Tianjin snacks originated from the people, and gained a favorable position and unique functions. There is an ancient saying that there are nine rivers at the bottom, which are rich in fish, shrimp and crabs. There was a folk saying that "eat fish and shrimp, and Tianjin is home". Geographically, Tianjin is located in the northeast of North China Plain, bordering Bohai Sea in the east, Jiuhe River in the west, Yanshan Mountain in the north and Gangdian Lake in the south. The rivers and seas are dry, fresh and wild, and mountain products is rich in resources. All these provide a vast world for Tianjin snack craftsmen to display their talents, and also determine the unique characteristics of Tianjin snacks. Let's take a look at Tianjin 10, which is deeply loved by locals and praised by diners from other places, and see if there is anything you like.
1, Erduoyan fried cake
Erduoyan fried cake is a snack made of glutinous rice flour, common flour and other raw materials. It is one of the famous traditional snacks in Tianjin, and it is also called "Tianjin Three Musts" with Goubuli Steamed Bun and Guifaxiang Twist. Erduoyan fried cake originated in Guangxu period in the late Qing Dynasty. Because the fried cake shop is close to Erduoyan Hutong, a narrow hutong only 1 meter wide, people humorously call it Erduoyan. Although it was renamed as "Zengshengcheng" during the Japanese puppet regime, Erduoyan Fried Cake Shop became more and more famous. Fried cakes are also called "fried cakes with pierced ears".
2. Tianjin Twist
Tianjin Twist is a famous traditional snack, full of color, flavor and taste. As early as 100 years ago, on the west side of Tianjin Weihe River, at the southern end of the bustling Xiaobailou, there was an alley called 18th Street. In the original alley, there was a small shop called Guifaxiang. The 18th Street Twist is a kind of mixed stuffing big twist, which is innovated through repeated exploration. A crisp stuffing containing osmanthus fragrans, ginger, peach kernel and melon strips is sandwiched between white strips and hemp strips, so that the fried twist is soft and sweet. It is characterized by fragrance, crispness, crispness and sweetness, and it will not stink, soften or deteriorate after being placed in a dry and ventilated place for several months.
3. Bean skin roll
Bean skin roll is a famous traditional snack in Tianjin. It is made of mung bean cake as skin, bean vegetables, vermicelli, gluten, fragrant thousand noodles and coriander fermented bean curd as stuffing, wrapped and fried. The fragrance is rich, light and delicious. Fried vegetable rolls are golden in color, crisp outside and tender inside, light and delicious. They are a kind of special snacks in Tianjin, which are not only loved by local people, but also highly appreciated by many foreign diners after eating them for the first time.
4, pancake fruit
Pancake fruit is a snack of Tianjin people. It is composed of mung bean pancake, egg, fried dough sticks or crisp, with flour sauce, chopped green onion, fermented bean curd and Chili sauce (optional) as seasoning, which tastes salty and fragrant. At present, the raw materials of pancake fruit are not only limited to pancakes made of mung bean powder, but also a variety of choices such as soybeans and black bean powder. However, Tianjin people still adhere to the traditional way of eating. The ingredients used in authentic pancake fruit are only seasonings such as mung bean powder, fried dough sticks and chopped green onion. In the provinces outside Tianjin, there are many raw materials such as ham, sausage, even shredded tofu, pork floss and so on in pancakes. Although they are named pancake fruit by merchants, they are all in name only, far from authentic.
5, Chinese chapter snacks
Guo has a history of 160 years. Zhang Mingchun of the first generation and Zhang Weishun of the second generation used to cook in the imperial dining hall of the Qing Dynasty, specializing in frying all kinds of dim sum, which was praised by the emperor and appreciated by the Western Empress Dowager, so they were called palace dim sum. After liberation, the varieties fried by Zhang Huishan for three generations, such as pure fragrant peanuts, glass walnuts and tiger skin peanuts, were rated as excellent foods at the 1956 Tianjin Food and Beverage Commercial Quality Variety Exhibition and participated in the Botswana International Expo.
6. Jinwei crispy rice dishes
Jinwei Guoba cuisine (commonly known as Gaba cuisine) is a unique local traditional snack in Tianjin. Gaba dishes are excellent in color and shape, with mixed flavors, fragrant, flat and refreshing. "Gaba" is tender and chewy, and the halogen is bright. In addition, mung beans are sweet and cool, which can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, promote diuresis and detoxify. Therefore, they are very popular in summer. Pancake fruit and Gaba food are hot, even in summer. They are mainly mung beans, supplemented by millet, which can detoxify and clear heat, stimulate appetite, strengthen the spleen, remove blood stasis and dissipate stagnation, treat constipation, be healthy, never tire of eating, and can also relieve alcohol after drinking.
7. Shitoumen snacks
Stone Gate (Kan), a popular vegetarian snack in Tianjin, is the earliest time-honored brand in China, with a history of 100 years. Shitoumen (Kan) Subao Store was originally a real vegetarian garden opened in Gongnan Street in the last years of Qing Qianlong. Because the shopkeeper built a door (ridge) at the door to prevent summer rain from entering the store, he got the nickname "Shimen (ridge)" and was later given the name "Stone (ridge) plain bag" by Cixi. Stone gate (candy) vegetarian stuffing plus 19 kinds of auxiliary materials are famous all over the world. Steamed buns with thin skin and big stuffing are chewy, with rich and unique vegetarian flavor and endless aftertaste, especially suitable for the elderly. It is indeed a traditional snack unique to Tianjin.
8. sugar gum
Sugar sticky tape is one of the characteristics of Tianjin snacks. After the sugar is boiled and cooled, the sugar liquid turns back to sand and turns white. The main raw materials are red fruits, peanuts and melon strips. Because of its low production cost and low price, it is very popular among working people, so every family will buy lollipops during the Spring Festival. Although the stalls also sell lollipops, the authentic ones are made of Siyuanxiang.
9, sugar ears
Sugar ear is a famous snack in Tianjin and Beijing, also called honey twist, which is named after it looks like a human ear. The raw material preparation is exactly the same as that in the honey twist, but the shape is different. It is made of three layers of flat rolls with several vertical cuts in the middle, fried and honey. In addition, there are dried sugar twist and hibiscus dried sugar. Dried sugar twist is not honey, and hibiscus flower dried sugar is not honey, but a layer of powdered sugar mixed with cooked noodles and white sugar is rolled on it, which is also sweet, crisp and crisp.
10, Bai Ji Jiao Zi
Bletilla striata jiaozi enjoys a long-standing reputation and is a traditional snack in Tianjin. Baiji jiaozi is well-made, using the best fresh fat and chopping it into paste. Add fresh cabbage powder, special soy sauce, sesame oil, etc. Making stuffing, the dough is so soft, the dumpling skin is thin, the edge is small and the stuffing is big, which is a common food that the masses like to see and hear.