What are the special snacks in China

Local specialty snacks are a kind of local food culture, never just between meals to fill the stomach to pursue the simple level of not hungry. Specialty snacks are made from locally sourced ingredients and usually reflect the local material and social life style. China is so big, the ingredients are also very different, every kind of snack is a local culture, every kind of snack is a kind of strong hometown feeling.

Introducing a few local specialties:

1. Intestinal noodles

The reason why the name intestinal noodles, is because of that similar to the structure of the sausage, a thin layer of powder skin, encompassing everything. The softness and freshness of the skin, mixed with the richness of the filling and the coldness of the sauce, melts in your mouth in the moment is the highest meaning of the intestinal noodles.

In Guangdong, there are two main schools of bowel movements: Cantonese and Chaoshan. Canton style rice noodle is often served for breakfast, and the most common fillings are barbecued pork, beef, sliced fish and fresh shrimp and leeks, etc.; the sauce is made with soy sauce that is boiled to the point that it is free of soy flavor, and is blended with oil and seasonings. Whether it is in a steamy store, order a rice noodle and a porridge, with the old oil sticks to achieve a good meal; or in the early morning on the crowded teahouse restaurant, sighed a strong jupu, order a few kinds of rice noodle and snacks, slow and easy to eat until the heart is satisfied. Chaoshan rice noodle is another style of interpretation, which can be seen from the opening time of the Chaoshan rice noodle store: open all day, and even many of them will be open until late at night, many people use it as a sobering snack. Not only that, but there are also sub-divisions according to different regions: there's Chiu Chow rice noodle with peanut sauce, Shantou rice noodle with its original flavor, and Puning rice noodle with sautéed preserved vegetables, cooking noodles, river noodles and rice noodles added to the filling.

Students studying abroad often miss the food more than the intestinal noodles. Miss that mouthful of grounding hot air, miss that filling in the unlimited possibilities. The intestines of the Guangdong people, is a kind of everyone can enjoy the affordable happiness, but also a kind of can not quit, deep into the marrow of the dependence and obsession.

2. Sticky millet cake

The common millet cake is a traditional snack popular in the south of the Yangtze River (Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai), and is a deep-fried pastry, also known as blanched sticky millet cake, or fried patty cake in other parts of the South. The outer layer of common millet cake is golden yellow in color, while the inner layer is soft and sticky white rice, which is crispy, salty, and fresh when you bite into it.