What are the special snacks in Hangzhou?

Hangzhou-style snacks, with various patterns and different seasons, have three characteristics.

Features 1:

Most of them are taken from the local products of Hangzhou and are often associated with the scenic spots of the West Lake. When you visit the lake in summer, you can taste the lotus root paste in the west. In autumn, you can enjoy osmanthus in Nanshan and eat a bowl of West Lake osmanthus chestnut soup in Osmanthus Hall.

Feature 2:

Every season is delicious. For example, during the Spring Festival, various kinds of spring rolls, fresh meat dumplings and assorted eight-treasure rice are supplied; during the Tomb-Sweeping Day, Ai Qing dumplings are supplied; during the Dragon Boat Festival, fine sand or fresh meat brown is listed; during the Mid-Autumn Festival, Hangzhou-style, Soviet-style and Cantonese-style moon cakes are made; and during the Chongyang Festival, millet cakes are eaten. In spring and March, there are many fresh fish and shrimp bamboo shoots, shrimp fried eel noodles, Sichuan Daoxiao Noodles, and shrimp dumplings. In the hot summer, mint cakes, crystal cakes, Fuling cakes, meat and bone porridge, crab fat from Sanqiuhu Lake and crab yellow steamed buns are on the market, and glutinous rice cakes and lard rose rice cakes are also available in1February.

Feature 3:

It has a long history and is often accompanied by legends. Such as Wu Shan shortbread and fried juniper. According to legend, after Yue Fei was killed by Qin Gui and his wife, people in Hangzhou hated Qin Gui. At that time, there was a small shop specializing in fried pasta near Wangxianqiao. When the master saw the treacherous court official Qin Gui sitting in the sedan chair every day, he was disgusted. One day, he kneaded the pasta into a human shape and put it in an oil pan. While frying, he shouted, "Fry Qin Gui, fry Qin Gui!" "What does he sell? He said casually, "Fried juniper. "Hence the name.

Famous snacks in Hangzhou include chicken crisp, soup with minced meat in Song Dynasty, West Lake vinegar fish, fried eel noodles with shrimps, printed cakes, oily Dong Er, scallion and juniper, and so on.