·Xiaolongbao with crab
During the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, it was first created by Wanhua Teahouse on the south side of the floating bridge along the river. Its characteristics: the crab oil is golden and shiny, fat but not greasy, the crab fragrance is fragrant, the juice is delicious, the skin is thin and strong, the filling is tender and refreshing, and it is delicious when served with balsamic vinegar and shredded ginger.
·Crab shell yellow
Crab shell yellow is a local snack in Changzhou, commonly known as small hemp cake. It is often paired with hemp cake as a gift. There are four kinds of fillings: shepherd's purse, scallion oil, sugar, and bright oil bean paste. Its characteristics: shaped like a crab shell, golden in color, oily but not greasy, crispy and fluffy, sweet and mellow sugar filling, fresh salty filling.
·Chicken soup with vegetable and meat wontons
Chicken soup with vegetable and meat wontons is a specialty snack in Changzhou with a history of more than 40 years. Its characteristics: smooth skin, fragrant filling, fat but not greasy, delicious taste.
·Jiuniang Yuanxiao
Jiuniang Yuanxiao is one of the specialty snacks in Changzhou. It is a folk custom to eat Yuanxiao during the Spring Festival. More than 100 years ago, Pei Yugao added fermented glutinous rice to the traditional Lantern Festival and created the fermented glutinous rice dumpling. Its characteristics: the dough is like jade grains, the aroma of wine is overflowing, the flavor is unique, and it is sweet and refreshing.
·Silver Noodles
Silver Noodles are a specialty variety of Changzhou with a history of more than 30 years. The ingredients are exquisite and the operation process is strict. It has the characteristics of noodles as thin as silk, white as silver in color, soft and smooth, rich in toughness, and not mushy when cooked. It is one of the varieties collected in "Chinese Snacks Book".
·Sesame Candy
Changzhou sesame candy has a long history and unique flavor. It is said that as early as the Tang Dynasty, local people began to use maltose and sesame to produce a kind of sesame candy that looks like sesame balls, called sesame balls. By the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, war smoke was everywhere, and the Jin soldiers invaded the south on a large scale. Kang Wang Zhao Gou fled south from Bianliang, the capital, and settled south of the Yangtze River. He blindly compromised and sued for peace, not wanting to regain the lost territory in the north. The people were very angry about this. At that time, someone once wrote a poem that said: "Beyond the mountains, there are buildings outside, and the West Lake is full of singing and dancing...
·Cannabis Cake
Changzhou Cannabis Cake has a unique taste and flavor A large oval-shaped sesame seed cake, it is also the favorite traditional home-cooked food of Changzhou people. When making it, raw materials such as refined white flour, high-quality sesame seeds, white sugar, and refined salt are selected, and the dough is kneaded, stirred, kneaded, stuffed, shaped, and baked. It is refined through multiple processes. It has two flavors, salty and sweet, for buyers to choose from. Once the qualified sesame cake comes out of the oven, it has a rich and tangy aroma, a yellowish color but not burnt, moderate salty and sweet but not greasy, and fragrant... .
·Dried radish
People who have been to Changzhou will say: "There is a strange thing in Changzhou. Dried radish is used as a drink. "Authentic Changzhou dried radish is indeed different from dried radish elsewhere. It selects sweet and tender solid carrots produced in Xinzha, Ximenwai, Changzhou as raw materials. They are washed and cut into strips, dried appropriately, and then added with appropriate amounts of salt, sugar and a variety of other ingredients. The auxiliary ingredients are carefully pickled. Due to the excellent selection of ingredients, the use of unique pickling techniques, and the unique flavor of seasonings, Changzhou dried radish is yellow in color and not salty...
·Shrimp cakes
It has a history of nearly 200 years. The Qing Dynasty writer Yuan Mei's "Suiyuan Food List" contains: "Shrimp cakes, raw shrimp meat, green onions, salt, pepper, and a little sweet wine." , add water to knead the noodles, and burn the sesame oil through. "Golden in color, crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, fresh and delicious.
·Horse Hoof Crisp
After the Taiping Army captured Changzhou in the 10th year of Xianfeng Period in the Qing Dynasty, a kind of puff pastry shaped like a horseshoe appeared among the people. The cake is meant to praise the achievements of the Taiping Army. It is made from refined white flour, cotton candy, soybean oil and other raw materials, and is baked in a traditional furnace. It is golden in color, sweet and crispy.
·Three delicacies wonton
The filling is made of shrimp, fresh herring meat, and fresh pork, so it is called "three delicacies". The wonton skin is made of refined white flour mixed with egg white and rolled. The soup is simmered with fresh hens. The wonton skin is thin and smooth, the filling is tender, and the soup is clear and delicious.