When it comes to Ningbo specialties, we have to mention seafood. We just need to eat more fresh seafood in Ningbo, and it is more convenient to bring home special products or processed seafood. Xiangshan laver, drunken crab, choking crab and dried shrimp are all good choices.
In addition, there are some local specialty snacks, such as lotus root candy, bean crisp candy, oil praise, Xikou Melaleuca cake and so on.
You can also take some delicious ingredients home to make them yourself, such as Ningbo rice cake, Ningbo glutinous rice balls, peaches, taro, dried bamboo shoots with sheep's tail and so on.
Ningbo is not only beautiful, but also has spread all over the world with its "four fragrances" (rice fragrance, fish fragrance, book fragrance and ink fragrance) since ancient times, and its products are extremely rich. The main specialties can be divided into seafood, dry goods, special foods, seasonal fruits, traditional handicrafts, clothing and so on. Ningbo, the product of fresh and dry sea, is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, with a long coastline and a confluence of salt and fresh water. Water is extremely rich in microorganisms, so seafood tastes particularly delicious and has high nutritional value.
Ningbo is one of the main seafood producing areas in China, where there are all kinds of seafood, such as yellow croaker, hairtail, cuttlefish, grouper, fragrant fish, mudskipper, swimming crab, sea shrimp, clam, clam, oyster, snail, scallop, jellyfish, kelp and seaweed. Among dried seafood, several are the most famous, such as yellow croaker, Mingfu owl, baked crab in red paste, drunk snail, dried shrimp, dried shrimp skin, fresh eel owl, jellyfish head, kelp, moss, grilled fish fillet and so on. People in Ningbo like to give this special product as a gift to relatives and friends.
Xiangshan seafood specialties include: dried shrimps, laver, dried shrimps, dried kelp, moss powder, yellow croaker, shredded squid, salted snail, spicy snail paste, crab paste, bad horseshoe crab, sea eel, and so on! Fruits are: Xiangshan Hongyan Citrus and Xiangshan Orange, agricultural products are: Xiangshan local potatoes are delicious, and snacks are: Xiangshan rice steamed bread, radish balls, sand cakes and red bean balls.
The most famous dish in Ala Ningbo should be braised crab, which must be ordered on holidays. However, foreign tourists may not accept it, because the red paste choking crab is mainly made of fresh Portunus trituberculatus and paste. There is no need for heat treatment such as cooking, and it can be cut and eaten by pickling for one night, which preserves the original flavor of crabs to the maximum extent. People who can't accept it may not accept it raw, because traditional Chinese food needs to be cooked. Part of it is unacceptable because the stomach can't accept such food, which may cause diarrhea. There are also drunk crabs, mud snails in sauce, crab paste, smelly wax gourd and other Ningbo specialties.
There are many specialties in Ningbo, such as Cicheng rice cake, which has a history of more than 100 years. Boil, stir-fry, fry, slice and soup, salty and sweet. There is also Sanbei lotus root shredded sugar, which is as famous as Sanbei soybean crisp sugar and is a special food in Ningbo. Sanbei bean crisp candy is a traditional food in Cixi, Ningbo, which is as famous as Sanbei lotus root candy and enjoys a good reputation in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and overseas. Fenghua's favorite taro, people are proud to eat taro in Fenghua, so this taro is unusual.
There are many handicrafts! Bamboo carving with double spring is a traditional craft in Fenghua, Ningbo. There are many varieties of colors, such as vases, picture frames, baskets, desk lamps, pen containers, chessboards, teapots, bamboo-rooted Buddha statues, small screens and so on. , practical and beautiful, unique style, products sell well in the international market.
Come to Ningbo without dried sheep's tail bamboo shoots, red bayberry, pink paste, crab, kumquat, dried sheep's tail bamboo shoots, tea, moss and Melaleuca cakes, and return to maoji, Hunan and Jiangxi. You are embarrassed to say that you have been to Ningbo!
Ningbo is also a rich place with many special products. But many of them are inconvenient to carry, so here I mainly introduce some convenient Ningbo specialties to you, so that friends who come to Ningbo can take these Ningbo flavors away after they leave.
seafood
Ningbo is the capital of seafood. How can there be less seafood here? However, the general live seafood is not particularly convenient to carry, so more often, some dry seafood will be brought. For example, the dried yellow croaker and eel in Ala Ningbo are not only convenient to carry, but also retain the original flavor of seafood, and the dried fish is lighter than ordinary seafood. There is also a seafood spree like the Lulong brothers, which contains all kinds of dried seafood, which is also a good choice.
New Year cake; rice cake
Ningbo's rice cakes are famous all over the country, and the most famous one in Ningbo is Cicheng's rice cakes. The rice cakes in Cicheng are all water mill rice cakes. Compared with other types of rice cakes, it tastes particularly good and soft, but it is not sticky and sweet.
Fenghua peach
Fenghua peaches have been an indispensable tribute to Ningbo people since ancient times. If you want to find a prototype for the mythical flat peach, it's probably Fenghua peach. Compared with peaches in other places, the peach pulp in Fenghua is more juicy and tastes particularly good in one bite.
Ningbo has a profound cultural heritage and a long history and culture. It belongs to a typical port city of Jiangnan water town. It is said that the Donghai seafood in Ningbo is quite famous, and some local products are also worth recommending.
Eel, puffer fish and salted crab
Fresh Portunus trituberculatus can be eaten directly with rice vinegar after washing and salting with salt water 12 hours, which is delicious.
Ningbo Sanchou is our traditional famous dish in Ningbo, including smelly wax gourd, smelly amaranth tube and smelly cabbage (smelly taro).
These three things smell bad, and a few drops of sesame oil can immediately appetize. This requires the old Ningbo people to make delicious food, and we young people can only eat but not cook.
Pickled vegetables in Qiu 'ai, Ningbo (we in Ningbo call them "brine chicken")
The raw material is spinach. Pickling requires a vat, a layer of fresh wild vegetables and a layer of salt. When you put it, you can step on it with your washed feet and find a big stone to hold it down. Especially famous are salted chicken, shredded bamboo shoots and yellow croaker soup, which combines the seafood taste of yellow croaker and is described by a fresh word.
Ningbo Xikou Qian Ceng pancake
The most famous specialty of Jiang hometown, grilled charcoal, has two flavors: salty seaweed and sweet sugar, which is crispy. If you have time to stay in our Xikou for two or three days, I recommend that you make it to order, which tastes better.
There are also our water mill rice cakes in Ningbo, Ningbo sesame lard dumplings and so on. Welcome to taste Ningbo on the tip of your tongue.
Ningbo Tangyuan, Twist, New Year Cake, Fenghua Melaleuca Cake
There are several specialties: seafood, fruit, glutinous rice balls, oil, praise, smelly melons and so on.
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