Many classic gourmet snacks

are often accompanied by the growing memory of several generations

and what indigenous foodies often miss

is not the endless restaurants

but a pair of onion stew

on the corner of childhood and those freshly baked oil duner

Luoweijun. In this issue, I will recommend

2 classic Hangzhou gourmet snacks. The old Hangzhou people

remember the taste of the city

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1. Stewed with onion

When it comes to the classics of Hangzhou snacks, there must be local people from snacks to large stewed with onion. When I was a child, I always met a stall selling stewed onions on the street corner or near the school. The stall owners slowly wrapped the fried dough sticks and shallots in the flour cakes, then baked them in an iron pan until the spring cakes were crisp and yellow, and then served them with sweet noodle sauce or hot sauce according to the taste.

The stewed onion must be compacted and roasted thoroughly before it tastes fragrant. The sauce is related to the taste of a pair of onion stew. The sweet noodle sauce needs to be thick and smooth, and the pepper needs to be fresh and spicy, so that it can be fully integrated into the onion stew.

where to eat?

● Scallion stew stall | Opposite to No.44 Houjing Street

● Grandma Sun's Scallion stew stall | No.391 Zhongshan South Road

● Grandma Jiang's Scallion stew stall | In Desheng New Village, No.99 Deyuan Road

2. Oil pier

Oil pier is also a childhood taste in the memory of many Hangzhou people, but it is not easy to find a stall selling oil pier now. When I was a child, on my way home from school, I always walked to the stall and bought a freshly baked oil pier, eating while walking home.

The oil mound wrapped in batter and shredded radish is delicious and appetizing when it is fried to golden brown. When you take a bite, it is tender and tender, but you are afraid of burning your mouth, but you can't stop.

where to eat?

● You Dun Er Tan | Beside the alley of Beida Bridge Bus Station on Moganshan Road

● You Dun Er Tan | At the entrance of Wansongling Fourth Hospital

● You Dun Er Tan | At the entrance of Desheng East Village Station

● You Dun Er Tan | Opposite Pishixiang Primary School (near Shengli Kindergarten)

3. Cat ears

Cat ears are not real cats.

the essence of this cat's ear is all in that bowl of soup! If you scoop it up with a spoon, you can see red diced ham, green peas, white shrimps, scallops and diced bamboo shoots. Beneath the plain appearance lies the richness and exquisiteness of hangzhou dishes.

where to eat?

● Zhiweiguan | Multi-store

4. Mooncakes with pickled mustard tuber and fresh meat

I don't know when it has become a traditional snack for Hangzhou people. Compared with Cantonese and Soviet mooncakes, mooncakes with pickled mustard tuber and fresh meat have more fans.

Around the Mid-Autumn Festival every year, it is common in the streets and alleys of Hangzhou to queue up to buy pickled mustard tuber and fresh meat moon cakes. Watching the freshly baked moon cakes scooped up from the baking pan and put into paper bags, taking a bite while walking, the skin was crisp and fleshy, reaching to the bottom of my heart.

where to eat?

● Yuda Bakery | Multi-Stores

● Life in September | Multi-Stores

● Xu Gongzi Fresh Meat Mooncake | No.6 Huaguang Road, Hefang Street

5. Dingsheng Cake

Dingsheng Cake began in the Song Dynasty and has been loved by the people of Hang Cheng for thousands of years. Legend has it that in the Southern Song Dynasty, the people specially made it for Han Jiajun to go out to inspire soldiers. The word "Ding Sheng" was on the cake, and then it was called "Ding Sheng Cake".

The outer layer of Dingsheng cake is refined fragrant rice and glutinous rice flour. The rice flour is fine and uniform, and the inside is filled with bean paste, mixed with a small amount of sugar and osmanthus. It tastes fragrant and delicious, sweet but not greasy.

where to eat?

● Jiang Shunfa | No.236 Hefang Street

6. Dry-fried bell

Dry-fried bell is one of the famous dishes in Hangzhou. The outer layer of rotten skin is as thin as cicada's wings after frying and as crisp as a bell when eating, hence the name. The stuffing can be meat stuffing or vegetarian stuffing.

Qian Fried Bell made of Sixiang bean curd skin, a famous specialty in Hangzhou, has been promoted as one of the famous dishes in Hangzhou with its Huang Liang color, delicious flavor and crisp taste, and is welcomed by eaters.

where to eat?

● Zhiweiguan | Multi-store

● Grandma | Multi-store

● Xinbailu Restaurant | Multi-store

7. Hangzhou steamed buns

Steamed buns are a traditional dish in Zhejiang, and Hangzhou is famous for its Zhiweiguan steamed buns. When cooking, fermented white flour is selected as the skin, fresh meat, or fresh meat mixed with shrimp, or chicken mixed with minced ham is used as the stuffing, special skin jelly is added to the stuffing, and then it is wrapped and steamed in a special small steamer.

The taste of steamed buns is divided into fresh meat, shrimp meat and chicken ham. These steamed buns are fragrant and fresh with thin and smooth skin, but they have different tastes.

where to eat?

● Zhiweiguan | Multi-store

8. Beef vermicelli

The crystal-clear vermicelli are sprinkled with beef granules and chopped green onion. The vermicelli are about 5-8cm long, smooth and easy to digest. After serving, they are stirred and sucked into the stomach, and the taste is mouth-watering.

where to eat?

● Zhiweiguan | Multi-store

● Xinfeng Snacks | Multi-store

9. Sweet-scented osmanthus is the flower of Hangzhou, and it has the characteristics of Hangzhou. Honey sugar lotus root is made of "seven-hole old lake lotus root" which is thick and symmetrical at both ends. It is stewed in a casserole with slow fire for 3 to 4 hours and topped with thick "sugar oil". Suddenly, it is fragrant, sweet and soft.

The honey lotus root that just came out of the pot is bright red in color and full of oil. Glutinous rice fully absorbs the fragrance of lotus root, which contains the soft cotton of glutinous rice. The essence of the two is integrated into one, poured with honey juice, sweet but not greasy, and the taste is full and layered, just right.

where to eat?

● Zhiweiguan | Multi-store

● Grandma | Multi-store

● New Bailu Restaurant | Multi-store

● Laofang Nuodudu | Fengqi Road Farmers' Market

1. West Lake Lotus Root Powder

West Lake Lotus Root Powder is a famous product in Hangzhou, which was once used as "tribute powder" in history to enter the royal family. Lotus root is the underground stem of lotus, which is made of lotus root powder by special processing. It is thin and smooth, and its color is white and red.

When you take it, you only need to stir a little until it melts, and then add boiling water evenly while stirring. After brewing, the color and consistency are uniform, ruby-red and shiny, and the smell of lotus root powder is more fragrant. The entrance is silky and q-elastic, sugar-free and almost tasteless, but it has a faint lotus root fragrance.

where to eat?

● Zhiweiguan | Multi-Stores

● Caizhizhai | Multi-Stores

11. Fried eel noodles with shrimp

Fried eel noodles with shrimp are the traditional famous food in Hangzhou Kuiyuan Pavilion. It is said that during the Tongzhi period of Qing Dynasty, there were plenty of eels in Qiantang River, so rare things were precious. In order to promote eels, fishermen used eels and rivers. At first, the noodles in Kuiyuan Pavilion were shrimp noodles. Because fishermen sold river shrimps together, they added eel. As a result, the shrimp-fried eel noodles came into being and became the specialty pasta of Kuiyuan Pavilion.

where to eat?

● Kuiyuan Pavilion | Multi-Stores

● Zhiweiguan | Multi-Stores

● Lane Lane | Multi-Stores

12. Banchuan

Hangzhou is probably the only place where the boiled tide noodles are called "Sichuan". One saying is that the nobles in the Southern Song Dynasty will never forget the technique of "dipping" Henan cuisine soup. It is also said that this is the practice of Jiangnan scholars to "shape by words", and the word "Sichuan" is used to express the appearance of noodle somersaults and clear roots.

If you don't know Banchuan, many people will regard it as fried noodles or mixed noodles. Actually, none of them. Mixed Sichuan is not as dry as fried noodles, but it is tempered by overheated oil, which is a little more fragrant than ordinary cold noodles and mixed noodles.

where to eat?

● Puppy Noodle Shop | No.113 Fuxing South Street

● Noodle Shop | No.1 Lane 3 Xingyuanli, Baifu Road

● Huijuan Noodle Shop | Multi-store Shop

● Zhonger Noodle Shop | Multi-store Shop

13. Piarchuan Noodle Shop

Piarchuan Noodle is a traditional snack in Hangzhou, with a history of more than 1 years and its characteristics. Pianrchuan is one of the favorite daily snacks of Hangzhou residents at a moderate price.

where to eat?

● Juying Noodle Shop | No.368, Zhongshan South Road

● Chenbaliang Noodle Shop | No.14-1, Guangfu Road

● Fanglaoda Noodle Shop | No.5-1, Funing Lane, Wu Shan Plaza

14. King of Mah Ball

King of Mah Ball is a traditional snack in Hangzhou, which is shaped like a balloon, with bright color, thin skin and light. Eating is more exquisite. First, you have to break a piece of skin to let out some hot air inside. The thin layer of skin is extremely brittle to eat, and then the glutinous rice is moist and soft, so you can't stop talking ~

Where to eat?

● Lujia Vegetable Garden | No.12 Macheng Road

● Linglong Town | Duomen Store

15. Wu Shan Roasted Chicken

Wu Shan Roasted Chicken has a high status in the hearts of Hangzhou people, and it is also a delicious roasted chicken that needs to be queued in Hangzhou. For many foodies who travel to Hangzhou, if they don't eat a chicken from his family, they are embarrassed to say that they have been to Hangzhou.

As long as you stop on Wu Shan Road, you can see a long queue from afar, so you must hurry if you want to buy it! Wu Shan roast chicken, which has just been roasted, is packed in an iron frame and waiting to be weighed away. Its yellow color is tempting. When you cut the chicken belly, you will find that there are a handful of onion knots and mushrooms to add flavor and fragrance. When you take a bite, the skin is crisp and tender, and you can eat it while it is hot or dry for a while, all of which have different flavors.

where to eat?

● Wu Shan Roasted Poultry | Duomen Store

16. Osmanthus Jelly

Osmanthus fragrans not only smells fragrant, but also can be used to make delicious food. Osmanthus Jelly is Hangzhou people's favorite food in autumn, and many hangzhou dishes restaurants almost have such a dessert after dinner. Eating Osmanthus Jelly, full of childhood memories.

where to eat?

● Old Hangbang | Multi-Stores

● Know the taste concept | Multi-Stores

Every city has its own unique flavor

Each flavor is entrusted with a familiar memory

If you have any other memories of Hangzhou cuisine

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