Yangzhou breakfast specialties

Yangzhou has been a relatively prosperous region since ancient times, so the food in Yangzhou is more refined and tastes very delicious. Yangzhou has many special breakfast foods, such as Yangzhou fried rice, Yangzhou soup dumplings, thousand-layer oil cakes, etc., which are all breakfasts that people in Yangzhou area often eat. Take Yangzhou fried rice for example, it not only has plenty of ingredients but is also prepared with great delicacy. Let’s learn about the characteristics of other special foods.

1. Yangzhou fried rice, also known as Yangzhou egg fried rice, is famous all over the world. Don't underestimate this fried rice, as it combines the characteristics of Huaiyang cuisine, namely "rigorous selection of ingredients, meticulous production, careful processing, emphasis on color matching, and original flavor", and has developed into one of the famous staple foods with Huaiyang flavor. There are many varieties of Yangzhou fried rice, including "Silver Wrapped in Gold", "Assorted Egg Fried Rice" and "Vegetable Fried Rice". It has many ingredients, commonly used ones are eggs, sea cucumbers, ham, green beans, shrimps, pork tenderloin, mushrooms, bamboo shoots, chopped green onions, etc. The fried rice made in this way has distinct grains of rice and plenty of ingredients. It looks good and tastes good!

2. Sanding buns are a famous snack in Yangzhou. Their characteristics are: the bun skin absorbs the marinade of the filling, making it soft and delicious. The filling is soft and hard in the right amount, salty with a hint of sweetness and crispiness, oily but not greasy. The buns have beautiful shapes and can be said to be one of the representatives of Huaiyang dim sum. The so-called "three diced" is made of diced chicken, diced meat and diced bamboo shoots. The diced chicken is made from hens that have been cooked the previous year, which are both fat and tender; the diced meat is made from pork belly ribs, which have the right amount of fat; the diced bamboo shoots are made from fresh bamboo shoots according to the season. Sandi is also called Sanxian. Sanding buns are a common breakfast snack in Yangzhou. You can try them at the time-honored Yangzhou tea houses Fuchun and Yechun. However, these two shops are often so popular that it is hard to get a seat.

3. Yangzhou soup dumplings. People in Yangzhou often say: "In the morning, the skin is covered with water, and in the evening, the water is covered with the skin." The story behind this sentence: People in Yangzhou like to go to teahouses early in the morning to drink tea and eat a basket of soup dumplings, sipping the thick soup and chewing the mellow meat filling. It can be seen how popular soup dumplings are in Yangzhou. The soup dumplings are made with exquisite ingredients and are carefully made. The dough is made of fine flour and hot dough, the rib meat is used as the filling, the filling is made with fresh bone marrow soup, and it is seasoned with more than ten kinds of high-quality seasonings. The buns are fresh and tender, the skin is thin and the tendons are soft, the appearance is exquisite and translucent, the soup is mellow and rich, and it tastes oily but not greasy.

4. Thousand-layer oil cake is a famous food in Yangzhou. It is soft, sweet and tender with distinct layers. The cake is diamond-shaped, hibiscus-colored, translucent, and consists of 64 layers of sugar and oil, which are sweet and delicious. It has a history of nearly a hundred years. It was created by a famous chef in Yangzhou during the Guangxu period. He inherited the craftsmanship of thousand-layer steamed buns and improved it, using a slow and gentle fermentation method, and mixing oil, sugar and flour in even layers to avoid excessive amounts of grain and oil. Thousand-layer oil cake and jade-colored siu mai are known as the "two best Yangzhou pastries".