What are the special food snacks in Yangzhou?

1, Yangzhou fried rice: also known as Yangzhou fried rice with eggs, it is a traditional local dish. Legend has it that it originated in the Sui Dynasty, and its main ingredients are rice, ham, eggs and shrimp. So far there are different flavors and varieties.

2. Melaleuca Cake: It is a traditional local food in Yangzhou. It is said that it originated in the Qing Dynasty and has a history of 100 years. Generally, it is made of white flour, pork fat, white sugar, sweet red melon shreds, edible alkali and cooked lard. Its characteristics: layers of sugar and oil alternate, soft and sweet, fresh and tender, very delicious.

3. Sanding steamed stuffed bun: it is a traditional local dish. According to legend, it originated in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, and it was the breakfast made by Yangzhou chef Ding when Qianlong went down to the south of the Yangtze River. When it is stuffed with diced sea cucumber, diced chicken, diced meat, diced winter bamboo shoots and diced shrimp, it is called a five-diced bun. Because of the consumption level of civilians, removing the diced sea cucumber and shrimp has become a three-dimensional steamed stuffed bun. Its characteristics: fresh, fragrant, crisp, tender, fat but not greasy. Very delicious.

4. Emerald steamed dumplings: It is one of the famous foods, which was initiated by Chen Buyun, the founder of Fuchun Tea Club. It is 100 years old. It is prepared by chopping vegetables, adding refined salt, sugar and cooked lard, uniformly mixing to make stuffing, rolling into thin skin with semi-cooked instant noodles, and kneading into chrysanthemum shape. The stuffing at the neck is slightly exposed and decorated with a little ham. Its characteristics: white and bright skin, green stuffing, sweet and fragrant.