The restaurants in Yancheng mainly focus on Huaiyang cuisine, which is Jiangsu cuisine. The cooking pays attention to the freshness of the ingredients, heavy knife skills, and is good at making soups. Huaiyang cuisine, also called Weiyang cuisine, is said to have originated in the Han Dynasty and became very popular during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Huaiyang cuisine is also an important branch of Jiangsu cuisine.
There are many famous dishes in Yancheng, such as Dongtai Fish Noodles in Huaiyang Baitan, Jianhu Lotus Root Rice Balls with a smooth texture, fragrant and delicious braised vegetarian fish skin, Yancheng Qiyuan Crab Roe Buns with rich filling, etc. Dishes taste outstanding. In addition, because it faces the Yellow Sea to the east, it is rich in seafood and rivers. Dishes such as the salty and delicious raw shrimps, the fat and tender white braised mullet, and the four-gill bass that were once offered as tributes are all delicious in color, aroma, and taste. Extremely fragrant.
Food tasting recommendations:
Taste the delicious food of Yancheng mainly in the urban food street, urban theater road snack street, and urban farmer road snack street. In addition, there is also a street in the headquarters of Yancheng Normal University with many small stalls and many delicacies, which is comparable to the urban food street. This street is located on Jianjun East Road and can be reached by bus No. 19.
At the Yancheng Food Festival, representative dishes of various cuisines are gathered together, and famous Chinese snacks are presented one by one, which is a feast for the eyes and the mouth. During the Food Festival, many night markets will be opened in the urban area of ??Yancheng, allowing people to taste various snacks in Yancheng.