1. Salted duck/osmanthus duck Salted duck is a famous specialty of Nanjing. It belongs to Jinling cuisine and is one of the representatives of Jinling cuisine. It is also called osmanthus duck and is a Chinese geographical indication product.
Because Nanjing is nicknamed "Jinling", it is also called "Jinling Salted Duck". It has a long-standing reputation and has a history of more than 2,500 years.
Nanjing salted duck production has a long history and has accumulated rich production experience.
The white duck skin and meat are tender, fat but not greasy, fragrant and delicious, and have the characteristics of fragrant, crispy and tender.
The salted duck made around the Mid-Autumn Festival, when the sweet-scented osmanthus is in full bloom, has the best color and taste, and is called sweet-scented osmanthus duck.
2. Liuhe Live Beads Live Beads are a famous specialty of Nanjing and a Jinling snack. They are made when an egg is about to hatch into a life but is not fully formed. There are already traces of head, wings and feet inside the egg. This kind of chicken is also like an egg.
The egg hatchings are called "living beads".
"Living beads" are chicken embryos developed through traditional incubation. Because the developing blastocyst looks like a moving pearl under perspective, it is called "living beads".
3. Dragon robe and crab roe soup dumplings. Dragon robe and crab roe soup dumplings are a traditional delicacy in Nanjing. They have enjoyed a high reputation during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Its characteristics are that the skin is as thin as paper, and it breaks when you blow it. It is exquisitely made, beautiful in shape, and amazing in eating methods.
The ingredients of Longpao crab roe soup dumplings are very particular. The filling is crab roe and crab meat, and the soup is original chicken soup. The production process is exquisite.
Nanjing's Liuhe District holds the Dragon Robe and Crab Roe Soup Bun Festival all year round, which is an unprecedented event and is well-known at home and abroad.