Lianyungang fall specialty foods are pike crabs, oriental prawns, sardines, sea cucumbers and abalone, and a variety of shellfish.
1, pike crabs
In the Lianyungang coastal port, tens of thousands of kilograms of pike crabs come ashore every day, and become a sought-after commodity. August-November each year is the most productive season for pike crabs in Lianyungang. Unlike freshwater crabs, pike crabs are more refreshing and their original flavor can be best reflected by boiling them in water. The yellow pike crabs are dipped in the local specialty wangshu yu-di vinegar, which is simply amazing.
2, Oriental shrimp
Oriental shrimp on the life of the sea is extremely picky, need to go through three seasons of wind and waves and grow. High-quality environment and slow growth, so that the nutrients deposited more adequate. Oriental shrimp meat sweet and fatty, tender Q elastic, known as the "shrimp in the crown. Freshly produced shrimp with a strong marine flavor, after the white burn into an attractive orange-red, thick meat and fresh flavor.
3, Shaguang fish
Shaguang fish, the scientific name of the "spear-tailed compound shrimp goby", more than growing in the Yellow Sea waters, in Lianyungang distribution is particularly wide. "October Shaguang race goat soup", since ancient times, Lianyungang people have the habit of eating Shaguang fish. Shaguang fish meat tender skin thin, elastic, made of fish soup is extremely fresh and mellow, but also through a hint of sweetness. Used to braise or wrapped in flour seasoning deep-fried, flavorful and fragrant.
4, Huaguo Mountain wind goose
Huaguo Mountain wind goose, has a history of more than 3,000 years, rumored to be the originator of Chinese cuisine - the Shang Dynasty Chancellor Yi Yin hermit under the Huaguo Mountain secret. The air-dried and marinated white goose has a yellow skin color and dense meat, which is very tasty.
5, Banpu cold noodles
Banpu cold noodles is the Lianyungang Banpu town's specialty snacks, with beans or taro starch diluted into a paste made of condensation. It is smooth and elastic in shape, tender in the mouth, smooth but not greasy, mixed with garlic, sesame oil, vinegar, chili sauce and other flavors, crisp and fragrant.
6, Guanyun Dou Dan
Guanyun Dou Dan is a specialty of Guanyun County, Lianyungang. Doudan is known as "green ginseng", it is a kind of insect to eat bean leaves, drink manna for a living, resembling a young silkworm, the body is tender green. After cooking, it has a bean flavor and a long fresh taste.
7, Ganyu pancakes
Pancakes are a traditional home cooking staple in the Ganyu district of Lianyungang, with a long history dating back to the Qin and Han Dynasties. Ganyu pancakes are paper-thin but tough, very chewy, rolled with dried fish, scallions, shrimp skin, fritters and other fillings, eaten with relish.
8, steamed eel
Eel is known as the "seabed soft gold", Lianyungang Donghai County, eel farming has a long history, steamed eel is a local cuisine. Freshly caught eel cut diagonally into sections, sprinkled with salt, sugar, pepper, dripping with cooking wine put lard, steamed in a cage, and then garnished with green onions, ginger, poured with hot oil can be eaten. This practice retains the eel's most genuine original flavor, the fish meat is delicate and tender, melt in the mouth.