Yangzhou's famous dishes include eight-treasure gourd, roasted pig's head, butterfly flying, Yangzhou Wu Ting Bridge, mussel, chrysanthemum conch and so on. The red chamber banquet, the three-headed banquet and the whole lotus root banquet are the three pearls of Yangzhou cuisine.
The banquet in A Dream of Red Mansions is an innovation of dishes. The author Cao Xueqin has lived in Yangzhou for a long time, and his grandfather Cao Yin once hosted a banquet for Liu Sibai when he went to Yangzhou to meet Emperor Kangxi. Feng Qiyong, a famous redologist, said: "The Honglou Cuisine is actually Yangzhou Cuisine".
Three-head banquet is a banquet developed from three famous traditional dishes in Yangzhou: braised silver carp head, stewed lion head and roasted whole pig head. The lion's head is tender but not greasy; Silver carp head tastes mellow; The whole pig's head is full of fragrance, with a strong local flavor.
The whole lotus root banquet is Baoying, which is known as the "hometown of lotus root". According to the ancestral production method, more than 50 kinds of lotus root dishes are innovated to form a unique feast.
In addition, Yangzhou snacks are also very famous. For example, Yangzhou dried silk: a piece of dried tofu can be divided into seventeen layers and then shredded, and the silk is as thin as hair. Crab yellow bag: October is the best every year. Take the crab roe of the whole cream crab and make it with white flour, which can be described as the best in Yangzhou. There are Yangzhou spring rolls, three-dimensional steamed buns and dried vegetable steamed buns, all of which have a strong local flavor. These famous scenic spots can be tasted in Siwangting Food Street or Yechunyuan Snack Street. In addition, there are some time-honored hotels, such as Fuchun Tea House, Caigenxiang Hotel, Yangzhou Hotel, Gonghechun Restaurant, Lvyang Village and Fumanlou. There are also all kinds of exquisite snacks. Joan Lin Yuan, Xiyuan Hotel, Zhenyuan Hotel, Dongyuan Hotel, New World Restaurant, Qionghua Building, Yangzhou Building and Wangfu Hotel also have various exquisite snacks. It seems that "eating in Yangzhou" really lives up to its reputation.
Ten famous points: Sanding steamed buns, Melaleuca oil cakes, double sesame cakes, Emerald steamed buns, dried vegetable steamed buns, wild duck and cabbage steamed buns, glutinous rice steamed buns, crab yellow steamed buns, cut steamed buns and shredded chicken rolls.
Ten flavor snacks: bamboo shoot pot stickers, Yangzhou cakes, crab shells, fried eggs, salty pot stickers, radish shortcakes, shredded chicken rolls, three fresh pot stickers, sweet-scented osmanthus sugar lotus root porridge, and three-color oil dumplings.
Ten special snacks: Sixi dumplings, raw lotus root clips, tofu rolls, bamboo shoots, red bean jiaozi, Wuren cakes, scallion cakes, Huangqiao biscuits, jiaozi noodles with shrimps, and bamboo shoot wonton.
Drink water in the morning and at night.
Old Yangzhou will tell you that Yangzhou people enjoy two things: "water in the morning and water in the evening". It is the best enjoyment for Yangzhou people to have a cup of Yangzhou morning tea, taste Yangzhou special snacks and take a bath in Yangzhou bathhouse in the afternoon. Bathhouses in Yangzhou are very distinctive, which can be said to be a custom formed over the years. Yangzhou's back cleaning master is also very good at home, ensuring that you can promote blood circulation and feel comfortable all over.