Su Dongpo (named Shi, courtesy name Zizhan, nicknamed Dongpo Jushi), a native of Meishan, Meizhou in the Northern Song Dynasty, was a famous writer, artist, and politician in my country, and he was also a real and local person. A true foodie.

He lived a life of wandering and ups and downs in officialdom, and formed an indissoluble bond with Changzhou.

Changzhou is Dongpo's final place and his second hometown.

In order to carry forward national culture and develop tourism, Changzhou Hotel and the Municipal Federation of Literary and Art Circles studied Su Dongpo's food culture and art and developed the "Dragon City Dongpo Banquet".

The first part of the "Dragon City Dongpo Banquet" is Dongpo's tea. The green tea is "Yangxian Tribute Tea" that Dongpo liked to drink most at the time, and the black tea is "White Crane Oolong" that Dongpo planted in Lingnan.

There are eight varieties including "Po Fuling Cake", "Dongpo Deer Antler Cake" and "Chaoyun Chrysanthemum Cake".

The second part is Dongpo's banquet wine. The white wine is made from Luzhou Laojiao, Langjiu, Jinzhu Daqu and other famous and fine wines produced in Dongpo's hometown.

Tiandongmen wine or cinnamon wine brewed in Lingnan.

The third part is Dongpo's banquet dishes, which are divided into four series: famous dishes from Dongpo's life, famous dishes from Dongpo's poems, famous traditional dishes from Changzhou and dishes named after Dongpo.

There are 32 titles such as "Meishan is the only beauty", "Thousands of miles away, the beauty of Chanjuan", "Grand View of Writing", "Dongpo Meat".

Each dish at Dongpo Banquet is carefully prepared by famous chefs. It is light in color, fragrant in aroma, refreshing in taste, and beautiful in form. It is like a three-dimensional work of art, giving people a beautiful enjoyment.

The specialty snack three delicacies wontons are stuffed with shrimp, fresh herring and fresh pork, so they are called "three delicacies".

The wonton wrappers are rolled with refined white flour mixed with egg white, and the wonton soup is made from fresh hens simmered into chicken soup.

The wonton skin is thin and smooth, the filling is fresh and tender, and the soup is clear and delicious.

Shrimp cakes have a history of nearly 200 years.

Qing Dynasty writer Yuan Mei's "Suiyuan Food List" contains: "Shrimp cakes, raw shrimp meat, green onions, salt, pepper, a little liqueur shank, add water to make noodles, sesame oil to burn through." It is golden in color, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.

, fresh and delicious.

Hemp Cake Changzhou Cannabis Cake is a large oval-shaped sesame cake with a unique taste and flavor. It is also the favorite traditional home-cooked food of Changzhou people.

When making it, raw materials such as refined white flour, high-quality sesame seeds, white sugar, and refined salt are selected, and it is refined through multiple processes such as dough mixing, stirring, kneading, stuffing, shaping, and baking.

There are two flavors, salty and sweet, for buyers to choose from.

As soon as the sesame cake comes out of the oven, it has a rich aroma, yellow color, moderate salty and sweet taste, crispy and delicious, and good color, aroma and taste.

In the past, Changzhou hemp cakes were mostly eaten by locals as breakfast.

Nowadays, after reform and innovation, Changzhou hemp cakes are beautifully packaged and easy to carry, making them a must-have gift for people visiting relatives and friends.

Silver Noodles Silver Noodles are a specialty snack in Changzhou with a history of more than 30 years.

The ingredients are exquisite and the operating procedures are strict. It has the characteristics of noodles as thin as silk, white as silver in color, soft and smooth, and does not burn when cooked. It is one of the varieties included in the "Chinese Snack Book".

Horseshoe Crisp After the Taiping Army captured Changzhou in the 10th year of Xianfeng Period (1961), a shortbread cake shaped like a horseshoe appeared among the people, which was intended to praise the achievements of the Taiping Army.

Water chestnut cake is made from refined white flour, soft white sugar, soybean oil and other raw materials, and is baked in a traditional furnace.

Golden in color, sweet and crispy.

It has been included in "Chinese Famous Dishes Recipes".

Dried radish People who have been to Changzhou say: "There is a strange thing in Changzhou. Dried radish is used as a side dish with wine." Authentic Changzhou dried radish is indeed different from the dried radish elsewhere. It uses sweet and tender solid carrots produced in Xinzha, Ximenwai, Changzhou.

The raw materials are washed and cut into strips, dried appropriately, then added with an appropriate amount of salt, sugar and various accessories, and carefully marinated.

Due to the excellent selection of materials, unique pickling process, and unique seasonings, Changzhou dried radish is yellow in color with red in it, salty and slightly sweet, crispy but not spicy, and very delicious.

It is cheap, good quality and easy to carry.

It is not only a side dish for people to eat, but also can be used as a snack for drinking and after tea.

Sesame Candy Changzhou sesame candy has a long history and unique flavor.

It is said that as early as the Tang Dynasty, local people began to use maltose and sesame to produce a sesame candy that looks like sesame balls, called sesame balls.

By the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, war smoke was everywhere, and the Jin soldiers invaded the south on a large scale.

Kang Wang Zhao Gou fled south from Bianliang, the capital, and settled south of the Yangtze River. He blindly compromised and sued for peace, not wanting to regain the lost territory in the north.

The people were very angry about this.

At that time, he wrote a poem: "Beyond the mountains are green mountains and buildings are outside the buildings. When will the singing and dancing in West Lake stop? The warm wind makes tourists drunk, and they call Hangzhou Bianzhou!" to vent his dissatisfaction.

The people in the Changwu area took another form to express their desire to resist the Jin Dynasty and regain their lost land.

They transformed the spherical sesame dough candy into a cylindrical shape like a firecracker and gave it to King Kang to encourage his courage to fight against the Jin Dynasty and restore the country.

It is unknown whether King Kang Zhaogou was inspired and gained courage from it. However, Changzhou sesame candy was made into a cylindrical shape and continues to this day.

Changzhou sesame candy has carefully selected ingredients and exquisite production.

It requires that the sesame seeds are covered with no skin exposed, both ends are sealed so that the filling does not leak out, the sugar layer is porous and not stiff, the taste is sweet and crispy and does not stick to the teeth, the color is white and bright and uniform, the thickness is about the same length, and a pound is exactly 20 sticks.

It is indeed a good gift for home travel and as a gift to relatives and friends.

Jiu Niang Yuan Xiao is one of the specialty snacks in Changzhou.