NO.1 Taian pancake

Pancakes are famous Shandong snacks, but those in Taishan are more distinctive. The pancakes in Taishan are different from those in other places in Shandong. First, the main raw material is millet or corn, and the top grade is millet. Second, there is a fermentation process before Taishan pancake processing. Third, Taishan pancakes are as thin as cicadas and almost transparent. Pancakes taste slightly sour, soft and delicious.

Pancakes became a common occurrence in Tai 'an at the latest in the Ming Dynasty. Snacks with pancakes as the main ingredients include oil pancakes (pancakes baked with onion oil, tofu or cabbage) and sugar crisp pancakes (baked with millet flour and white sugar). Pancakes and scallions are a popular food in the streets and alleys that women and children know.

NO.2 Sanmei Tofu Whether you go to a high-end restaurant or a street restaurant, you can taste the delicious Taian Sanmei Tofu. Sanmei Tofu takes the meaning of the folk saying that "Tai 'an has three beauties, cabbage, tofu and water". The real best way is to stew with Taishan spring water in addition to tofu and cabbage, so it is recommended that you choose to taste this dish near the foothills or where there are springs on the way to climb the mountain. In addition, tofu balls, pot-collapsed tofu, casserole tofu, milk soup tofu, soft-cooked tofu, mutton stewed tofu and tofu scrambled eggs are also delicious snacks everywhere. NO.3 Taishan BBQ

It seems that it has been five or six years since Taishan BBQ became popular.

there are three main ways to eat Taishan barbecue. First, the mutton is cut into small pieces with shredded onion, and the seasoning is put on a flat iron plate for frying and roasting. Second, the lamb belly is cut into pieces, strung in strings and cooked in a small pot on a charcoal fire. The third is the usual kebabs.

the attraction of Taishan barbecue is that it is self-service, with sufficient weight and strong taste, eating meat in large pieces and drinking in a big bowl, which is typical of Shandong big man.

NO.4 Tai 'an White Honey Food/Taishan White Cake

It is made of nearly a dozen raw materials, such as sesame, peanut oil, fine flour, caramel, honey, eggs, red bean paste, shredded green, etc., through nearly 1 processes, such as grinding, steaming, steaming, boiling, frying, crisping and molding, with exquisite technology. It is rich in protein, fat, glucose, vitamin C and other nutrients, and has the flavor characteristics of looseness, crispness, fragrance, sweetness, slag melting in mouth, non-sticky teeth and eating without being greasy. There are 8 varieties of horseshoe crisp, Xiangyang crisp, lotus crisp, yangjiao crisp, butterfly crisp, Yunzi crisp, sea color crisp and Melaleuca crisp, which are ancient tributes.

In addition, Dongping bad fish, Taishan mushroom chicken and Feicheng dog meat are also famous Taishan delicious snacks. NO.5 Taishan Tofu Banquet Tofu Banquet probably began when the ancient emperors came to Taishan to worship Zen, "eat vegetarian food, clean body and mind." After the excavation and arrangement of chefs in past dynasties, Taishan Tofu Banquet has now become a wonderful flower in Shandong cuisine. There are as many as 15 tofu dishes to choose from at the banquet.

The famous dishes cooked with tofu as the main ingredient are: Yipin Tofu, Eight Immortals Yaochi Party, Fingered Citron Tofu, Ginseng Tofu, Hibiscus Tofu, Lotus Tofu, etc., which are beautiful in color, flavor and shape. NO.6 Taishan Medicinal Diet Banquet

Mount Taishan is mountainous, with a suitable climate and plenty of water. There are many kinds of Chinese herbal medicines growing in the mountains and forests. By exploring and utilizing the rich resources of Chinese herbal medicine in Mount Tai, the chefs in Tai 'an developed a medicinal diet feast in Mount Tai. Medicinal diet has a good effect on preventing and treating diseases and prolonging life.

The main dishes are steamed chicken with Ganoderma lucidum, steamed duck with Ganoderma lucidum, stewed mutton with Polygonum multiflorum Thunb, steamed chicken with four-leaf ginseng, rock sugar and Polygonatum soup, pork elbow with ginkgo biloba, almond tofu and so on.

NO.7 Taishan potherb feast Taishan potherb has a long history of eating, probably beginning with the ancient emperors' "eating vegetarian food to clean up their bodies and minds" when they came to Mount Taishan to make sacrifices. In addition, Mount Tai has high mountains and dense forests, which also provides natural conditions for the growth of all kinds of wild vegetables. Taishan potherb feast can be divided into cold pots, fried eggs, pickled eggs, soups and so on, especially ginger shepherd's purse, fried lotus fragrance and fried pheasant. NO.8 Taishan Red Scaled Fish Red Scaled Fish is a unique treasure of Taishan Mountain, and it was a "tribute" to the court in the Qing Dynasty. Red-scale fish grows in the stream of Taishan Mountain at an altitude of meters to 8 meters, and is generally less than 2 cm long. It ranks as one of the "five famous fish" in China together with oil fish, bow fish, yellow fish in Qinghai Lake and shad in Fuchun River in Erhai Lake, Yunnan Province. Although the red scale fish is small in size, it is radiant and beautiful. Red-scale fish has tender meat, delicious taste, few thorns, no fishy smell and high nutritional value.

Red-scaly fish can be cooked and fried. The most famous one is "Dragon and Phoenix and Pearl Soup", which means that red-scaly fish is a dragon and fish yuan or meatballs are beads. The finished product is bright in color and refreshing in taste. Common famous dishes are: dry-fried red scale fish, clear-preserved red scale fish, phoenix-tailed red scale fish and so on.