We often say that "Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai" is definitely a good place, with many interesting places and convenient transportation! But only one thing I regret is that the food in this area is generally sweet, not as spicy as Hunan, Jiangxi and Sichuan! However, there are exceptions to everything. There is a city in Zhejiang that tastes a little hotter than other "brother" cities. Its name is Quzhou. Quzhou has jurisdiction over 2 districts, 3 counties and a prefecture-level city, and has been to several other places, except Longyou County, so this time it comes naturally!
Longyou is an ancient county with a history of more than 2,241 years. It is one of the earliest 13 counties in the history of Zhejiang Province, with profound historical and cultural precipitation. However, my initial intention is still to rush to the food here, because I know that Longyou County has local specialties such as Longyou Hair Cake, Longyou Steamed Bread and "Three Heads and One Palm". This trip must be tasted and unambiguous!
It was two days before the "Eleventh" holiday when I came to Longyou. I thought it would be perfect to give myself a holiday in advance and stagger the peak tourist season. But I didn't expect people to be worse than the sky, and the weather was not very good. It rained lightly, so many natural scenic spots couldn't go, so I was able to focus more on food. At the first stop, I came to Hongmu Town, the first batch of characteristic towns in Zhejiang Province. The night view here is super beautiful, and there is a characteristic night market food street, which is absolutely not to be missed!
in the gourmet night market in rosewood town, I found that almost every stall was very popular. I bought a meatball with the largest number of people, and it was robbed as soon as it was out of the pot. It really tasted very special. Although it was in a scenic spot, it was not expensive at all, only ten yuan for a piece.
I ate enough snacks, and I packed rabbit head, duck head and duck's paw to take home for midnight snack. "Three heads and one palm" is my favorite longyou snack, and it is because of this spicy and spicy characteristic that Quzhou is named "Little Sichuan". "Three heads and one palm" is not just a kind of food, but a general term for rabbit head, duck head, fish head and duck's paw. I checked about the origin of Quzhou's "three heads and one palm", and there are different opinions. As a foreign tourist, I won't delve into it. The most important thing is delicious! Moreover, in Quzhou, whether it is a high-end hotel or a roadside food stall, you can find the figure of "three heads and one palm", which shows that it is one of the representatives of Longyou and even Quzhou food culture.
The snacks in the night market are still unfinished. I left Hongmu Town for Longyou County the next day. I found the number one local restaurant with my friends on the well-known review software. After entering the door, we felt that we had come to the right place, because there were many award plaques at the entrance, and in the upper left corner, one of them said "Top Ten Most Popular Special Restaurants". The real foodies knew that the awards given by many organizations might have moisture, but it must be right to be affirmed by the people, and it was just an old saying: "Gold cups and silver cups are not as good as the reputation of the people".
The interior of the restaurant is quite large, and the kitchen is semi-open. Visitors can watch the dishes and order them, and then send them to the kitchen for processing. Because of the length of the article, a person with "difficulty in choosing" will come to tell you about three dishes that I think are very distinctive in the store! Anyway, it's a must for me to enter the store!
First, the old duck and pork belly pot. This dish is a food program of Zhejiang Satellite TV, so it is highly recommended by the store. The old duck is crisp and tender, the pork belly is crisp, the soup is very rich and delicious, and the rice is also very good. Especially the pig's belly, it doesn't smell because it is pig's viscera, and its taste is very elastic.
the second way, the fat fish in the reservoir, when I go to a place, I will always love the local ingredients, so there will be no high transportation insurance cost and the freshness will be better. The chubby fish from the local reservoir is only 39 yuan/kg, and the taste is spicy, which is different from the milky white fish soup like Qiandao Lake, and the taste is richer and more delicious.
the third way, it must be longyou making cakes! A city that loves spicy food, one of the representative foods is actually a staple food cake, and it has been made into a symbol product of chinese national geography. The color of the finished product is as white as jade, and its biggest feature is that it is fermented by adding a proper amount of glutinous rice wine during the production process, and its taste is soft and glutinous and its aftertaste is sweet. Because "making cakes" is the homonym of "Fugao", it has the auspicious meaning of "making cakes every year and keeping a good life". There is also a circle of Longyou steamed buns around, and the steamed buns here are also very different. There are fillings such as dried bamboo shoots and diced meat inside, and the opening at the top is different from steamed buns, which also means "perfection".
There are far more dishes to eat in this meal, so I won't repeat them one by one. To sum up the delicious food in Longyou, many snacks have certain geographical indications, so it's really impossible to eat them outside Longyou. There is also the spicy taste of Longyou cuisine, which is in line with my stomach! If you like food as much as I do, then you must come to Longyou!