I'm in Kaifeng on business, and I want to take some Kaifeng specialties back to my colleagues. What are the specialties?

Kaifeng's special dishes include steamed buns, roast duck, peanut cake, cockfighting, roasted noodles with carp and so on.

Kaifeng specialty introduction:

First, Kaifeng steamed soup packets

1. Kaifeng steamed buns have a long history. It has a unique flavor and is one of the famous foods in Kaifeng.

2. The steamed stuffed bun is exquisite in material selection and fine in production. It is made of lean meat from pig's hind legs, refined powder as skin and steamed with explosive fire. Its characteristics are: beautiful appearance, small and exquisite, thin skin and many fillings, oily soup, delicious taste, fragrant and delicious.

This must be one of the local characteristics that all foreigners must eat when they go to Kaifeng.

Second, peanut cake

1. Peanut cake is a local traditional specialty in Kaifeng area. Peanut cake is an ancient court meal, which originated in the Song Dynasty and has been passed down for more than 600 years in the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.

2. Peanut cake is made of selected peanuts as the main raw material, supplemented by white sugar and caramel. After boiling sugar, stirring sugar, soaking peanut powder, cutting and forming.

3. The finished product is flaky, multi-layered, with fine network and strong porosity; The food tastes crisp, sweet and delicious. It's delicious.

Third, Bianjing roast duck.

Also known as Kaifeng roast duck, a traditional famous dish of Henan cuisine and one of the top ten famous dishes of Henan cuisine, it has a long history since the Northern Song Dynasty. Bianjing roast duck is crispy and fragrant, tender and red, and can be eaten by people with body heat and cold deficiency.

Fourth, Kaifeng cockfighting.

Cockfighting is a special dish in Kaifeng, which is made of local high-quality hens and century-old soup. Golden color, fat but not greasy, fresh and crisp.

Five, carp baked noodles

1. "Carp Baked Noodles" is one of the traditional cuisines in Kaifeng and enjoys a long reputation. Baked noodles are also called Longxu Noodles.

2. According to "Dream Record", the second day of the second lunar month in Kaifeng in Ming and Qing Dynasties was called "Dragon's Head Raised", and "Longxu Noodles was given to the guests for dinner, and the noodles were sent as a courtesy". At that time, Longxu Noodles had it. Just boil it in water and bake it. So it's called "baked noodles".

3. Carp-baked noodles are also the classic dishes of Henan cuisine, which are made of two famous dishes, sweet and sour fried fish and Longxu-baked noodles.

It is said that Empress Dowager Cixi stayed in Kaifeng when she fled in the Qing Dynasty, and the famous chef in Kaifeng paid tribute to "Fried Fish in Sweet and Sour" and "Baked Noodles". After seeing it, Cixi said on a whim that the carp was lying on the plate, probably asleep, and should be covered with a quilt to avoid catching cold. Then use chopsticks to wrap the fish in "roasted noodles", and "carp roasted noodles" are handed down as delicious food.

5. Carp baked noodles are purple in color, soft and fragrant; The baked noodles are as thin as hair, fluffy and crisp. It's a pity to travel to Kaifeng without tasting sweet and sour fish noodles.