First, Confucius Temple snacks Confucius Temple snacks have a long history, unique flavor and many varieties. They have been circulated for thousands of years since the Six Dynasties, with more than 100 varieties. Famous snacks are well-known, sweet and salty, with different shapes and more than 80 varieties, which are the first of the four snack groups in China.
In history, the Confucius Temple used to be a deformed bustling city. During the Six Dynasties, many waterside restaurants were set up around Qinhuai River and Qingxi. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, every time there are autumn waves, candidates gather, so bookshops, teahouses and inns have emerged. At that time, some streets and lanes on the south bank of Qinhuai River became "gentle villages" and "golden caves" for rich children. The world-famous snacks in Confucius Temple have gradually formed a unique style and charm in the sound of lights and shadows, which reflect the "Eight Brilliants of Qinhuai" and introduce the "Qinhuai Elegant Style" represented by "Eight Musts of Qinhuai".
1, duck blood soup
Duck blood soup is a famous flavor snack in Nanjing, and it has fewer fans than duck blood vermicelli soup. Is prepared from duck blood, duck intestines, duck intestines, duck liver and the like by adding duck soup. The taste is fresh and fragrant, refreshing and pleasant. Duck meat is high in protein and low in fat, which has the functions of enriching blood and relaxing bowels. A bowl of duck blood soup meets the needs of the whole family and is especially suitable for the elderly.
2, kai yang dried silk
Kai yang dried silk is a traditional snack in Nanjing, Jiangsu, and one of the teahouse foods, which has long been famous. "Hot-dried silk" is made of white dried silk specially made by tofu shop. It is very particular about its fine production and high requirements for materials. The first lesson of the old master's teaching disciples is knife work, and knife work practice is to batch dried silk. After training, the better apprentices can only batch 32 to 36 pieces, which shows that the humble dried silk in the bowl. Fine production and high requirements for materials are all very particular.
Second, the mysterious snacks
Xuanmiaoguan snacks were moved to Eunuch Lane and Dacheng Square in 1990s due to demolition. The Xuanmiaoguan snacks group was located in Guanqian Street in downtown Suzhou, which began in the reign of Hongzhi in the Ming Dynasty (about 1488). It was a collection of Suzhou snacks and snacks in one city. The famous ones are spiced pork ribs from Wufangzhai, chicken and duck blood soup from Shengmeizhai, lotus root starch dumplings and fried bean candy.
1, thousands of buns
Thousands of steamed buns, a specialty of Huzhou, are stuffed with pure lean meat, kai yang, scallops, etc., and wrapped with thousands of bean products as skins, which are in the shape of a 3cm square triangular prism. They are served with spices such as spicy oil, rice vinegar, white pepper, shallots, etc., which are not only delicious, but also matched with high-quality vermicelli. They are white and clear in soup, delicious and have been made for more than 100 years.
2, lotus root starch dumplings
Lotus root starch dumplings are traditional delicacies with a history of more than 200 years. The lotus root starch balls in Yanfu, Jiangsu and Huanggang, Hubei are the most famous. Traditional glutinous rice dumplings are made of glutinous rice flour, but the production of lotus root starch dumplings is unique, and lotus root starch dumplings have become a special dish for Chinese and foreign guests in Jiangsu. Round and transparent lotus root starch dumplings are soaked in thick soup, semi-floating and semi-sinking, and look like floating brown balls. They are flexible and elastic when clamped on chopsticks. They are tender and refreshing to eat in your mouth, chewy and fragrant.
Third, Chenghuangmiao snacks
Chenghuangmiao snacks are an important part of Shanghai snacks. Formed in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, it is located in the commercial center of the old city of Shanghai. Its famous snacks include Nanxiang Xiaolong in Nanxiang Steamed Bread Shop, Baiguo wine-brewed dumplings, eight-treasure rice and sweet wine-brewed in the spring of the garden, heavy oil shortcake in Lakeside Dim Sum Shop, jujube paste shortcake and three-silk eyebrows shortcake in Lvlang Restaurant. In addition, there are many special snacks, such as gluten louver, bad snail, squid and so on.
1, Nanxiang Steamed
Nanxiang Steamed Bun, formerly known as "Nanxiang Big Meat Steamed Bread" and "Nanxiang Big Steamed Bread", is also known as "Nanxiang Steamed Bun" and "Nanxiang Steamed Steamed Bun". It is a traditional famous product in nanxiang town, Jiading District, Shanghai, and is famous for its thin skin, tender meat, juicy taste and beautiful shape. In the tenth year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (A.D. 187 1 year), Huang Mingxian, the owner of nanxiang town Rihuaxuan Dim Sum, adopted the method of "heavy stuffing and thin skin, changing the big ones into small ones". He made it with unfermented refined flour as the skin, hand-cut stuffing of pork leg refined meat and skin jelly.
2. Babao rice
Babao rice is a traditional name of the Han nationality, and it is a food custom of Laba Festival. Popular all over the country, especially in Jiangnan. The recipes in different places are similar. Basically, the glutinous rice is steamed, mixed with sugar, oil, osmanthus, poured into a container filled with red dates, coix seed, lotus seeds, longan, etc., steamed and then poured with sugar marinade. It tastes sweet and is a good holiday and hospitality.
4. Fire Palace Snacks Fire Palace Snacks: Fire Palace is located in the middle section of Pozi Street in Changsha. It is a well-known flavor store with operating characteristics. Its snacks not only enjoy a high reputation in China, but also have certain influence abroad. The shop here is quaint and elegant, and the snacks have their own characteristics, among which the most famous ones are stinky tofu, sister dumplings, braised dumplings and fairy bowl rice. The stinky tofu in Huogong Palace is bean-blue, soft inside, delicate in texture, delicious, fresh and tender with white tofu and crispy with fried tofu.
The Fire Palace used to be a temple dedicated to Vulcan, also known as the "Ganyuan Palace". It was built in Qingganlong 12 (A.D. 1747) and rebuilt in 1826 (the sixth year of Daoguang), with a history of more than 250 years. Every year on June 23rd of the lunar calendar, a large-scale sacrificial ceremony will be held. On this day, the crowds in the fire palace are bustling and very lively. Due to the large number of people rushing to the temple fair, some snack stalls slowly gathered. Fire Palace is a representative public place integrating folk culture, fire temple culture and food culture in Changsha and even Hunan, especially the flavor snacks of Fire Palace are well-known in Sanxiang.
1, Huogong stinky tofu
Huogong stinky tofu is a famous traditional snack in Hunan Province, belonging to Hunan cuisine. This dish uses bean curd as raw material, soaked in special brine for half a month, then fried with tea oil with slow fire, supplemented with sesame oil and hot sauce. It has the characteristics of "black as ink, fragrant as alcohol, tender as crisp, and soft as velvet". It is named after stink, which is different from other kinds of brine. Smells stinky, tastes fragrant, and is crispy on the outside and soft and delicious on the inside.
2. Sugar and oil Baba Sugar and oil Baba is a traditional local food in Changsha City, Hunan Province. Sugar and oil Baba is cheap, and its main raw materials are glutinous rice flour and sugar, but its manufacturing process is exquisite and has a special manufacturing process. Although it can't be elegant, it can't compete with delicacies, shark's fin and bear's paw, but it is precisely because of its cheap status that it can enter and leave ordinary people's homes, is deeply loved by the people, and becomes a snack that people can't get tired of eating.