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Top 10 in Nanjing Special Food Ranking

Nanjing's top ten specialties are Jinling sparerib, salted duck, assorted tofu stains, duck blood vermicelli soup, Nanjing steamed buns, jiaozi fermented with red beans, jiaozi cakes, Zhuangyuandou, dried pork and Dongshan old goose.

1, Jinling ribs

The representative of Nanjing cuisine, crisp outside and tender inside, is delicious. Every bite can feel the rich cultural heritage and warm taste bud feast.

2, salted duck

Salted duck is a famous dish in Nanjing, which belongs to Jinling cuisine and is one of the representatives of Jinling cuisine. Duck skin is fresh and tender, fat but not greasy, fragrant and delicious, with the characteristics of fragrance, crispness and tenderness. The salted duck produced in the blooming season of osmanthus around Mid-Autumn Festival is called osmanthus duck because of its good color and taste.

3. Assorted tofu stains

Tofu stains are also called tofu brain and tofu flower, and they are also called "not old" in Nanjing dialect. This snack is found all over the country, but the tofu stains in Nanjing are different from those in other places, but the color is as white as jade.

4. Duck blood vermicelli soup

People in Nanjing have enjoyed eating ducks since ancient times. They have a history of 1400 years. According to legend, in the Qing Dynasty, a Nanjing man killed a duck. He didn't want to throw away his blood, so he put it in a small bowl. Unexpectedly, all the fans came, and he still cooked duck blood with them, so duck blood vermicelli soup was born.

5. Nanjing steamed buns

Steamed buns, formerly known as steamed buns, are a famous traditional snack of Han nationality in China. Soup-filling bag originated from the soup-filling bag in Kaifeng, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, and was sold as early as the Northern Song Dynasty. It was called grouting bag or soup-filling bag.

6, red bean wine brewing small balls

Jiaozi with red wine and red beans is a special snack in Nanjing, and its dessert is also delicious. Red beans are not cooked well and taste like melting. Mix glutinous rice balls with wine, it tastes good. Friends who like dessert should not miss it. It can be used as breakfast or dessert.

7. The cake group is smaller.

Jiangnan people like sweetness, so traditional pastry shops have a good market in Nanjing. Nanjing people pay attention to sweetness but not evil when eating sweets, and are called the best dessert. In addition, it is not enough to have good taste, and the shape and color should be outstanding. Therefore, most of Nanjing's cakes are exquisite, colorful, sweet and soft, and full of fragrance.

8. Champion Fight

Zhuangyuan bean is one of the special snacks in Nanjing Confucius Temple, and fermented bean is actually spiced bean. Just like spiced eggs, spiced beans are fragrant, salty, sweet, tender, fragrant and interesting.

9. Boil dried silk

Boiled dried silk belongs to Huaiyang cuisine, which was famous in the world during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. The taste is refreshing and the aftertaste is endless.

10, Dongshan Old Goose

Dongshan old goose belongs to Jinling cuisine and is one of the famous dishes in Nanjing. When eating, mix the chopsticks sauce with chopped green onion and pour it into the goose just out of the pot.