Wonton Nanjing wonton is worthy of the name of snack, its size is like a lychee, and the satiety it brings is very limited. The local wonton is also called firewood wonton, which is the result of the old title still used today: in the past, firewood made a fire, carried and sold, and the soup base was difficult to say exquisite, no...
Cake cake is a general term for cakes in the Yangtze River Delta region, the square is the cake, the ball is the group, and the youth group in Shanghai belongs to a kind of cake group. Nanjing cake dough has a glutinous texture, the degree of stickiness is far less than that of rice cake, and the rice fragrance is rich. The cake dough is not a vegetarian rice dough, there are osmanthus honey, beans...
Beef potstickers Potstickers are imported from the north, but in East China, Nanjing potstickers are famous. Potstickers with ground beef first appeared in Qijiawan, where several foreign workshops gathered in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China to sell beef products. The quality of its meat was the first in Nanjing at that time.
Sugar taro sprouts Sugar taro sprouts are sweet thick soups with taro chunks as the core. After a long time of cooking, the taro is soft and juice-absorbing, and if the quality is excellent, you can experience the pulp popping effect by gently grinding it with the tip of your tongue. The size of the taro cubes is like a common meatball, and it can be eaten in one bite. The soup is mostly based on brown sugar, in order to...
Braised eggs, spiced eggs Braised eggs are common cooking techniques in Nanjing, and the old braised noodles in the corners of the streets and alleys are based on marinade. When the marinade of the thick oil red sauce meets the egg, the braised egg is born. Nanjing's braised eggs have a deep taste, the appearance is black and bright, the egg white is fresh and sweet, and the egg yolk is a little more salty...
Live Beads Live beads test the guts, its appearance resembles an egg, and the inside has been embryonized, like a young version of a hairy egg. You need to master the skills to eat live beads correctly, according to the local mainstream custom, first knock the big head of the egg out of the skylight, and suck the juice sealed by the inner shell membrane...
Sugar porridge lotus root If there is a lotus root in the brown sugar glutinous rice porridge, it is a sugar porridge lotus root. The texture of the sugar porridge lotus root is thick, the glutinous rice is bursting, and the lotus root makes the porridge more satisfying, and indirectly makes the taste richer. Sugar porridge has a long history, and some elderly diners taste porridge because of the flavor, and by the way, it is full...
Duck fat shortbread If the fat is mixed with the dough, it will have a crispy effect when baking. Traditional Chinese baking mostly uses lard and essential oil to make shortening, and Nanjing adapts measures to local conditions, and there are schools that use duck fat instead, and the baked cakes made are quite distinctive. Its popularity is no less than that of duck blood vermicelli soup, and there are often...
Red Bean Lantern Festival Red Bean Lantern Festival is a common dessert in Nanjing, which not only appears in street shops, but also often lands in Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisine restaurants. In the gold medal tourism snack selection founded by the China Tourism Association and the China Tourist Hotel Association, the red bean Lantern Festival was successfully shortlisted, and the national ...
Plum Blossom Cake Steamed buns, flower rolls and other northern snacks are all shaped with dough first, and then cooked and eaten, which requires the dough not to be too wet and sticky. The Yangtze River Delta has different ideas, and there are many pastries that have a shape after they are cooked, such as cake dough and steamed child cake, which are steamed pastries. ...