Taizhou cuisine belongs to the Huaiyang cuisine, Huaiyang cuisine, rigorous selection of materials, according to the material ShiYi; production of fine, elegant style; the pursuit of the flavor, fresh and calm. Local prevalence of Qinhu eight fresh feast, Meilan feast, Banqiao feast, river feast, whole sheep. Specialties are mainly eight treasures swordfish, longan rolling beads, steamed anchovies, crab roe, Taizhou dry silk, Huangqiao bakery, Jingjiang crab roe soup dumplings and so on.

Taizhou's flavorful snacks, food in the Huaiyang cuisine has long been famous, and a wide variety. Characteristic snacks are mainly gold pine eggs, Huangqiao baked cakes, Zhongzhuang drunken crab, hot dry silk, Qintong fish cakes, etc., fried stinky dry, five flavors of dry silk, fish soup noodle, Jiangyan shortcake, farmers buckwheat soup cake, Chai market cicada wing cake, Xuanbao small wontons, big stove cake, and so on.

Which, when the most famous when the Qinhu eight-food feast, Qinhu eight-food to Qinhu fish trap crabs, shrimp balls, fish cakes and snappers as representative of the varieties; Crab roe soup dumplings are Jingjiang's traditional famous points, has a history of more than 200 years ago, and Tianjin do not care about the buns, Shanghai Nanxiang small dumplings, Yangzhou, three dingbao and is listed as the "China's four big famous points ". Every year in early April ~ May, Taizhou will hold a large-scale Qinhu eight fresh food festival, Jingjiang River Fresh and Soup Bun Food Festival, is the best time to taste.

Taizhou main commercial street in the People's Road area, tax East Road is a food street, where you can taste the authentic Taizhou food. Another Pozi Street, Hailing Road, Wuyi Road (accessible by bus 1, 4, 9, 29); Youth Road, Dongjin Road (accessible by bus 5, 8, 9, 15, 16, 29 may find good food stores. Fengcheng Scenic Peach Garden Ancient Street has more than a hundred traditional flavors of snacks and private kitchens, constituting the first snack street in the Central Jiangsu region, you can enjoy the delicious taste of Taizhou.