Top 1 in Taicang food list: Shuangfeng mutton noodles, Shuangfeng braised chicken, Taicang meat floss, fried rice candy, taro with new hair, Laozha grass chicken, Yangtze mitten crab, three delicacies of Haihe River, Yangtze whitebait and sweet-scented osmanthus chicken head meat.
1. Shuangfeng Mutton Noodles
Shuangfeng Mutton Noodles (also known as Shuangfeng Fat Sheep Noodles) is one of the characteristic varieties in Taicang catering culture, which is famous for its crisp, thick, fragrant and fat. According to legend, more than 1 years ago, a master named Meng opened a noodle restaurant at the western tip of Shuangfeng ancient town with a history of more than 16 years. Because of its emphasis on cooking meat, being good at cooking soup and refining noodles, "Shuangfeng Mengjia Mutton Noodles" is well known and has become a local winter specialty.
2. Chicken with Double Phoenix
Chicken with Double Phoenix in Taicang is a famous local traditional food. This famous dish comes from Shuangfeng, a famous historical and cultural town with a history of 16 years. According to the records of local chronicles, it is said that in the sixth year of Jin Xianhe (331), Zhi Daolin, a monk, got two stone turtles for building a temple and digging the ground, and later turned them into two phoenixes, hence the name Shuangfeng, which is still in use today.
3. Taicang meat floss
Taicang meat floss is a treasure in traditional Han food in Taicang City, Jiangsu Province, and China food is known as "Taicang meat floss", which is well known to women and children. With breakfast and cold dishes, it is common at the table of ordinary people. The silky floss gradually melts in the mouth without the help of teeth, and a unique savory taste with sweetness in the salty remains between the teeth and cheeks for a long time.
4. Lard popcorn
Lard popcorn is a specialty of shaxi town in Taicang City, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province. Taicang lard rice candy, a traditional local product of Shaxi, is favored by more and more tourists.
5. taro with new hair
taro with new hair is a traditional agricultural product in Taicang. The "taro with new hair" is a famous local variety, which is improved and systematically bred by farmers in the new hair area. It is well received by domestic markets such as Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangsu because of its pure fragrance, waxy texture and excellent quality.
6. laozha grass chicken
laozha grass chicken is beautiful in shape, with yellow skin and white meat, fat, tender and delicious, and extremely delicious. The key is to get the secret soy sauce from the store, which is delicious!
7. Eriocheir sinensis
Eriocheir sinensis is an economic crab, also known as river crab, hairy crab, clear water crab and hairy crab. It is a famous food in China. Its claws are used for feeding and resisting enemies, and the inner and outer edges of the palm are densely covered with fluff, hence the name Eriocheir sinensis.
8. Three Seasons of the Yangtze River and Haihe River
Liuhe River is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, where the river meets the sea. There are many kinds of fish, among which saury, puffer fish and shad are famous.
9. The whitebait in the Yangtze River
was called "the remnant fish" in ancient times. This fish is slender, transparent and smooth, about one finger long. I like to live in the Yangtze River estuary near the sea. The formal name is Jian Silverfish, and the locals call it "noodle fish". Because this fish has fine bones and no scales, its color is bright as silver, and its taste is extremely delicious, so it is favored by diners.
1. Sweet-scented osmanthus chicken head meat
Flavor characteristics: chicken head meat, that is, fresh Gordon Euryale, has a small spherical fruit with a protruding top, which is shaped like a chicken head, hence the name. The chicken head meat produced in Suzhou Fengmen is listed around the Mid-Autumn Festival every year, and is known as "the chicken head in Nantang and the lotus root in Datang".
tracing back to its long history, the poem "Recalling Jiangnan" in the early days of Qing Dynasty chanted the word "Suzhou is good, the liquid medicine grows the head of a chicken, and every bead is moist and bright, and the soft fragrance prefers the milk to the ou, and the small courtyard is quiet". It can be seen that the chicken head in Nantang, Gusu has long been famous in the world.