Yancheng's specialty delicacies include farmhouse braised soil fat, big chicken holding small chicken, braised glutinous rice balls, puff cake, braised knife fish, etc.

1. Farmer braised soil fat is made by swelling the pig skin and making it look like a fish maw.

Yancheng people use soil fat as the main ingredient, braised in braised vegetables, ham and other auxiliary ingredients to make farmhouse braised soil fat.

2. The dish of Big Chicken Holding Little Chicken is very vivid. The original dish was stewed with whole chicken and eggs. Now the whole chicken is replaced with shredded chicken, and the eggs are replaced with vermicelli, so this dish is also called

Grill vermicelli for shredded chicken.

3. Braised glutinous rice balls. People in Yancheng call the meatballs "routuozi" and usually fry them in a pot during the Chinese New Year or important festivals.

Meatballs are not pure meat, they are fried with glutinous rice flour added to the meat filling.

4. This dish of puffed cake is made with eggs as the main ingredient, with some leeks and stir-fried and braised.

The finished rose cake must be cut into a diamond shape, which symbolizes the phoenix spreading its wings and rising higher and higher.

5. Braised Knife Fish The so-called "knife fish" is our common crucian carp. There are many rivers and lakes in Yancheng, so the fish resources are abundant, especially the common crucian carp, which can be seen everywhere. People in Yancheng especially like to use crucian carp to entertain guests.