1. Huangjia Barbecue

Huangjia Barbecue is a famous food in Jinan. It originated in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties and has a history of 3 years. It is famous for its whole pig roast, yellow skin, crisp and refreshing, fat but not greasy, and long-lasting storage. Legend has it that as early as the Yuan Dynasty, there was a man named Huang in Huangjiawan, Zhangqiu City, who was a military attache in the DPRK, and was demoted to his original place because of defeat. One of his followers often lights branches to roast mutton, and the delicious taste attracts many people. Inspired by this, the Huang family often barbecues, but because pigs have been raised here for generations, they mainly roast pork and cut it into pieces.

2. Oil whirl

Oil whirl is a kind of swirl onion oil cake. The freshly baked oil whirl has golden color, soft inside and crisp outside, and fragrant onion. The oil whirl first appeared in Jinan during the Qing Dynasty. According to legend, the three brothers of the Xu family in the Qing Dynasty (now Qihe County) learned it in Nanjing when they traveled to the south. The taste of the oil spin in the south was sweet. After the Xu brothers came to Jinan, they changed the taste of the oil spin into salty flavor according to the dietary characteristics of the northerners, which has been passed down to this day.

3. Sweet foam

Sweet foam originated from bean foam in northern Henan, and then spread to Jinan, Shandong Province, which is a famous traditional place with characteristics. It is a popular porridge food and one of the two eccentrics in Quancheng. Sweet foam is a kind of salty porridge boiled mainly with millet flour, and Jinan people also call it spiced sweet foam. Among many snacks in Jinan, sweet foam is the most distinctive signature snack.

4. Pu Cai in milk soup

Pu Cai in milk soup is one of the famous traditional dishes in Jinan, Shandong Province. When it is made, it is cooked with milk soup and cattail leaf. The soup is milky white, the cattail leaf is crisp, tender, fresh and fragrant, and the entrance is light and delicious. It is the best soup for high-end banquets, and has always been praised as the first soup in Jinan.

5, jar meat

jar meat is a traditional specialty dish, a famous dish in Jinan, which began in the Qing Dynasty. It is said that the dish was first created by Fengjilou Hotel in Jinan. About a hundred years ago, the chef of this shop cooked pork ribs with seasoning and spices in a magnetic jar with slow fire. Its characteristics are ruddy color, thick and rotten soup, fat but not greasy, and fragrant taste, which makes this dish famous. Because the meat is stewed in a magnetic jar, it is named jar meat. Private cuisine with pork belly as the main ingredient. Rich in raw materials, plump in shape, fat but not greasy, brownish red in color, strong in taste, fresh and delicious, thick and fragrant in soup, rosy in color and rotten but not greasy in meat.