In Nanjing in the golden autumn and October, you can always smell the fragrance of osmanthus, and the fragrance of osmanthus is overwhelming. When osmanthus is in full bloom, these delicious osmanthus foods are also served on the table. People in Nanjing especially like to eat seasonal food. Let's take a look at what limited food is available in Nanjing this October!
Sweet-scented osmanthus dumplings
Eating a bowl of hot sweet-scented osmanthus dumplings in the cold autumn is simply human happiness! Looking for autumn flavor in Nanjing begins with a bowl of sweet-scented osmanthus dumplings.
Carefully boiled brown sugar soup base, together with dried dates and sweet-scented osmanthus, is made into a pot of hot glutinous rice balls, which are soft and glutinous, and have the taste of playing with teeth. The faint sweet-scented osmanthus fragrance fills the nose, which is the taste of autumn ~
Sweet-scented osmanthus sweet-scented taro seedlings
Sweet-scented osmanthus sweet-scented taro buds are famous traditional desserts in Nanjing. Known as one of the four most humane street snacks in Nanjing, Jinling. Fresh taro buds, steamed and peeled, are delicious. Cook them slowly in a large pot with osmanthus syrup.
The smooth taro seedlings taste smooth, sweet and tender, and the soup is sauce red, bright and attractive, with a strong osmanthus fragrance. After eating, the lips and teeth remain fragrant. Nanjing Panxike grew up eating sweet-scented osmanthus taro seedlings ~
Sweet-scented osmanthus honey lotus root
It is also one of the four most humane street snacks in Nanjing, also known as Honey glutinous rice lotus root.
The raw glutinous rice stuffed with lotus root, with osmanthus sauce, tastes soft and sweet, sticky and chewy, with a hint of rich osmanthus fragrance.
Osmanthus Jelly
Osmanthus Jelly is a classic traditional snack in China with a history of more than 3 years.
Osmanthus Jelly is a must. Glutinous rice is wrapped in hand-made red bean paste, and there is a layer of sweet-scented osmanthus sugar outside. Sweet to the bone, there is still a taste in memory ~
Osmanthus fragrans duck
Osmanthus fragrans duck is actually a salted duck ~ Because the salted duck produced in the blooming season of Osmanthus fragrans around the Mid-Autumn Festival has the best color and taste, it is also called Osmanthus fragrans duck.
Nanjing salted duck is a must, and it is the best time of the year. At this time, the roast duck has to lift its feet back a little.