What are the specialties of Xitang?

Zongzi in Xitang has many flavors, including fresh meat, bean paste, lard and red beans. Although Zongzi is a snack in many places, Xitang Zongzi is more fragrant and glutinous because of its good rice quality, sufficient materials and tight binding, and has become one of the traditional tourism products in small towns.

2.shepherd's purse is round.

Shepherd's purse jiaozi, also known as cicada slough jiaozi, is the first choice for Xitang farmers to taste in early spring. This dish is characterized by golden color, fragrant smell, fresh and pure soup, fragrant teeth and cheeks, and better taste when served with local rice vinegar. Is suitable for all ages, rich in nutrition, full of pastoral flavor of the farmhouse cuisine.

3. Steamed pork with flour.

It is made of appropriate pork belly, spiced fried rice noodles, bean curd skin and fresh lotus leaves, with seasonings such as clove, star anise, soy sauce and sweet noodle sauce. This dish has a unique flavor, crisp and waxy meat, fragrant but not greasy. It can be used not only as a snack, but also as wine, and can give full play to the pharmacological effects of lotus leaf in relieving summer heat, removing blood stasis and stopping bleeding.

4. stinky tofu

There are two kinds of stinky tofu: dried stinky tofu and stinky tofu milk, both of which are quite popular snacks. Stinky tofu milk was once sent to the court as an imperial dish and was loved by Empress Dowager Cixi, hence her name. Stinky tofu has a unique flavor, crisp outside and tender inside, and a very tender and smooth taste.

5. Xitang Bazhen cake

Xitang Bazhen cake is a traditional specialty of Xitang, Jiaxing, Zhejiang. It is light gray and thin, fragrant and sweet, and it is especially loved by children.