I think Hangzhou can introduce delicacies such as Longjing shrimp, Dongpo pork, West Lake vinegar fish, cypress wrapped with green onion, and Wushan butter cake.

Longjing Shrimp

Longjing Shrimp is a famous dish in Hangzhou, with beautiful color and fragrant taste. Longjing shrimps are made from live large river shrimps and cooked with Longjing new tea produced around the Qingming Festival. The shrimps are jade-white and fresh and tender; the buds and leaves are green, fragrant, elegant in color, and unique in taste. After eating, they will clear your mouth and appetizer, and leave you with endless aftertaste. The dish is one of a kind.

Dongpo Pork

Dongpo Pork is found in Zhejiang, Sichuan, Hubei and other cuisines, but it is different in every place. Dongpo Pork is very famous in Hangzhou Some are boiled first and then roasted, some are boiled first and then steamed, and some are simmered directly to reduce the juice. The main ingredients and shape of Dongpo Pork are similar. The main ingredients are half-fat and half-lean pork. The finished dishes are all neatly arranged mahjong pieces. They are translucent red and the color is like agate. Pick up a piece and taste it. It will be soft. Not rotten, fat but not greasy.

West Lake Vinegar Fish

West Lake Vinegar Fish is a famous dish in Hangzhou with a long history that can be traced back to the Song Dynasty. West Lake grass carp selects West Lake grass carp as raw material. Before cooking, the grass carp is starved and raised in a fish pond for a day to drain the impurities from the body and remove the soil. The heat requirements during cooking are very strict and must be mastered just right. After the fish is cooked, a layer of hot sweet and sour sauce is poured on it, and the pectoral fins stand up. The fish meat is delicious and unique.

Scallion Stewed Buns

"Scallion Buns with Chinese cypress" is a traditional snack with Hangzhou flavor in Zhejiang Province. It has a long history and is also a famous local snack. Chinese cypress wrapped in green onion is a very special snack. It is crispy on the outside and fragrant on the inside. It can be eaten in many local restaurants. Chinese cypress wrapped in green onion is made by wrapping fried dough sticks and spring onions inside. Spring pancakes served with sweet noodle sauce and spicy sauce.

Wushan Butter Cake

Wushan Butter Cake is a traditional snack in Hangzhou with a history of seven or eight hundred years. It is golden in color, with stacked layers of pastry, pointed at the top and round at the bottom. It looks like a golden mountain, covered with fine white sugar, crisp but not broken, oily but not greasy, sweet and delicious, and crispy in the mouth. Also known as "Dajiujia" and "Coir raincoat cake", it is known as the best place in Wushan and has been passed down to this day.