Yangzhou cuisine

Yangzhou cuisine includes jade steamed dumplings, crab roe steamed dumplings and Sixi sweet dumplings. Jade steamed dumplings are made of flour and spinach, and are rich in protein, carbohydrates, carotene, iron and folic acid. Steamed dumplings, a kind of jadeite, are as thin as paper in color as jadeite, full of color, fragrance and taste, and are deeply loved by Yangzhou locals.

Crab steamed dumplings are steamed dumplings made of wheat flour, and then stuffed with shrimp, bamboo shoots, crabs, eggs and sea cucumbers. They are rich in nutrition, strong in seafood flavor and light in taste, which are very popular with consumers, but people who are allergic to these foods should not eat them.

Sixi Tangyuan is made of glutinous rice flour or japonica rice flour, and then wrapped with red beans, sesame seeds, soft sweets, sweet-scented osmanthus, minced meat, pine nuts and melon seeds. It is a local traditional snack and also a food for the Lantern Festival.