Cangshan County delicacies include Xiangcheng mutton soup, vegetable pancakes, Hengshan big sesame cakes, Zhuangwu burdock, and tofu brains.
1. Xiangcheng Mutton Soup: The mutton is fresh, tender, and bright in color. After repeated washing and soaking, it is slowly simmered with fresh raw materials and several condiments for at least five hours before stewing. Produce fresh soup and fragrant milk soup. When you take a sip of hot mutton soup, the rich aroma is wrapped with the fragrance of coriander. It is fragrant but not smelly, fresh and refreshing. When you take a sip of high-quality cooked mutton, it is fat but not greasy, and extremely delicious. It can be said that the person who smells it is salivating. Those who judge and taste it are full of praise.
2. Vegetable pancakes: Vegetable pancakes are golden in appearance and crispy in taste. They are an indispensable snack in the lives of Lanling people.
3. Hengshan Shaobing: Hengshan Shaobing is known as one of the three local delicacies in Lanling County.
4. Zhuangwu Burdock: Burdock, also known as oriental ginseng, has good nourishing and health-care effects.
5. Tofu brain: Lanling tofu brain is one of the famous foods in Yimeng Mountain area. It is smooth, tender and refreshing, with rich bean, vermicelli and spicy aromas. It has excellent taste and is suitable for all ages. Because the Lunan people like to put vermicelli in their tofu brain, it is called tofu brain vermicelli, but it is also commonly known as tofu brain in the local area.
Cangshan County, also known as Lanling County, is located in southwest Shandong, bordering Luozhuang District of Linyi City and Tancheng County to the east, Jiangsu to the south, and Mount Tai to the north. Lanling County has a long history, and its ancient cultural sites belong to the Beixin Culture. In the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the ancient city of Zuo State, the feudal state of Si Qulie, the youngest son of Emperor Shaokang of the Xia Dynasty, is located in the central and western parts of the country. Cangshan garlic is famous throughout the country. Best-selling in Japan, South Korea, the United States and Europe, Cangshan is the famous "Hometown of Garlic" in the country.