What delicious snacks are there in Jiaxing?

Because of the different climates in each place, each city has its own different flavors. For example, people in some areas like to eat sweets, while people in some areas like to eat spicy food. This habit has led to the formation of different snacks with different flavors in different places. Local snacks are the specialties of each place and others cannot learn how to make them even if they want to. Let me introduce to you what delicious snacks there are in Jiaxing.

1. Jiaxing Zongzi

It is a traditional Han delicacy in Jiaxing, Zhejiang, with a long history. Jiaxing rice dumplings are famous for being sticky but not mushy, fat but not greasy, fragrant and delicious, and moderately salty and sweet. The fresh meat rice dumpling is the most famous and is known as the "King of Rice Dumplings". Jiaxing rice dumplings are popular among tourists because of their delicious taste and convenience to carry and eat, and are known as "Oriental fast food".

2. Chang'an Banquet

It is a delicious dish in Haining. Banquet balls can be divided into two types: "Drop Soup Banquet Balls" and "Spiny Hair Banquet Balls". One of the main ingredients is fish, which include silver carp, bighead carp and grass carp. Silver carp weighing more than 3 jin is the best, as the fish meat is tender and lively. Another main ingredient is meat, which must be made of fat, and the selection of ingredients is very particular. The banquet ball is round, which implies "reunion".

3. Xitang Eight Treasures Cake

It is a traditional specialty of Xitang Ancient Town in Zhejiang Province. It is both a medicine and a pastry. It has a long history and a good reputation. It is a unique cake. As early as 1920, Zhong Daosheng, an old Chinese medicine doctor in Xitang, first created it according to the ancient "authentic surgical" recipe and his own clinical experience. Before 1956, it was produced and sold at Zhong Jie Fu Tang Chinese Medicine Store. After the public-private partnership, the cake-making workers and the original recipe were transferred to Xitang Food Factory, and the output has increased significantly since then.

4. Wuzhen Braised Chicken

Braised chicken in soy sauce is a famous Han Chinese specialty in Wuzhen. It has a shiny red appearance, is crispy and tender when eaten, and has a long-lasting aftertaste. The raw materials are selected from native hens raised by local farmers that year. During processing, it is cooked as a whole, soaked in the original juice, and the soup is extracted three times; then, it is soaked in high-quality soy sauce, rice wine, sugar, spices and other condiments; after it is taken out of the pot, it is coated with a layer of sesame oil before it is completed. The finished sauce chicken is particularly easy to preserve because it is repeatedly cooked with the original juice and soup, and the moisture in the chicken has basically evaporated. There is a saying that "it does not go bad in June and does not freeze in December."