Changzhou is located in the south of Jiangsu Province, south of the Yangtze River and on the north shore of Taihu Lake, with an advantageous geographical location.
Changzhou has a history of 2,500 years ago. There is the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in the city, which has accumulated this ancient southern city.
There are many delicacies in Changzhou, let me take you through them below.
Tianmu Lake Casserole Fish Head After visiting the vast Tianmu Lake, you don’t have to worry about what to eat. Casserole fish head must be your first choice.
Moreover, eating fish heads in Tianmu Lake casserole is very particular. The fish is not good if it is too big or too small. It is better to choose live silver carp with a head of about three kilograms, so that the meat will be fat and tender. And it must be used in Yixing casserole, using Tianmu Lake water as the soup.
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You can try it at the restaurant on the food street outside the archway of Shanshuiyuan Scenic Area. The price is affordable but not authentic enough.
After entering the resort along Yingbin Road, there are three better places to eat fish heads: one is Tianmu Lake Hotel, where the "Zhu Shuncai" recipe fish head casserole soup is; the other is Biboyuan Food Center, where Tianmu Lake Hotel
Opposite, the environment is elegant. The two places are actually the same one, with a single order costing about 200 yuan. The other place is in the Shanshuiyuan Hotel, which has a good environment and economical prices, including fish head soup for 300 yuan per table.
When eating, add a plate of mixed celery and fried celery fresh vegetables to make it more delicious and refreshing.
Silver Noodles Changzhou Silver Noodles are as thin as silk and as white as jade, making them look very delicate just by looking at them.
Adding the original soup made from grass chicken, it is really smooth and glutinous in the mouth, with continuous bite, soft and smooth.
If shredded egg skin, coriander, etc. are added to the soup, it will be even more fragrant.
Liyang Zhagan Liyang Zhagan is a famous traditional dish in Liyang and is a major dish during the New Year.
The main ingredients are pork belly, pork liver, fried tofu and risen dried bamboo shoots.
After the "braised liver" is braised, the three meat flavors are mixed together. The pork belly is fat but not greasy, the pork liver is full of sauce flavor, and the small intestine is rotten but not loose.
The two kinds of vegetarian food absorb the freshness and greasiness of meat food, and are also indescribably delicious.
However, for those who are trying it for the first time, the liver is big and requires some courage to use chopsticks. If you are interested, you can order one at Tianmu Lake Hotel to try.
When eating liver prickling, many outsiders will eat the small intestine first, and then eat the various ingredients one by one. However, for Liyang people, pricking the liver and biting down other ingredients except the small intestine to feel the mixed aroma,
This is the authentic “Liyang way of eating”.
Crab Xiao Long Bao Changzhou people like Crab Xiao Long Bao very much. Only freshly made, freshly steamed and freshly sold can maintain the fragrant, fat but not greasy taste of crab. Therefore, in the past, you had to wait in line to eat Xiao Long Bao.
The scene is no less than eating Beijing’s Quanjude roast duck.
The most exciting thing is that the crab dumplings in autumn are the most attractive. They are small, delicate and unique. They are made with refined white flour cooked in suet, crab powder and pork. The crab oil is golden and shiny, the juice is delicious, the fragrance is tangy, and the skin is thin.
It is strong and the filling is tender, smooth and refreshing.
Hemp Cake Freshly baked from the oven, Changzhou hemp cake is yellow in color but not burnt, and its rich and tangy aroma is mouth-watering.
Take a bite and you'll find it's crispy and soft, with thin and heavy skin, sweet and salty, and you can't help but praise it.
If you can have a bowl of Shuanggui Fong tofu soup at this time, it will definitely be excellent.
If you are not satisfied with the food, you can also buy exquisite ones to take home for your relatives and friends to taste.