Zhejiang is a typical place where various flavors are mixed. The entire province can be roughly summarized into four major schools, namely sweet, salty, mild and spicy.

Regarding sweet eating, the Hangjiahu area in northern Zhejiang can be called a typical one. In fact, the taste is somewhat similar to that in southern Jiangsu, but it is not as unrestrained in sweetness as in Suzhou and Wuxi.

Sweet eating in northern Zhejiang has its roots in history, because sugar was a luxury product in ancient times, and this is a prosperous water town in the south of the Yangtze River. Eating sweets is a symbol of identity and status.

Therefore, the taste of northern Zhejiang has been sweet since ancient times, and it continues to this day.

?Ningbo, Shaoxing and other regions located in eastern Zhejiang have a saltier taste, especially in Ningbo.

The food in these two places likes to add salt and soy sauce. In short, it is salty, and they also like to make a variety of salted pickled foods. Dried radish, prunes, etc. are all local specialties. They are on the dining table.

very common.

This custom of eating salty food is due to the local natural conditions. Ningbo and Shaoxing are close to the sea. In ancient times, industries such as salt drying and salt production were very developed, so the food was generally salty.

?As for the light food, it is more obvious in Taizhou and Wenzhou south of Ningbo, which can also be said to be fresh.

Although Taizhou and Wenzhou are also located in coastal areas, they were not the main production areas of sea salt in ancient times, and the taste was naturally much lighter than that of Ningbo's coastal areas.

In Taizhou and Wenzhou areas, they attach great importance to the original taste of ingredients and pursue the original taste. Because there are more seafood foods, it can also be said that the food eaten here is fresh.

?Spicy eating is in the inland areas of Zhejiang. The typical representative area is Quzhou, which is close to Jiangxi. Quzhou is also the last extension of the spicy eating area eastward from Yunnan-Guizhou Sichuan in the southwest to Jiangxi.

The level of spicy food in Quzhou is not low. If foreign tourists come to Quzhou and try Quzhou cuisine, they will even think that it is the taste style of Sichuan cuisine, which completely subverts the stereotype of Zhejiang people's taste.

In addition to the four major schools of Zhejiang's unique taste, there is also a unique local taste in Zhejiang, which is "stinky".

For example, Shaoxing’s stinky tofu, Ningbo’s stinky winter melon, stinky amaranth root, etc.

"Smelly" food can be found all over Zhejiang Province, and each region has its own characteristics. If foreign tourists come, most people who are not gourmets will really not be able to accept this taste.