Fish balls are a specialty of Xinghua, among which Shagou fish balls are the most famous, and authentic Xinghua people call them "fish camels". Fish balls are smooth and full in appearance, yellowish in appearance, white in meat, fresh and refreshing to eat, oily but not greasy, and unique in flavor.
2. Xinghua is smoky
In Xinghua, there is a saying that "Xinghua in the world is delicious and smoked Xinghua is delicious". Tourists from all over the world come here to taste it, and everyone praises it for its delicious taste. Speaking of Xinghua smoked roast, the name is relatively strange. In fact, Xinghua fumigation has never been smoked or waxed. It is a pot-stewed flavor, including roast goose, roast chicken, roast meat and so on. It is delicious, shiny and delicious, with good color and taste, clean and refreshing, and the lean meat is red and bright as lips. Fat is as white as snow, and it is not greasy to eat in your mouth. On the contrary, it is crisp, fragrant and has a unique flavor.
3, Xinghua drunken crab (drunken shrimp)
In the season of eating crabs in October, besides Yangcheng Lake, Xinghua in Taizhou is also a good place to eat crabs. Many people don't know that Xinghua is "the first county of river crabs in China", with an annual output of more than 50,000 tons of river crabs. In the season of hairy crabs, don't miss Xinghua drunken crabs. They are made from local hairy crabs in Xinghua and soaked in rice wine spices and refined salt. They are salty, meaty and just right spicy. Crab meat tastes fresh and tender, appetizing and smooth. March and April are not the seasons in lake crab, but you can choose to eat drunken crabs and choose small river shrimps living in Xinghua waters. The meat is tender and smooth, and delicious after drinking.
4. Xinghua snail
There are many snails in Jiangnan water town, and it is a good time to eat snails before and after Qingming. As the saying goes, a snail is worth a goose in Qingming Festival. It means that snails before and after Qingming are the most fleshy time. After the Qingming Festival, snails began to breed and the snail meat began to lose weight.
5. Xinghua lotus root clip
Lotus root clip is called "husband and wife" in Weiyang cuisine. The lotus root clips out of the pot are golden in color, moderately salty, oily but not greasy, crisp and delicious, and rich in lotus root fragrance. Autumn is the season when new lotus roots are on the market, and it is also a good time to taste lotus root clips.
6. Crispy spring rolls
Crispy spring rolls are seasonal delicacies, which are usually listed after the Spring Festival and will not be sold until March of the lunar calendar. The fried spring rolls are crispy outside and fragrant inside. The stuffing we eat has sweet potato powder inside, crisp outside and waxy inside, which is very distinctive.