by white sugar and caramel. Through the process of boiling sugar, stirring sugar, soaking peanut powder and cutting and forming.
3. The finished product is flaky and multi-layered, with fine network and strong porosity; The food tastes crisp, sweet and delicious. It's delicious.
Third, Bianjing roast duck.
Also known as Kaifeng roast duck, a traditional famous dish of Henan cuisine and one of the top ten famous dishes of Henan cuisine, it has a long history since the Northern Song Dynasty. Bianjing roast duck has crispy skin, tender and fragrant meat and persimmon red color, and can be eaten by people with heat or deficiency cold in the body.
Fourth, Kaifeng cockfighting.
Cockfighting is a special dish in Kaifeng, which is made of local high-quality hens and century-old soup. Golden color, fat but not greasy, fresh and crisp.
Five, carp baked noodles
1. "Carp Baked Noodles" is one of the traditional cuisines in Kaifeng and enjoys a long reputation. Baked noodles are also called Longxu Noodles.
2. According to "Dream Record", in Ming and Qing Dynasties, the second day of the second lunar month in Kaifeng was called "Dragon Head Up", and "guests were invited to eat Longxu Noodles, and noodles were sent as a courtesy". At that time, Longxu Noodles came into being. It just boils in water and then bakes. Therefore, it is called "baked noodles".
3. Carp Baked Noodles is also a classic dish of Henan cuisine, which is made of two famous dishes, sweet and sour fish and Longxu Noodles.
According to legend, Empress Dowager Cixi stayed in Kaifeng when she fled in Qing Dynasty, and famous chefs in Kaifeng paid tribute to "Fried Fish in Sweet and Sour" and "Baked Noodles". After seeing it, Cixi said on a whim that the carp was lying on the plate and might be asleep, so it should be covered with a quilt to avoid catching cold. Then the fish was wrapped in "roasted noodles" with chopsticks, and "roasted noodles with carp" was handed down as a delicacy.
5. Carp baked noodles are purple in color, soft and fragrant; Baked noodles are as thin as hair, fluffy and crisp. It's a great pity to travel to Kaifeng without tasting sweet and sour fish noodles.