Hangzhou special food

Hangzhou specialties include Longjing shrimp, Dongpo pork, West Lake vinegar fish, Sabina vulgaris and onion, and Wu Shan shortcake.

1, Longjing shrimp

Longjing shrimp is a famous dish in Hangzhou, with bright color and fragrant taste. Longjing shrimp was cooked with fresh Longjing tea before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day. This shrimp is white and tender. The bud leaves are green, fragrant, elegant in color, unique in taste, appetizing after eating and endless in aftertaste, making it a must in hangzhou dishes.

2. Dongpo meat

Dongpo meat is found in Zhejiang cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, Hubei cuisine and other cuisines, but every place is different. The main components and shapes of Dongpo meat are similar. The main ingredient is half fat and half lean pork. The finished dish is neatly packed mahjong tiles with bright red agate color. Pick up a piece and taste it. Soft but not rotten, fat but not greasy.

3. West Lake vinegar fish

West Lake vinegar fish is a famous dish in Hangzhou with a long history, which can be traced back to the Song Dynasty. When cooking, the temperature requirement is very strict, so we must master it just right. After the fish is cooked, it is wrapped in a layer of hot and sour, and the pectoral fins stand up, making the fish delicious and unique.

4. Li Jue

Li Guo is a traditional snack with Hangzhou flavor in Zhejiang Province. It has a long history and is also a famous local snack. Li Guo is a distinctive snack, crispy outside and fragrant inside, which can be eaten in many local restaurants. Li Guo is a kind of spring cake wrapped in fried dough sticks and onions, with sweet noodle sauce and hot sauce.

5, Wu Shan shortbread

Wu Shan shortbread is a famous traditional pastry in Hangzhou. It has a history of 700 to 800 years. Its color is golden yellow, the layers are brittle and overlapping, and the top is pointed and the bottom is round, which is like a golden mountain. Wrapped in delicate sugar, crisp but not broken, oily but not greasy, sweet and delicious, crispy at the entrance. Alias "rescue" and "hemp fiber cake", known as the first point in Wu Shan, have been passed down to this day.