What’s delicious in Xiangyang?

As the main thoroughfare between north and south of Xiangyang, the food is also very diverse, and the tastes from all over the country can be absorbed. First of all, it can be seen from the variety of breakfast.

The first is what everyone calls a bowl of noodles in the city. Everyone knows that Xiangyang’s beef noodles are very famous, but Xiangyang is not only beef noodles. In Xiangyang, you can eat noodles for breakfast every day without repeating the same thing for a month. One reason is that there are many noodle restaurants, and the other reason is that there are many varieties of noodles. There are beef noodles, beef offal noodles, and the red soup base is made from beef bones and butter, one spicy, two spicy, and three fresh. It has an unforgettable charm. Tofu noodles, kelp noodles, and soybean noodles are what people in Xiangyang call plain noodles. They are more economical and more affordable than beef noodles, and they are also popular breakfast choices. The kelp inside is braised, the soybeans are stewed to a pulp, and the tofu puffs are crispy and fragrant after being fried. Adding a spoonful of beef offal red oil is also delicious. Zhajiang noodles, hot dry noodles, chicken soup noodles, hot and sour noodles, Sichuan noodles, hand-made noodles, casserole noodles, knife-shaped noodles, Lanzhou noodles, Henan braised noodles, Chongqing noodles, Shanxi, Chengdu Dandan noodles, etc. Come to Xiangyang, Do you still worry about breakfast?

The second delicious thing is clear soup. Except for dumplings, wontons with thin skin and little filling are all called clear soup in Xiangyang. The soup is mixed with appropriate amount of vinegar, dried shrimps, seaweed, and chopped green onion. After one bite, it will be tooth-droppingly delicious.

Brown sugar cakes are a specialty in Xiangyang. Brown sugar scones are very popular in Xiangyang. At the brown sugar cake shop on North Street, you can’t get it if you go there often, and the long queues often cause delays. So far. The old noodles are added with brown sugar and baked in the stove. They are burnt on the outside and sweet on the inside. The deliciousness is indescribable.

King Kong cake, a famous traditional snack in Xiangyang, Hubei Province, is made from flour, sugar, sesame oil, etc., after fermentation, mixed and kneaded into a horseshoe-shaped cake, and then baked in a special large oven for 4 hours. It is brown in color, crispy, does not stick to the teeth, and "crisps easily" after falling into the mouth. It can be eaten by people with bad teeth or without teeth.

Stir-fried eel: Originally popular in Yicheng, Hubei Province, small eels are stir-fried and twisted into a ball. It tastes particularly chewy and the taste goes deep into the bone marrow. You can't stop eating it.

Delicious prawns: Yicheng prawns are spicy, Qianjiang prawns braised in oil, and steamed prawns are delicious. Garlic prawns are also very popular. In Xiangyang, all kinds of prawn flavors you want can be satisfied here. In Xiangyang, making delicious prawns is a career.

Kohlrabi: Kohlrabi is also called Kongming vegetable. It is not delicious when eaten alone, but it is a delicious artifact. With the addition of shredded pork, stir-fried shredded pork with kohlrabi is the best flavor to go with rice, and it is also a nostalgia that many students who study abroad must take with them when they leave. If you add a few slices when making soup without adding salt, the taste will change immediately.