Kaifeng's specialties include steamed buns, roast duck, peanut cake, bucket chicken and carp baked noodles.

introduction of Kaifeng's specialties:

1. Kaifeng steamed buns have a long history. It has a unique flavor and is one of the famous foods in Kaifeng.

2. Steamed buns are exquisite in material selection and fine in production. It is made of lean meat from pig hind legs as stuffing, refined powder as skin and steamed by explosion fire. Its characteristics are: beautiful appearance, small and exquisite, thin skin and many fillings, pouring soup and flowing oil, delicious taste, fragrant and delicious.

3. This must be one of the local specialties that all foreigners must eat when they go to Kaifeng.

2. Peanut cake

1. Peanut cake is a local traditional specialty in Kaifeng area. Peanut cake is an ancient court meal, which originated in the Song Dynasty, and passed through the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties for more than 6 years, and has been passed down to this day.

2. Peanut cake is made of selected peanuts as the main material, supplemented by white sugar and caramel, and is made by boiling sugar, stirring sugar, padding peanut flour, cutting and shaping.

3. The finished product is flaky, multi-layered, with detailed network and strong looseness; The taste of the food is crisp, sweet and delicious, and it is delicious.

Third, Bianjing Roast Duck

Also known as Kaifeng Roast Duck, it is one of the top ten famous dishes in Henan cuisine and has a long history since the Northern Song Dynasty. Bianjing roast duck has crispy skin, tender and fragrant meat and persimmon red color, which is edible for everyone with heat in the body and deficiency and cold in the body.

Fourth, Kaifeng Bucket Chicken

Bucket Chicken is a special dish in Kaifeng, which is made of local high-quality hen and simmered with century-old soup. Golden color, fat but not greasy, fresh and crisp.

5. Carp Baked Noodles

1. "Carp Baked Noodles" is one of Kaifeng's traditional delicacies and enjoys a long reputation. Baked noodles are also called Longxu Noodles.

2. According to the Record of Dreams, in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the second day of the second lunar month in Kaifeng was called "the dragon looked up", and "the banquet guests ate Longxu Noodles, and the festival ceremony was held to send noodles". At that time, Longxu Noodles was produced. It's just boiled in water, and then it's baked. Therefore, it is called "baked noodles".

3. Carp Baked Noodles is also a classic dish of Henan cuisine, which is made from two famous dishes: "Fried Fish in Sweet and Sour" and "Baked Longxu Noodles".

4. Legend has it that Empress Dowager Cixi stayed in Kaifeng when she fled in the Qing Dynasty, and the famous chef in Kaifeng paid tribute to "Fried fish in sweet and sour" and "baked noodles". After seeing this, Cixi said on a whim that the carp was lying on the plate, probably asleep, and should be covered with a quilt to avoid catching cold. Then chopsticks were used to cover the fish with "baked noodles", and "carp baked noodles" was passed down as a delicacy.

5. Carp baked noodles are purplish red in color, soft, tender and delicious; Baked noodles are as thin as hair, fluffy and crisp. It's a great pity that you don't taste the sweet and sour fish noodles when you travel to Kaifeng.