Ningbo has many types of snacks, including snacks, pastries, pasta, etc. In addition to famous Ningbo snacks such as glutinous rice balls and Cicheng rice cakes, are there many other specialty snacks in Ningbo? Here are some of the most popular local delicacies and snacks in Ningbo recommended to you. See below for details.

1. Ningbo Tangyuan

Tangyuan is one of the famous snacks in Ningbo, Zhejiang, and one of the representative snacks in China. This is a food custom during the Spring Festival and Lantern Festival. It has a long history. According to legend, dumpling soup began in the Song Dynasty. That is, black sesame seeds, lard oil, and a small amount of white sugar are used as fillings, and the outside is kneaded into balls with sticky rice flour. After boiling, it tastes delicious and interesting. Because this kind of glutinous rice balls floats and sinks in the pot, it was originally called "Floating Ziyuan" and was later renamed Lantern Festival in some areas.

2. Jiuniang glutinous rice balls

Jiuniang glutinous rice balls are made from high-quality white glutinous rice. They are soaked in water and ground into sticky rice flour. The ground rice flour is then kneaded into small glutinous rice balls for later use. After the white glutinous rice is steamed, it is blended with yeast in corresponding proportions. In a few days, rice wine with rich aroma and sweet and delicious glutinous rice is made. Boil the water and pour it into the small round until it floats to the river. Then add rice wine, sugar and egg paste, stir in the water starch to thicken it, put it in a bowl and sprinkle with osmanthus sugar.

3. Dragon and Phoenix Golden Tuan

Dragon and Phoenix Golden Tuan is a well-known traditional snack in urban and rural areas of eastern Zhejiang and one of the top ten famous snacks in Ningbo. The golden dragon and phoenix ball is as round as the moon and as yellow as gold. The dragon and phoenix are embossed in relief, symbolizing auspicious reunion. In ancient times, there were many pastry shops in Ningbo making golden balls, but the dragon and phoenix golden balls made by Zhao were very famous and were called "Zhao golden balls".

4. Crystal oil buns

Crystal oil buns, one of the traditional names in Ningbo, Zhejiang, are sweet buns. The suet particles are crystal clear, the filling is plump and the taste is delicious. Its production method is to use white wheat flour for the skin of the oil buns, then ferment it into a batter, then add an appropriate amount of caustic soda and knead it evenly, and then pick it into a steamed bun crust. The ingredients of the filling are more important. Choose thick pork tenderloin, remove the rubber band, mix it with special white sugar, and make it into granules for later use. Various dried fruits, melon seeds, honeydew melon strips, etc. Made with white sugar and processed into sugar coating. Then wrap it in the bun skin with suet particles and sugar skin, roll it into an oblate shape, and cook it.

5. Cicheng Rice Cake

Cicheng Rice Cake, produced in Cicheng District, Ningbo, is one of the famous traditional snacks in Cicheng, Zhejiang Province. It has hundreds of years of production history and is known for its focus on material selection and precision production. The production and manufacturing areas of Cicheng mung bean cake special rice are located in 12 villages including Minfeng, Bufeng, Fenggong, Wangshan, Shuangdingshan, Sanqin, Wangjiaba, Hongchen, Yangchen, Hongxing, Banpu and Qianyang. Hero Water Conservancy Project and Limao Water Conservancy Project are high-quality water sources for the production of Cicheng mung bean cake.

6. Xikou Thousand Layer Cake

Xikou Thousand Layer Cake is one of the traditional snacks in Xikou Town, Fenghua, Ningbo, Zhejiang. It is also a local product of Xikou Town, Fenghua District, Ningbo, and a Chinese geographical indication product. Xikou Thousand Layer Cake was originally a small cake produced locally, and later became famous at home and abroad because of Chiang Kai-shek. The main raw materials include wheat flour, taro flour, sugar, salt, edible oil, sesame seeds, moss, etc.

7. Eight-treasure Rice with Bean Paste

Eight-treasure Rice with Bean Paste is a traditional snack in Ningbo. It is made of fermented rice, bean paste, date paste, dried fruits, lotus seed hearts, rice kernels, dried longan, white sugar, pork tenderloin and other raw materials. It is composed of 8 kinds of raw materials, which is not only nutritious and longevity-prolonging, but also sweet and delicious. It is characterized by bright color, bright color, delicious taste, sweet and refreshing taste.