Stinky tofu, duck blood vermicelli soup, pot stickers and everything else 1. Qifangge’s butter sesame cakes Qifangge is the oldest halal restaurant in the Confucius Temple area. It was founded during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. Qifang is the best snack in Nanjing.

The pavilion has two of them.

Its duck fat biscuits are golden in color, crispy and delicious, and are a famous snack in Jinling.

For old Nanjing residents, visiting the Confucius Temple without trying the butter sesame cakes from Qifang Pavilion is equivalent to not visiting the Confucius Temple.

2. Yongheyuan's Kaiyang dried shreds Nanjing's dried shreds have a unique production method. Those dried shreds that are tender but not old, dry but not broken are all specially made by the tofu shop. They are finely shredded, fragrant with sesame oil, and have excellent soy sauce.

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The original Nanjing dried shreds include vegetarian soup, boiled pork and meat and oil shredded pork. After the Republic of China, new varieties continued to increase.

In the mosque, you can find shredded roasted duck, dried shredded Kaiyang, etc.; in the meat restaurant, you can find shredded spring bamboo shoots, dried mushrooms, dried crab roe, dried chicken, etc.

The Kaiyang Kaisi at Confucius Temple Yongheyuan, which is famous for its snacks, is second to none.

3. Kuiguang Pavilion's Five-Spice Beans Five-spice beans are also called "Zhuangyuan Beans" because candidates in Jiangnan Gongyuan during the Ming and Qing Dynasties liked to bring spiced beans to take exams. This bean is made from broad beans, and it is still spread in Nanjing today.

Children's song: "Spice beans are really fragrant. Eat the ones in the city that are the most fragrant outside the city..." Currently, Kuiguang Pavilion in Confucius Temple maintains the authentic taste of Nanjing's spiced beans.

When it comes to Kui Guang Ge’s five-spice beans, it’s inseparable from the store’s other signature snack, five-spice eggs. Five-spice eggs can be found all over the country, but it’s Kui Guang Ge’s that really makes the specialty and taste better.

Kuiguang Pavilion's spiced beans and spiced eggs are known as the "unparalleled twins" among snacks.

4. An Leuan’s vegetarian buns Among the traditional snacks in Nanjing, steamed buns have the deepest roots and are authentic old Nanjing products.

At present, in addition to the famous vegetarian steamed buns of An Leuan on Wangfu Street, Ma Xiangxing Muslim Restaurant, Luliuju Vegetarian Restaurant, Qifang Pavilion, VIP Restaurant, etc. are also famous far and wide.

5. Jinling Duck Blood Vermicelli Soup at the Presidential Palace. It is said that if you don’t drink duck blood vermicelli soup, you haven’t eaten Nanjing’s snacks.

But among the duck blood vermicelli soup restaurants that are everywhere in Nanjing, the most famous one is the Jinling duck blood vermicelli soup restaurant located next to the Presidential Palace.

A piece of duck blood is put into the mouth, it is pink and smooth, and when you take a sip of the soup, thousands of flavors will linger on your tongue.

The emerald green coriander, crystal vermicelli, and floating duck gizzards, duck intestines, and duck liver are more finely chopped and tantalizing than other restaurants.

(However, it has been closed for renovation, and the one in Confucius Temple is OK) 6. Wang eggs in Suojin Village There is only one kind of happy egg in Shanghai. There are also phoenix eggs in the Jiangnan area, which are half chicken and half egg that have not hatched.

The difference in Nanjing is that the same thing as in Shanghai is called "Wang Egg", but the ones in Shanghai are made with five-spice soy sauce, while the ones in Nanjing are boiled in salt water.

There is also a kind called "living beads", which are taken out and cooked after only 15 days of incubation.

Eggs and live beads can be found everywhere in streets, alleys and markets, but Suojin Village in Nanjing is the best and most well-known.

Of course, whether it’s eggs or live beads, don’t try it easily if you don’t have the guts.

7. Yaode Cake Although Yaode specializes in hot pot, there is one well-known snack that attracts Nanjing diners to flock here. This is the Yaode Cake named after the Yaode brand.

Yaode cake is round, similar in size and shape to Nanjing's pumpkin cake. It uses potatoes and sweet potatoes as the main raw materials, with sweet potatoes as the main ingredient. It is fried into a light yellow color.

It is soft, glutinous and sweet in the mouth. For urbanites who are used to eating delicacies from mountains and seas, sweet potatoes, which are slightly sweet and fat-free, are the first snack to regulate the gastrointestinal tract.

Of course, the price is also cheaper. A piece of Yaode cake only costs 1 yuan.

8. Yiji Pidu Noodles Nowadays, Pidu Noodles are all the rage. Although there are many sellers, the most authentic one is the Widow’s Mian in Mingwa Lang in Xinjiekou.

The belly is well fried and soaked, and tastes juicy; the top is chewy; and most importantly, it's spicy!

Must try... 9. Nanjing Confucius Temple Qinhuai Snacks The "Ten Miles of Qinhuai" in Nanjing, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, has always been known as "the area of ??glory, mist, and gold powder."

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, this place was very prosperous, with river halls and river houses, green windows and red doors, living on the bank.

Every sunny day, the light boat winds like a fire dragon, and is known as "the Qin Dynasty's light boat is the best in the world".

Confucius Temple is a pearl embedded in the "Ten Miles of Qinhuai" and has always been a prosperous commercial and cultural area.

During the Six Dynasties, many waterside restaurants were set up along the Qinhuai River and Qingxi. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, they were even more prosperous.

Nowadays, restaurants, teahouses, restaurants and snack shops abound in Confucius Temple area. In the center of Confucius Temple alone, there are more than 200 kinds of snacks of different designs and colors.

The existing restaurants in Confucius Temple are mainly divided into four major categories: "Jiao Bang" (Islam), "Jingsu Bang", "Zhejiang Shao Bang" and "Huaiyang Bang".

Most of these Bangkou specialty stores are concentrated on the T-shaped Gongyuan Street and Gongyuan West Street.

Confucius Temple snacks are salty, sweet, meat and vegetable, with unique flavors, and are popular in spring, summer, autumn and winter.

For example, the shepherd's purse pancakes and vegetable and meat steamed buns in spring; the thousand-layer oil cake and flowering steamed buns in summer; the crab roe shaomai and shredded radish cakes in autumn; and the five-nut steamed buns and crystal steamed buns in winter.

Through the hard work and deliberate innovation of pastry chefs, Confucius Temple snacks have been elevated to snack banquets and snack banquets, forming a series of snacks in Chinese recipes. "Wanqinglou", a collection of Qinhuai snacks, is famous far and wide.

When you step into the restaurant, the decoration is unique: the dining table is a train seat. Several screens are used to separate the scattered dining tables, and the guests sit opposite each other.

On the dining table are antique covered porcelain tea bowls.