In the old days, the snacks in Nanjing were the most popular around Confucius Temple.

There are no less than twenty families, large and small.

For example, Xinqifang Pavilion, Kuiguang Pavilion, Yuelai Pavilion, Jiang Youji, Xueyuan, Yonghe Garden, Liufengju, Wufengju, Deshunju, Longmenju, etc. are all famous snack restaurants.

Dried shredded silk and sesame cakes. There are many types of snacks that Nanjing people like to eat.

Such as xiaolongbaozi, ramen, pancakes, scallion pancakes, tofu dumplings, soup noodle dumplings, vegetable buns, butter sesame cakes, sweet bean paste buns, shredded chicken noodles, spring rolls, sesame cakes, beef soup, xiaolongbao dumplings, pressed noodles, crab roe noodles

, long fish noodles, beef pot stickers, braised dried eggs, braised tea eggs, sugar porridge lotus root, etc.

Among them, dried shredded silk and sesame cakes are one of Nanjing people’s favorite popular foods.

The common people cannot live without it, and dignitaries often use it to change their taste. Therefore, all the restaurants in Nanjing at that time also sold dry silk and sesame cakes.

When you go to a teahouse to eat, you always serve dried silk noodles first and then eat other things. There are no teahouses that specialize in clear tea.

Nanjing dry silk is a unique production method. The dry silk is tender but not old, dry but not broken. It is specially made by the tofu shop. It has fine shreds, fragrant sesame oil and high-quality soy sauce (locally called "Sanfu").

Pump the autumn" soy sauce).

The original Nanjing dried shreds include vegetarian soup, boiled pork and meat and oil shredded pork. After the Republic of China, new varieties continued to increase.

In the mosque, you can find shredded roasted duck, dried shredded Kaiyang, etc.; in the meat restaurant, you can find shredded spring bamboo shoots, dried mushrooms, dried crab roe, dried chicken, etc.

As well as selling dried silk, they also sold sesame cakes. At that time, Nanjing sesame cakes were most popular for their "crab shell yolk".

It is shaped like a crab and colored like a cooked crab shell.

This kind of sesame cake uses refined white flour as raw material, so that the alkali is moderate, the water temperature is constant, the dough is carefully kneaded, the filling is exquisite, and the heat is appropriate in the oven, so the quality is extraordinary.

Braised dried pork and braised eggs are Nanjing snacks, as well as braised dried pork and braised eggs with tea.

Braised dried tofu is thin slices of fried tofu cooked in water.

Add a few pinches of soybean sprouts to the pot for their subtle fragrance and umami flavor.

The most important thing about braised tea eggs is freshness, and the most important thing is "first-born eggs."

The store washes, boils, and shells the fresh eggs, and makes a few shallow cuts on the egg whites to let the flavor through. Add ingredients to the pot and cook them over a slow fire, and the cooking time should not be too short.

Sugar porridge and lotus root. It is another common food in Nanjing snacks in the past. Every night, after the cries of fried rice, sugar and boiling water, fried yuanxiao, jingdang dumplings, tea eggs, etc., Kuma Kuma would hear "sugar porridge - lotus root!"

"The cry.

This porridge is made from ordinary glutinous rice. It has a thick rice soup and clear grains.

Put brown sugar in the porridge, then enlarge the lotus root segments. When eating, cut the lotus root segments into thin slices and mix them into the porridge. The lotus root will be lavender, the slices will be dark brown, and the rice grains will be light green.

This is Nanjing’s sugar porridge lotus root that is popular among all ages.

It is reasonably priced, moderately cool, fragrant and sweet. Therefore, it has long been popular among locals as a bedtime snack no matter in spring, summer or autumn.

Authentic Nanjing snacks Nanjing’s geographical location, neither south nor north, has created extremely complex tastes for Nanjing people.

Here, almost all delicacies from all over the world are popular: Hangzhou cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, Thai food, Indian food... However, no matter how rich the imported dishes are, there are a few authentic side dishes that are always the favorites of Nanjing people.

: Ducks that are dismantled and eaten (duck head, duck neck, duck wings, duck liver, duck blood soup), mysterious widow noodles, Qinhuai snacks and the most simple shredded tofu and sesame cakes.

When you come to Nanjing, these are the authentic flavors that you must try.

Dried tofu shreds + sesame seed cakes: authentic ancient taste "Jiangnan Beauty Land, the Imperial Capital of Jinling".

In 229 AD, Sun Quan established his capital in Nanjing.

Over the next thousand years, Nanjing became Kyoto several times and became a famous historical city with rich cultural connotations.

Zhuge Liang sighed and said: "Zhongshan has dragons and pans and stones and tigers perched on it. It is truly the house of an emperor." In this "house of an emperor", the dried tofu that Nanjing people never tire of eating is dried tofu, which is available in almost every restaurant.

For sale, the ones sold around Confucius Temple are the most authentic.

Listening to the wind, watching the water, and chewing soft dried silk in the quaint teahouse is indeed a unique experience.

Most of the dried shreds are cooked in chicken soup and served in white porcelain bowls, giving them a warm and fragrant nephrite texture.

Shopkeepers who are good at doing business often choose small shallow bowls, which contain only enough dried shreds for you to pick up one chopstick - not to skimp on the price, but to let you savor this bite carefully and have endless aftertaste.

After all, snacks are snacks and must not be treated as meals - that would be tantamount to forcing a well-off young lady to work as a nanny doing menial work.

But just this one bite is enough to make you suffocate for half a minute.

In addition to shredded tofu, Nanjing people also love to eat sesame cakes.

There are generally two types of sesame cakes: butter sesame cakes and ordinary sesame cakes.

The latter can be eaten with fried dough sticks or dipped in sesame oil.

About Eating Duck: Authentic Full Banquet Taste In Nanjing, the most local specialty is the salted salted duck.

The word "plate" is used very well, and it can quite describe the appearance and texture of this pickled product.

Nowadays, not many people in Nanjing like to eat salted duck. The popular salted duck here tastes more fresh and tender than salted duck. You can see stalls selling salted duck everywhere in the streets.

Salted salted duck was very famous in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. At that time, it was very salty. In Nanjing dialect, "those who are salty to death will be beaten to death by those who sell salt."

On the one hand, this is convenient for long-term storage, and on the other hand, it is also suitable for eating. One duck leg is enough for you to eat two bowls of rice.

Nowadays, salted duck is mainly served as an appetizer.