Lianyungang Haizhou Bay is one of the eight largest fishing grounds in the country. It has beautiful natural scenery and rich and tender seafood. Liandao, Qinshan Island, and the first three islands are star-studded with the sea, and there are Yuntai Mountain and Huaguo Mountain on the sea. The beautiful legend has covered Lianyungang with a mysterious veil. Su Shi, a great poet in the Song Dynasty, once passed by Lianyungang and was deeply attracted by the beautiful scenery and delicious food of the port city. He also wrote a poem praising the port city:

Mountains and seas surround the mountains, and the beautiful scenery of Yingzhou is here.

When the excitement comes, it sways away, and the fine wine faces the blue sky.

Today the editor will tell you about the top ten famous seafood dishes in Lianyungang:

1. Boiled Oriental prawn

Oriental prawn is also called Chinese prawn. Giant prawn is a top-quality marine shrimp. It is abundant in Haizhou Bay, Lianyungang. It is also a local geographical indication product. Oriental prawn has extremely high requirements for water quality and must grow in seawater, so Oriental prawn is a well-deserved marine prawn. .

High-end ingredients are often processed in the simplest way. As ocean prawns, Oriental shrimps have a strong ocean flavor and the meat is fresh, tender and smooth. If you want to eat the most authentic ocean prawns Of course it has to be boiled, after all, the original flavor is the best dish.

2. Steamed swimming crab

Whenever the osmanthus fragrants in August, the sea also brings intoxicating delicacies. Swimming crab is the most touching thing in this season. of seafood, crabmeat is the tenderest, freshest and produced in huge quantities. It is an indispensable delicacy on the table of every Hong Kong city resident. Swimming crab is also our geographical indication product. The taste of sea crab is different from that of land freshwater crabs. Sea crab The taste is better, fresher and more tender, especially the swimming crabs cultured in seawater. The vitality and plumpness are not comparable to those of ocean crabs. After one bite, it feels boring like chicken or duck.

3. Braised Spanish Mackerel

Mackerel is a very popular seafood in Lianyungang. It is also one of the most popular sea fish eaten by every household. Mackerel meat Fatty and fragrant with few thorns, especially the fish soup bibimbap is a delicacy in the world. I think the mackerel is also one of the most profound delicacies in the memory of every Hong Kong city resident. In fact, Spanish mackerel is also a good material for making fish balls. The fish balls are very elastic, crispy and delicious. When eating seafood, it is perfect to have a plate of fish ball and seaweed soup with a little shrimp skin.

4. Braised puffer fish

Puffer fish is also called turtle fish in the local area. It is like a rose with thorns. Although it looks very cute, you must go to a more professional restaurant to eat it. Well, pufferfish grows at the intersection of fresh water and seawater, that is, the estuary. The rich nutrients in the water make pufferfish delicious and irresistible. It has been pursued by countless people throughout the ages. The waters of Lianyungang produce pufferfish. In ancient times, Lianyungang was already a famous destination between the north and the south. As a city where merchants come and go, Lianyungang's puffer fish naturally spreads throughout the world, and the dried puffer fish that you dry yourself is called "unique".

5. Sweet and sour hairtail

Sweet and sour hairtail is soft and delicious. It is a homemade seafood in Lianyungang area. Lianyungang cuisine is mainly Xuhai cuisine, which is influenced by Huaihai culture. It is also influenced by Huaiyang cuisine. Sweet and sour hairtail is still very common. In Ganyu, hairtail is mainly fried or braised. This is a difference in food culture. Of course, it also makes Lianyungang’s dishes richer. .

6. Steamed sea fish

Steamed sea fish is a special dish in Lianyungang. It is one of the indispensable finale dishes at the banquet. The sea fish used are mainly large yellow croaker and sea fish. Seabass, although these two fish have obvious differences in appearance, their taste is relatively similar. Both are characterized by freshness and tenderness. At the same time, large yellow croaker is also one of our geographical indication products. Nowadays, both kinds of fish are farmed, but in terms of taste, the wild fish tastes better;

7. Pan-fried small fish

Fried small fish is a staple food in every household in Lianyungang A must-have side dish, the most common famous dish for breakfast and dinner. Paired with a bowl of porridge (the main dish in Ganyu District is "doumo paste"), it is simply better than the gods. The fried fish mainly includes: yellow crucian carp and small yellow flower. Fish and small whitebait are mainly used, and occasionally a small fish called "chicken feather" is also used. This small fish is more commonly used in barbecue stalls and restaurants. These types of fish don’t grow very large, so they are particularly suitable for pan-frying.

When I was a kid, whenever someone fried small fish, the whole village could smell it, because the smell was so easy to make people drool, it was so delicious, how could there be such delicious food in the world?

8. Octopus fried in sauce

Everyone knows that the octopus in Lianyungang is very popular on the Internet. "It can be said that Lianyungang's Internet celebrity seafood started with octopus. Octopus is a special kind of fish. It is a soft-bodied creature with no spines, strong meat texture, tender and refreshing taste. Do not use high heat when frying. It tastes better when fried tender. Of course, despite being so popular among netizens now, it was once the overlord of the ocean. The scientific name of octopus is octopus, and giant octopus is not easy to mess with.

9. Salt and pepper shrimps

Pipi shrimps are also a relatively popular seafood. The phrase "let's go" Pipi shrimps has brought a lot of fun to everyone's online life. Of course Pipi shrimp is also a very delicious seafood, especially the yellow Pipi shrimp. When you eat it, you will inevitably say "it's so delicious"!

10. Seafood Celebrities

When it comes to what is the most popular seafood at the moment, it must be the seafood charlatan. Lianyungang waters are rich in all kinds of small seafood: oysters, white clams, Razor clams, conches, mud snails, golden snails, hairy clams, mussels, etc., these are the must-have small seafood for seafood masters. Of course, in everyone's daily life, these small seafood are also cooked and eaten separately, which has a unique flavor. Among them, white clams, razor clams, mud snails, golden snails, and hairy clams are the specialty seafood of our Haizhou Bay. Seafood such as shrimps and ziwu, etc., slowly come to the table, I just want to pounce on it, put down the seafood and let me do it~

The above is the top ten famous seafood dishes in Lianyungang introduced to you, friends. I don’t want to eat them all right away. In fact, in addition to these, Lianyungang also has some seafood accompaniments, such as shrimp paste, crab residue, seaweed soup, etc.