There are many kinds of snacks in Wenzhou, including forty or fifty varieties such as sponge cakes, rice noodles, fried noodles, water chestnuts, deniger cakes, and fish balls.

Among the most popular ones are fish balls, dwarf sponge cake, jelly, fish crackers, etc.

County Qian Tang Tuan, formerly known as Zheng De Da Tang Tuan, began in the 27th year of Guangxu's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1901). According to legend, it has been popular for a long time.

Wenzhou people regard eating glutinous rice dumplings as good luck and have always had the custom of entertaining guests with glutinous rice balls.

Young people in urban areas who are engaged should give dumpling coupons to their relatives and friends to express their happiness in getting married.

Overseas Chinese returning home regard eating glutinous rice balls as a feeling of hometown.

The county's glutinous rice dumplings are made from the finest glutinous rice, which is not broken when cooked and has a delicate texture, making it uniquely famous.

8 pieces per bowl, just right.

There are more than 10 varieties, and the hemp heart dumplings are sweet and delicious.

The Lesha glutinous rice dumplings are mellow and refreshing, and the fresh meat glutinous rice dumplings have a fragrant juice flowing out when you bite them. They are extremely delicious. These three varieties are the most popular.

In December 1998, the Ministry of Domestic Trade held the country's first "Chinese Famous Snacks" recognition event in Hangzhou, and the Ma Xin Tangyuan of the County Qian Tangyuan Shop was recognized as a "Chinese Famous Snack."

Fish balls are made from fresh anchovy meat as the main ingredient, cut into thin strips, salted with wine and monosodium glutamate for a while, add white starch, pick it into boiling water with your fingers, and let it float until cooked.

When eating, ladle the original soup into a small bowl, add rice vinegar, MSG, pepper and chopped green onion.

There are many fish ball shops and stalls in the streets and alleys of Wenzhou.

In December 1998, the fish balls of Wenzhou Restaurant were recognized as "Chinese snacks" together with the county's glutinous rice balls and hemp heart glutinous rice balls due to their good flavor and distinctiveness.

White Snake Shaobing is also known as Hu Cake in ancient times.

In the late Guangxu years of the Qing Dynasty, the widow Zhang opened a sesame cake shop on the side of the bell tower of Futoumen in the urban area. Based on the Hu biscuits, she introduced the scallion oil and crispy sesame cakes, which were golden yellow, melted in the mouth, crispy and delicious, and were famous far and wide.

Zhang often wears white clothes, and people refer to her as the White Snake in "The Legend of the White Snake". Over time, the biscuits are called White Snake Biscuits, which has been passed down to this day.

Changren Wontons Around 1930, Chen Libiao, a native of Yueqing, operated wontons at Tiejinglankou in the urban area. He paid attention to quality. The wonton skins were thin, the alkali was properly used, the fillings were fresh, and the covering materials were exquisite, including seaweed, egg shreds, meat floss, and wine-soaked shrimps.

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The cooked wontons have a clear soup with a flower-like shape and are delicious and refreshing.

Because he is very tall, he is called Changren Wonton.

Doumentou Dengzhan Cake During the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, two brothers, Chen Dahai and Chen Suihai, from Wenzhou, sold Dengzhan Cake at Doumentou, Dongmen.

They focus on quality, branding, and materials.

The prepared lantern cake has a crispy outer skin and a refreshing meat filling.

Delicious and famous, it is called Doumentou Dengzhan Horseshoe Pine. It was first produced in Baixiang, Yueqing during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty. It is named after its shape like a hoof. It is made of flour and brown sugar as the skin, and filled with sugar heart and bacon.

Dried red melon shreds, cooked sesame powder and osmanthus.

The sides are slanted, and there are five openings. Press down with your hands to reveal the candy heart, which is attached to the inner wall of the charcoal stove barrel at a temperature of 200 degrees Celsius and simmered over an open fire. It has the characteristics of crispy skin and soft heart.

In the late period of the Anti-Japanese War, Gu Jinfang, a Wenzhou native, ran a sponge cake business in Wumakou. He cooked and sold the sponge cakes at the same time. The ingredients were exquisite and the production was fine. The texture is soft and waxy, sweet and salty, and the fragrance is delicious. It is suitable for all ages all year round.

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Because of his short stature, he became famous for his dwarf cake.

Jelly is made from kingfish (i.e. yellow croaker) gelatin, which is boiled into a thin slurry and left to cool to form jelly.

When eating, cut it into small strips and mix it with ginger and vinegar. It tastes delicious.

There are vendors selling it along the street, which can be used as snacks or used in banquets.

Knocked fish is made from fresh fish meat mixed with sweet potato flour. Use a mallet to pound the fish into thin fillets, then cut it into strips or diamond shapes, boil it in water and eat it.

It can also be cut into slices, dried and stored, and used as snacks and condiments for guests.

Li Datong Double-Cooked Cake was created by Li Ruiqing, a famous pastry chef from Ruian, during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty and has a history of more than 100 years.

It is made by mixing glutinous rice flour with white sugar or brown sugar, sifting evenly, sprinkling with sweet-scented osmanthus, shaping and cutting into pieces, and cooking twice.

Its characteristics are: thin, soft, tough, fragrant, sweet, suitable for all ages, and is a famous brand dish in Wenzhou.

Five-spice dried bamboo shoots, dried pork, pancakes, sesame seeds, fried ring bells, and other wontons. You have to go to Changren Wontons on Jiefang Road. The old Dengzhan Cake shop is also on that road. If you want to eat Yongjia wheat cakes, you have to take a boat to Oubei.

If you want to buy one, you will know if you ask, it is very famous.

For fish ball noodles, you can come to Zhangqiaotou. There are two restaurants for fish ball noodles and pork noodle noodles. Personally, I think the one on Renmin Road is delicious. In the alley opposite to Kaitai, their restaurant only serves them at night.

There is the one on Cangqiao Street, which is also an old store.

There is also Qingjiangsao Sanxian Noodles in Puxie City, and Hongdian has a lot of food at night. It is a good place to have late-night snacks, mainly because it is cheap. There is also a special snack street at Wenzhou Medical College.