1. Wang Tofu - one of the top ten famous dishes in the country, its scientific name is "Zhuhu Xuelang".

The process is complicated and the materials used are exquisite.

The taste in the mouth is indescribable, and the local ancestral chef’s unique skill in pressing the food is something you can’t get anywhere else.

2. Braised lion head - This dish is available in many places, but the most authentic one is made in Northern Jiangsu.

3. Dazhugansi - has always been imitated but never surpassed.

4. Yangchun Noodles - an old taste of Gaoyou. People from my hometown miss this the most.

5. Roasted pork with louver knot - a home-cooked dish that you will never forget after eating it. The main reason is that the meat is well cooked and delicious.

6. Gaoyou Double Yellow Duck Eggs - This must be said to be a specialty.

The best duck eggs in the country, bar none.

7. Braised fish fillets - Grass carp from Gaoyou Lake, the chef said it is the most labor-intensive dish. It is fresh, fragrant and very delicious.

8. Gaoyou Lake crayfish - Gaoyou Lake lobster is generally made into original clean water crayfish. The word "fresh" is a must-have!

9. River crabs - the wild crabs in Gaoyou Lake must not be compared with Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs. There is no comparison between mass-produced and naturally caught crabs.

As for how delicious it is, for example: when you cook crabs at home, if you open the window, you can smell the scent of crabs all over the street.

10. Yellow Spicy Ding - one of the wild fish in Gaoyou Lake. There is no artificial breeding in the local area. It is commonly known as "Angthorn".

11. River clams roasted with vegetables - an absolute specialty dish. It is usually cooked with bacon and is extremely nutritious.

12. Braised snail meat with chives - Although it is a stir-fry, the snail meat needs to be picked out one by one with a bamboo skewer a day in advance.

13. Steamed white fish - one of the wild fish in Gaoyou Lake, no explanation.

14. Stir-fried dried celery - The key is the dried fragrant celery. The local specialty "Jieshou Dried Tea" is used. It was the royal food when Qianlong went to Jiangnan. If you are interested, you can go to Baidu.

15. Braised Pork with Mushrooms - Mushrooms are a specialty product and the best therapeutic food for asthma. They are rarely seen in other places.

16. Fish head and fish ball soup - This mainly focuses on the preparation of fish balls. The fish balls in Gaoyou Lake are as tender as tender tofu.

17. Reed root stewed shelduck soup - a good winter tonic. Gaoyou shelduck is one of the four famous ducks in China. It has the functions of nourishing the stomach, nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, clearing away heat and strengthening the spleen, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. Reed root is a part of traditional Chinese medicine.

It also has the effects of clearing heat, promoting fluid production, and relieving vomiting, so stewed shelduck with reed roots has good therapeutic value.

18. Gaoyou Lake’s specialty water chestnut rice dumplings – The special water chestnut rice seedlings are chopped into crescent-shaped fillings and filled with aroma.