Top 10 tasty snacks
The 10 tastiest snacks of Yangzhou are bamboo shoots and meat fried dumpling, Yangzhou cake, crab shell cake, egg pancake, salty pancake, turnip cake, and etc.
Sweet-scented osmanthus with candied lotus root
This dish is cooked with thick lotus root that is stewed in a casserole for three to four hours and is then sliced and sprinkled with thick sugar oil, which makes it fragrant, sweet and chewy.
Three-head dish
This dish uses split and braised silver carp head, roasted pig's head, and steamed crab meat with large meatballs.
Goose in brine
Yangzhou has many goose stalls, where the meat is fresh and tender, clean and fragrant and has a unique taste.
Lotus root feast
The root, lotus, seed, seedpod and powdered root can be all used as food and the lotus root feast contains both uncooked root, as well as fried, boiled or cooked in soup, all of which are very tasty.
Crab meat tofu
This dish combines tofu with crab meat, which adds to the taste so that the fresh crab and tender tofu have won over many diners.
Drunk shrimp
This dish involves putting live shrimp in some wine then putting them on ice cubes when they're "drunk".
Braised silver carp's head
To cook the silver carp's head, it is first stewed for a long time until it is completely imbued with the source and is suffused with fragrance, and is tender and juicy.
Scalded Tofu Shreds (Yangzhou gan si)
Scalded tofu shreds represent one of the basic requirements of life for the people of Yangzhou.
