The ancients said, "Food is the most important thing for the people", and Chinese cuisine is an indispensable part of China's traditional culture. No matter where you are, the rural flavor of your life cannot be changed. Walking all one's life, starting point, ending point, in the final analysis, is where home is. The people in Changzhou have deep feelings for the old shops and famous shops that have been familiar since childhood. The names of Zhu Baiji, Ma Fuxing and Yilongsu Restaurant are deeply engraved in their minds with their childhood, adolescence, youth, middle age and even old age.

fish head in Tianmu Lake casserole

Fish head in Tianmu Lake casserole is a traditional dish in Tianmu Lake area of Jiangsu Province. Tianmu Lake is a place name, located in liyang city, Changzhou, Jiangsu. The soup is rich in fresh juice, and those who have tasted it all admire its beauty, but few people know its origin. The casserole stewed fish head in Tianmu Lake is also called Shahe stewed fish head. Tianmu Lake, formerly known as Shahe Reservoir, is filled with bighead carp, which is big and strong with delicate meat. The dishes made are delicious and nutritious.

Crab steamed buns

Crab steamed buns are traditional snacks with characteristics in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province. They were initiated by Wanhua Tea House in the south of the pontoon bridge along the Xiaohe River in Changzhou during the light years of the Qing Dynasty, and are put on the market every year around the Mid-Autumn Festival when osmanthus flowers are in full bloom. Steamed buns with crabs were originally called steamed buns with crabs. When the steamed bread was born, there was no such name as steamed buns. In the Song Dynasty, people in the north called steamed buns with stuffing, while people in the south still called them steamed buns. Nowadays, with the popularization of Putonghua, steamed buns are also called in the south. When steamed buns were born, Changzhou people still didn't have steamed buns, so they were named steamed buns. Nowadays, because of the change of language environment, it is generally called steamed buns. )

Braised pork with distiller's grains

Braised pork with distiller's grains in Changzhou is a local traditional dish in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province. The local seasonal delicacies in winter and early spring originated from folk home cooking in southern Jiangsu and were introduced to restaurants more than 7 years ago. In 1925, Qiang Liangsheng, a famous chef in Changzhou, changed the color of coated sauce into direct seasoning, which made the dish more colorful, fragrant and delicious. At present, the quality of Changzhou Detaiheng Restaurant is the best. The dishes are red in color, crisp and tasty, fat but not greasy, and melt in the mouth. After several times of steaming, the flavor is more abundant and the taste is more waxy. Plus, they can be condensed into a ball after cooling, which is easy to carry. Local people often make gifts for relatives and friends.

Fermented Yuanxiao

Fermented Yuanxiao is one of the traditional snacks in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province. People have the custom of eating dumplings during the Spring Festival and Lantern Festival. More than 1 years ago, Pei Yugao added distiller's grains to traditional rice balls to create distiller's grains. It is characterized by a group of jade grains, a fragrant wine, a unique flavor, and a sweet and refreshing taste.

beggar chicken

beggar chicken, also known as Changshu beggar chicken, is a traditional dish in Changshu, Jiangsu province, belonging to Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisines. The main ingredients are chicken, etc., fried and roasted. The entrance is crisp, rotten, fat and tender, with unique flavor. According to legend, a long time ago, there was a beggar who begged along the way and went to a village in Changshu County. One day, he happened to get a chicken and wanted to slaughter it for cooking, but there was neither cooker nor seasoning. He came to the foot of Yushan Mountain, killed the chicken, removed its internal organs, coated it with yellow mud and firewood, simmered the coated chicken in the fire, peeled off the mud shell when it was cooked, and the chicken feathers were removed with the mud shell, revealing the chicken. About 1 years ago, according to this legend, the "Mountain View Garden" restaurant in Yushan Resort, northwest of Changshu County, refined and refined the chicken.