Nanjing's characteristic gourmet snacks are as follows:

Jinling snacks rank first among the four major snacks in China, with Laomendong, Confucius Temple and Lion Bridge as the main concentration places.

For example, Nanjing Dapai Dang, Yin's Chicken Juice Soup Bag, Lianhu Pastry Shop, Lvliuju, etc., in addition, there are Qinhuai Bajue, duck blood vermicelli soup, steamed buns, dried shredded pork, skin-belly noodles, ruyi braised dried pork, assorted tofu waterlogging, beef pot stickers, zhuangyuan beans, spiced eggs, live beads, stinky tofu, roast duck bags, Jinling sliced duck, etc.

related cuisines:

Nanjing's diet is famous for Jinling cuisine, which refers to the cuisines centering on Nanjing and extending to Jiujiang, Jiangxi, and is one of the four representative cuisines of Jiangsu cuisine.

Jinling cuisine originated in the pre-Qin period. At the end of the Warring States Period, Qu Yuan recorded Jinling cuisine at that time in Chu Ci. It was famous in Sui and Tang Dynasties, and it became a genre in Ming and Qing Dynasties. It reached its peak in the Republic of China, and it was known as the "Beijing-Soviet cuisine" and was loved by the top celebrities. Many prominent families were proud of the "Beijing-Soviet feast".