Roasted duck: Due to its long history and reputation, most foreigners' first stop in China is Beijing, and the first meal in Beijing is often treated to roast duck by enthusiastic China friends. Therefore, in the eyes of foreigners, roast duck is basically the representative of China's national cuisine.
Hotpot: Hotpot is a dish that can surprise foreigners in terms of vision, smell and taste. So foreigners who have basically eaten hot pot will be impressed.
Guilin is not only the best in the world for its mountains and rivers, but also famous for its rice noodles, which are round, thin, smooth, flexible and have a unique flavor. Its workmanship is exquisite. First, the fine rice is ground into pulp, bagged and drained, stuffed into powder balls, cooked and pressed into round roots or sheets. The garden is called rice flour, and the flaky rice flour is called rice flour, which is characterized by white, tender, soft and refreshing. It can be eaten in a variety of ways.
Regan Noodles is one of the most famous foods in Wuhan, an inseparable part of Wuhan people's life, and has become a representative of Wuhan food in their minds, which occupies a place among the national snack representatives.
Shandong pancakes originated from Mount Tai. Shandong pancakes are thin enough. They are made of whole grains, which are common people's food-you can enjoy them with scallion or other vegetables, meat or delicacies.
Hanzhong rice noodles originated in the Qin and Han dynasties. According to legend, Liu Bang was king in Hanzhong and ordered Xiao He to build the Shanhe Dam, and the grain was harvested year after year. In order to improve their lives, farmers dilute flour with water, steam it into pancakes, cut it into strips and eat it cold. It tastes delicious. One day, Liu Bang went traveling incognito and entered the people's home, and the hospitable farmers entertained him with cold steamed cakes.
while eating, Liu Bang praised and asked about the name, but the farmer couldn't say it. Liu Bang laughed at the recipe and said casually, "This is steamed cake." Later, people switched to overlapping bamboo cages, which could steam several sheets at a time, and were large and thin. Cut into thin strips, the tendons are flexible, soft and continuous, just like pimps, renamed "dough".
speaking of rice noodles, there is also a story in Hanzhong that "rice noodles know the government". During the reign of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, Zhang, a native of Hanzhong, worked as a county magistrate in Ruyang, Henan. One year, the imperial court sent an imperial envoy to visit Ruyang, but Zhang Zhi did not prepare a banquet, only the dough in his hometown was simply served. The imperial envoys ate and drank along the way, and they felt greasy appetite early. When they tasted the dough, they were overjoyed.
Tangyuan is one of the famous snacks in Ningbo and one of the representative snacks in China, with a long history. According to legend, glutinous rice balls originated in the Song Dynasty. At that time, a novel food was popular all over the country, that is, all kinds of fruit baits were used as stuffing, and glutinous rice flour was rubbed into balls outside. After cooking, it tasted sweet and delicious and interesting.
Because this kind of glutinous rice balls boiled in a pot floats and sinks, it was originally called "Floating Yuanzi", and later it was renamed Yuanxiao in some areas. Different from northerners, Ningbo people have the traditional custom of having a family gathering and having dumplings on the morning of the Spring Festival. When it comes to Ningbo snacks and specialties, everyone will be the first to mention Ningbo glutinous rice balls, especially to foreigners.