Top Ten Special Cuisine in Nantong

Xiting shortbread is a famous spot of Han nationality in Xiting area of Nantong, which began in the late Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty and has a history of one hundred years. It is a famous traditional snack in Nantong. Xiting shortbread is exquisite in materials and fine in workmanship, and has a unique style of crisp, sweet, fragrant and beautiful.

2. Lin Zichao cake

Lin Zichao bakery was founded in Yongzheng period of Qing Dynasty (A.D. 1732). It is a traditional pastry snack in Rugao, Nantong, a specialty of Jiangsu and a famous spot in northern Jiangsu. Lin Zichao's cakes are made of high-quality glutinous rice and japonica rice, with white sugar, Jin Guihua, pine nuts and shredded red and green melons, covered with lotus leaves, made into round cakes, finely cut with a knife and steamed with water. When it comes out of the cage, it won't stick to your hand, and its elasticity is like a sponge. There are rice fragrance, Gui Xiang fragrance and lotus fragrance, which are refreshing, fragrant but not turbid, sweet but not greasy, soft and refreshing, and pure in taste.

3. Crab yellow steamed stuffed bun

Nantong crab roe steamed stuffed bun is a distinctive breakfast snack in Nantong. As the name implies, steamed stuffed buns are made of crab roe and crab meat, and Huang Chengcheng's crab oil has soaked a thin foreskin. Its characteristic is that its skin is as thin as paper, and it will break when a bomb is blown. Unique production, beautiful shape and peculiar eating. It is unique in all parts of Jiangsu, such as Nanjing Longpao Crab Soup Bag, Jingjiang Crab Soup Bag, Taixing Qu Xia Crab Soup Bag, Huai 'an Wenlou Crab Soup Bag, Nantong Crab Soup Bag, etc. There are also crab roe buns in Nantong, especially in Ding and Sihailou.

4. Yizhulou sesame seed cake

Yizhulou sesame seed cake is the signature snack of Nantong _ Tea Ancient Town. It is baked in a barrel furnace. Sesame cake has a unique taste, crisp outside and waxy inside, and unique flavor. Its characteristic is "crisp, fragrant and fresh", which is favored by consumers. According to the different seasons, the stuffing of sesame seed cake includes chopped leek, shredded radish, pickles and so on. According to customers' needs, you can also use crab oil, shrimp, sugar and bean paste as fillings. In the "Jiangsu 13 Landmark Cuisine" sponsored by Jiangsu Catering Association, Yizhulou sesame seed cake was rated as "Top Ten Pasta Snacks in Nantong". In the streets and alleys in winter, there are several biscuit shops. From morning till night, people can always be seen waiting in line in front of the biscuit stove, quietly waiting for the biscuit to come out.

5, money radish cake

Money radish cake is a famous traditional snack in Nantong, which was created in the late Qing Dynasty. In 1970s, Nantong pastry chef improved it according to Suiyuan Food List, which made the finished product harmonious and pleasing to the eye, shaped like money, with clear lines, crisp skin and fragrant stuffing. Money radish cake is made of oil-water bread crisp, shredded radish and pork plate oil, and baked in the interlayer of the pot. Money radish cake has been included in China Snacks and Encyclopedia of China, and was named as "Top Ten Pasta Snacks in Nantong" in "Jiangsu 13 City Landmark Cuisine" sponsored by Jiangsu Catering Association.

6. Hibiscus huoxiang dumplings

Lotus and musk dumplings are traditional dishes in Nantong, Jiangsu Province. It is made of leaves of vanilla huoxiang as dumpling skin, sweet-scented osmanthus bean paste as stuffing, egg paste made of white flour, glutinous rice flour and egg white, and fried at low oil temperature. The surface is as white as snow, with a green color, and the entrance is fragrant. It tastes cool and sweet and has the effect of cooling and dispelling summer heat. It is a snack suitable for today in midsummer. In the "Jiangsu 13 Landmark Cuisine" sponsored by Jiangsu Catering Association, Furong Huoxiang Dumpling was rated as "Top Ten Pasta Snacks in Nantong". Also rated as "Top Ten Noodle Snacks in Nantong" by Jiangsu Catering Association are steamed dumplings with Crab Yellow Soup, Artemisia annua Tuan, Cao Gong Noodles and Jade Clam Cake.

7.emerald clam cake

Jade clam cake is made of clam shell, pork, loofah, water chestnut and flour. Its color is light green, resembling ancient money, and its entrance is soft and fragrant. Jade clam cake is delicious and delicious, and the taste is extraordinary. It can be eaten alone or with wine. This is a delicious and beautiful dish. As the saying goes, "Everything fails after eating clam cakes", which is a famous snack in Nantong.

8. Tsao Gong's face

Cao Gong noodles are said to have been invented by Fu Caoding, a pastry chef in Nantong. People call it Cao Gong's face, also known as Cao Ding's face, Daoxiao Noodles's face or Daoxiao Noodles's face. It is a traditional famous snack in Nantong, Jiangsu Province, and was rated as "Top Ten Noodle Snacks in Nantong" by Jiangsu Catering Industry Association. Cao Gong's noodles are made of cooked knives and seafood chicken soup. They are delicious. They can be cooked in soup, fried in oil, stewed in salt water and dry mixed. The base soup is made of pig bone soup, chicken soup, shrimp skin, clams and other good materials by slow fire. Noodles generally weigh about three or two. Big bowls, thick soup, tough noodles and delicious taste often make diners feel unfinished after eating. Because the processing technology is exquisite, the appearance is uniform, the strip length is smooth, elastic and ribbed, so it will not paste after cooking for a long time. When eating, it is tough but not hard and chewy.

9. Rugao Dong Tang

Rugao Dong Tang is a delicious pastry in Nantong, which belongs to Su-style pastry and is produced in Rugao, Jiangsu. Rugao winter sugar is made of refined white flour, white sugar, sesame seeds and caramel as the main raw materials, and through the processes of selecting materials, boiling sugar, making sugar cores, making sugar bones and molding. The system of core-making is to bake and grind sesame seeds, first separate the peel from the kernel, and then bake until it is light yellow. The heat and time must be just right, so as not to burn, so as to make them rich in sesame flavor. In the process of boiling sugar bone, it is required to ensure its good ductility and molding smoothness. The final process is to spread the sugar bone, evenly match the sugar core, wrap it repeatedly and press it into shape. The finished product is a flat cuboid with yellow in white, distinct layers, spiral texture in cross section and phoenix eye in the center; The entrance is relaxed, crisp and sweet, with a long aftertaste.

10, Shek Kong Cuigao

Shigang Cuo Cake is a traditional characteristic cake name of Shigang, a thousand-year-old town in Nantong. It is a traditional seasonal tea food, because each cake is printed with words, so it is also called printed cake. The rice cake is made of local japonica rice flour, with a certain proportion of glutinous rice, and finally with sweet-scented osmanthus bean paste, steamed into cakes. The characteristics of its finished product are white and soft, sweet and delicious, cool but not hard, and very delicious.