What are the specialties of Taiyuan, Shanxi

1, mutton steamed bun. Mutton steamed buns, also known as mutton bubble, the ancient name of "sheep soup", Guanzhong Han flavor delicacies, originating from the town of Weinan City, Shaanxi Province, solid city. It is fine cooking, heavy material taste mellow, meat rotten soup thick, fat but not greasy, nutritious, fragrant, tempting appetite, after eating a long memory.

2, buckwheat river fishing. Yuanping river fishing is one of the famous Shanxi noodles, because the production of river fishing beds need to be set up on the pot, the pot boiled water, pressed river fishing directly into the pot, cooked and then fished out, as if out of the river, so it is called river fishing.

3, over-oiled meat. Over oil meat is a traditional Chinese dish, in Shanxi, Jiangsu, Shanghai and Zhejiang areas, from the selection of materials to the production of different, Shanxi over oil meat is more famous, with strong local characteristics of Shanxi, known as the "three Jin a flavor", which originated in the Ming Dynasty, the famous city of East Jin Pingding (now Pingding County, Yangquan, Shanxi Province), different practices.

4, scar cake. Scar cake, with oil and flour, will be crushed thin pastry on the griddle has been heated on the stone, slow fire baked, forming uneven scars, and thus the cake is covered with scars and named, also known as seed cake, also known as stone cake, started in the Ming Dynasty.

5, cat ears. Cat's ear is a traditional flavor of Shanxi Jinzhong, Jinbei and other areas of the pasta, commonly known as "grinding pimples", "grinding cakewalk" and so on. It has a long history and is similar to the "hoto" mentioned in the Northern Wei Dynasty's "Essentials of Qimin", which is made in the shape of a cat's ear, small and exquisite, smooth and appetizing, and is a popular noodle dish that has been passed down for a long time.