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Ningbo specialty

Ningbo's specialties include Ningbo Tangyuan, Cicheng Rice Cake, Xidian Oyster, Ningbo Swimming Crab, Longfeng Golden Momo, Xikou Melaleuca Cake, Sanbei Lotus Root Sugar, Qiu 'ai Salted Crab, Sanbei Crispy Sugar, Fenghua Taro, Red Crab, Ningbo Gonggan, Xidian Oyster, Fenghua Peach and dried sheep's tail bamboo shoots.

Ningbo Tangyuan 1

Tangyuan is one of the famous snacks in Ningbo and one of the representative snacks in China with a long history. According to legend, Tangyuan originated in the Song Dynasty. At that time, a novel food was popular all over the country, which was made of various fruit baits and kneaded into balls with glutinous rice flour outside. After cooking, it tastes sweet and delicious, which is very interesting. Because this kind of dumplings cooked in a pot will float and sink, it was originally called "floating Zi Yuan", and later it was renamed Yuanxiao in some areas.

2. Cicheng rice cake

Cicheng rice cake is a kind of cake made of high-quality stem rice, which is a traditional famous specialty in Ningbo. Ningbo Cicheng Rice Cake: Cultural Memory of a City Cicheng Rice Cake has a long history, which has a history of thousands of years. Cicheng rice cake is white as jade, smooth and moist, uniform in size, cooked but not paste, and famous for its high quality.

3. Xidian oyster

Ninghai specialty oyster: Xidian area of Ninghai County, known as the "hometown of oysters", has a breeding history of 700 years. The oysters produced here are tender, delicious and high in protein.

4. Portunus Ningbo

Portunus trituberculatus is produced along the coast of Ningbo. You can catch it all year round, but it is the most prosperous in July and August. Portunus trituberculatus is a famous Haite product in Ningbo, which has strong vitality and can run wildly without water for a long time.

5. Longfeng Gold Group

Now Ningbo folk families will make "Dragon and Phoenix Golden Tuans", which is a four-season food that men, women and children like to eat. It is very famous. The golden ball not only tastes good, but also means reunion and auspicious celebration. According to different uses, many interesting names have been born, such as the golden ball for farming, the golden ball for cutting rice, the golden ball for doing business, the golden ball for dragons and phoenixes when getting married, and the golden ball for children and grandchildren when the newborn is full moon.

6.Xikou Melaleuca Cake

There are many kinds of snacks in Ningbo, including snacks, cakes and dishes. Ningbo snacks, whether snacks, cakes or dishes, have a unique flavor. Chinese pastry has become one of the twelve schools of pastry food in China. Melaleuca cake is small and square, covered with moss, salty and sweet, crisp and delicious.

7, Sanbei lotus root silk sugar

Sanbei lotus root silk candy is one of the specialties of Ningbo, and it is also a famous spot in Ningbo together with soybean crisp candy. Sanbei lotus root silk sugar is a traditional name produced in Cixi, Zhejiang Province. According to legend, during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a pastry chef named Shen Yongnian in Shenshiqiao, Cixi, who made a good pastry and constantly innovated to produce a kind of food, which was columnar and as thick as the middle finger, but not more than three inches long.

8. Qiu Ai is salty

There are many famous specialties in Ningbo, among which Qiu Ai Salted Turtle is one. Qiu 'ai Town, Yinzhou District is the main producing area and the world-famous "hometown of pickles". The salty limbs of Qiu Ai were pickled with potherb mustard. Because of its Huang Liang color, fragrant, tender, fresh and slightly sour, it is deeply loved by people.

9. Sanbei Crisp Sugar

Ningbo bean crisp candy is a classic tea food in Ningbo, also called Sanbei bean crisp candy, which can be eaten by men, women and children. Founded in the Qing Dynasty, it has the characteristics of fragrance, sweetness, looseness, crispness without sticking to teeth, unique fragrance and endless aftertaste.

10, Fenghua taro

Fenghua taro is a traditional and excellent pollution-free agricultural product in Ningbo. Taro is nearly spherical, brown in appearance and pink at the top, weighing more than 1 kg, and the largest can reach about 2.5 kg. Its quality characteristics are mainly characterized by large skin, fine meat powder without gluten, waxy and delicious.