Hangzhou-style snacks, with various fancy varieties and different seasons, have three characteristics.

Feature 1:

Most of them are taken from the local products of Hangzhou, and are often associated with the scenic spots of West Lake. When you visit the lake in summer, you can taste the lotus root paste in the west. In autumn, you can enjoy osmanthus in Nanshan, and eat a bowl of sweet-scented osmanthus and chestnut soup from West Lake in the sweet-scented osmanthus hall.

Feature 2:

Every season is delicious. For example, during the Spring Festival, various kinds of spring rolls, fresh meat dumplings and assorted eight-treasure rice are served, while during the Qingming Festival, Ai Qing dumplings are served, and fine sand or fresh meat brown is listed during the Dragon Boat Festival. In the Mid-Autumn Festival, Hangzhou-style, Suzhou-style and Cantonese-style moon cakes are made, and millet cakes are eaten in Chongyang, and so on. In spring and March, there are plenty of fresh bamboo shoots with fish and shrimp, fried eel noodles with shrimp, sliced Sichuan noodles and shrimp dumplings. In the hot summer, mint cakes, crystal cakes, Fuling cakes, meat and bone porridge, crab fat in Sanqiuhu Lake, crab dumplings, crab yellow buns are in the market, and glutinous rice cakes and lard rose rice cakes are available in December.

Feature 3:

It has a long history and is often accompanied by legends. Such as Wu Shan shortbread and deep-fried juniper. According to legend, after Yue Fei was murdered by Qin Gui and his wife, everyone in Hangzhou hated Qin Gui. At that time, there was a small shop specializing in fried pasta near Wangxian Bridge. When the owner saw the treacherous court official Qin Gui riding in a sedan chair every day, he was resentful. One day, he kneaded the pasta into a human shape, put it in an oil pan, and while frying, he shouted, "Fried Qin Gui, Fried Qin Gui!" " What does he sell? He casually said, "Fried juniper." Hence the name.

Hangzhou's famous snacks include chicken crisp, Song Saoyu soup, West Lake vinegar fish, fried eel noodles with shrimp, printed cakes, oily Dong Er, juniper with scallion and so on.

West Lake sweet-scented osmanthus lotus root slices

There are some places in Zhongshan Eighth Road, Guangzhou that specialize in eating Hangzhou snacks. There are the most famous snacks in Hangzhou, such as West Lake sweet-scented osmanthus lotus root slices, Hangzhou rolled chicken, cat ears, pumpkin paste, wine-brewed meatballs and so on. There are many varieties and affordable prices. And the teahouse next to Wanjia Shopping Mall also specially launched 48 yuan/Ren Ren Chi, which attracted many people to wait in line.

★ Osmanthus fragrans and lotus root slices in West Lake: The lotus root slices that look ochre red turned out to be "Chinese famous snacks". Lotus root slices are wrapped in a thin layer of glutinous rice syrup, which tastes sweet and crisp. Experts say that in fact, it is not only white sugar, but also honey, sweet osmanthus and so on, which can be burned until it is thick, so that it can have this taste.

★ Cat's Ear: This snack is not special in appearance, but it is also a well-known traditional snack in Hangzhou, and it has also won the title of "Famous Chinese Snack". It is said that when making cat ears, flour is used, small pieces of land are used, and each piece needs to be pressed with the little finger to form a very small cat ear shape, so it is called cat ears.

★ Hangzhou rolled chicken: In fact, the so-called "rolled chicken" is not really rolled chicken, but shredded dried bamboo shoots, rolled with rotten leather bags, and then cut into "rolled chicken" sections. Hangzhou Juan chicken is very particular about its practice. First, it is fried with strong heat until golden brown, and then it is fished out. Leave a little oil in the pot, stir-fry bamboo shoots and mushrooms, add soy sauce, sugar and soup to taste, and add cooked green vegetables, and a set of fresh and fragrant traditional Hangzhou food will be baked.

Wu Shan Road Food Street is the most traditional food place in Hangzhou, but there are not many shops now, selling some foods with local characteristics, such as pie vermicelli, Ningbo Tangyuan, Wu Shan roast chicken and so on.