Taiyuan not only has beautiful scenery, but also food, a variety of unique styles, let's take a look at Taiyuan's special cuisine!
Taiyuan knife cutting surface
Taiyuan knife cutting surface is known as flying knife cutting surface for its knife work and excellent cutting skills. The knife used is a special tile-shaped knife. The noodles should be kneaded into a barrel of more than a ruler long, and when cutting the noodles, the person stands in front of the pot, holds the noodles in one hand, and cuts the knife from top to bottom into the pot. The cut noodles are triangular in shape, with the same width and thickness. The exquisite chef cut out a noodle that fell into the soup pot, one floated in the air, one just came out of the knife, and the root cut the noodles like a fish leaping. It tastes weak and tendons, soft and smooth, and easy to digest.
Noodles without vinegar are incomplete. "East Lake" brand old vinegar produced in Qingxu, Shanxi, was founded in the early Ming and early Qing dynasties, has a history of more than 350 years, is the authentic old vinegar in Shanxi. "East Lake" brand old vinegar, with its exquisite brewing skills and excellent taste of color, aroma and taste, well-known at home and abroad, ranking first in China's famous vinegar, is also an indispensable part of the Shanxi people's dinner table.
Taiyuan Rat Cave Lantern
The Mouse Cave Lantern is a local traditional snack in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province. The skin is thin and filling, and the taste is luscious. People who have lived in Taiyuan for a long time or temporarily come to Taiyuan to visit relatives, friends and tourists must go to the "Rat Cave" to taste. This Lantern skin is sticky in the cotton, sweet in the filling, white and bright in color, exquisite in ingredients, unique flavor, has been listed in the intangible cultural heritage of Shanxi Province.
Taiyuan mind
"Mind" is a flavor snack unique to Taiyuan, which is a soup-like food. It is a kind of food prepared with eight raw materials such as fatty lamb, yellow flowers, simmered noodles, lotus root, long yam, galangal, sake lees, and rice wine, so it is also known as Eight Treasures Soup. In a bowl of soup, put three large pieces of fatty lamb, a piece of lotus root, and a yam. The soup is seasoned with rice wine, sake lees and astragalus. When tasting, you can feel the mixed aroma of wine, medicine and lamb, which is delicious and delicious, and the more you eat it, the more fragrant it becomes. Features: Beneficial qi tone, nourishing weakness, invigorating blood and stomach, rich in nutrition, with the effect of soothing cold and asthma and strengthening the body, prolonging life.
Taiyuan haggis cut
"Haggis cutting", also known as "haggis", is a local snack in Shanxi. Walking in the streets and alleys of Shanxi, you can see small shops dealing in "haggis cutting" everywhere, with a small façade and a booming business. Usually each shop puts a large pot on the fire, which has old soup and the haggis that is served together to wait for the pot. Every time a guest comes, the owner will ask you to eat a few or two. This means that you have to add a few pieces of meat, and the price is determined according to the amount of meat you want. Don't think that haggis is pure meat, oh, it will be served with vermicelli. The old soups of each family have different ingredients, and the tastes of the ingredients are different.
Recognize steamed beef and mutton dumplings
Taiyuan's specialty dishes include beef and mutton steamed dumplings, the most famous of which is the Jianyili beef and mutton steamed dumplings, created around 1930, the location is the same as today, also in Qiaotou Street. Recognize the steamed dumplings "thin skin, small edges, large filling, half-moon shaped, no opening, no dew filling", the use of more than a dozen ingredients, mainly cardamom, sand kernels, white root, white art, cinnamon, cloves, cumin, peppercorns, large ingredients, tangerine peel, etc., known as "thirteen spices", eating fat but not greasy, inlet juice, delicious taste. If you can't eat enough steamed dumplings, there are haggis soup, beef ball soup, beef ravioli, red bean porridge, millet porridge and other choices in the store, each of which is very delicious, as long as you walk into the store, you can ensure that you can eat warm and baked out.
Slightly plum
Slightly plum (also called roasted wheat, shou wheat, slightly wheat) is also a famous flavor snack in Taiyuan, with a special rolling pin beaten into flower folds, resembling plum blossoms. There is a saying that "it is difficult to eat a little plum and noodles, and it is difficult to pick a filling with thin skin and hit flowers", and it is difficult to make a little plum technically. The more pleats are beaten, the more beautiful the plum blossom buds become. Good slightly plum skin as thin as paper, round as a plate, more edge flowers, picked into a slightly plum filling, mellow, sharp, put in the cage, just like a plum blossom that does not bloom, let people appetite greatly increase, the flower seems to be not fully blooming plum blossom is a good slightly plum.
Egg mash
Egg mash is also a special snack in Taiyuan, rongmaoyuan Haizi side snack department of the egg mash has long been famous, and it is still rumored that "Haizi side mash king, wine is not as strong as mash". Although egg mash is found in many parts of the country, the taste is very different. According to legend, Zhao Kuangyin abandoned literature and martial arts, crossed the Yellow River in the east to Daizhou, and was hungry without money, grain, and hunger. The shopkeeper looked at him with extraordinary spirits and made mash for him. Zhao Kuangyin did not know what it was, and the shopkeeper said, "It's just bad soup." Later, Zhao Kuangyin became the emperor, missed the "bad soup", asked the shop to go to Beijing to re-make it, and said, "The bad soup is sweet and sour, the wine is fragrant, and it will be called mash in the future." "Jinkou Yuyan, the name of mash has been passed down, and it has been passed down to this day, and Jiangbei is mostly called mash, while Jiangnan is mostly called Jiangmi wine. Generally, brown sugar and ginger are added to boiling water, and then beaten into eggs, followed by extinguishing the heat. Place the egg and soup in a bowl and add the sake to serve.
The noodles are chestnut
It is a famous traditional noodle snack in the alpine region of Shanxi and belongs to Jin cuisine. "栲栳栳栳" is a kind of noodle food made with fine workmanship, because of its shape like "笆斗", which is called "栳栳" by the people. It is one of the top ten noodle dishes in Shanxi. Its exquisite craftsmanship, the perfect combination of beautiful forming and strong taste, coupled with "lamb mushroom soup, a family eating ten incense", it has become an authentic cuisine, even when the Kangxi Emperor worshiped Wutai Mountain, he also took this as a pleasure in life.
Over-oiled meat
On September 10, 2018, "Chinese Cuisine" was officially released, and "Shanxi Oily Meat" was rated as one of the top ten classic dishes in Shanxi. Authentic over-oil meat selected pork tenderloin or yuanbao meat as the main ingredient, finely cut into copper money thick slices, add egg yolk, starch, salt, cooking wine, etc. mix well, put into the oil pot and stir-fry, add fungus, magnolia slices, green onions, spinach and other accessories cooked and fried, golden color, salty taste, smell vinegar, texture soft outside tender, juice appropriate amount transparent, not thin and not thick, slightly bright oil.
Soba enema
Soba noodle enema is a small meal that can be found everywhere in Taiyuan, and the surrounding counties and cities are called "bowl holders". The production method is to mix the soba noodles into a paste, put it in a container, steam it on the fire, and then get out of the container after cooling, which is called "bowl off" to compare the image. The taste is strong and delicate, smooth and sharp, not greasy for a long time, simple to prepare, cut as you eat, add secret marinade, the taste is better. Although it is called an enema, soba enema is completely different from the meaty enema commonly said. The mainstream eating rules of enemas are divided into fried enemas with bean sprouts and cold enemas with brine.
Taiyuan old tofu
Is the local traditional food in Taiyuan, old tofu is also called tofu brain, with sugar dumplings to color, add heat to boil, add wet powder, put in the soaked oil vermicelli, add tofu brain appropriate amount, onion salt and pepper seasoning. The color is golden red translucent, the texture is slightly thick, scoop into the bowl and then add sea rice, kelp silk, golden needles, diced leeks, pepper, drizzle with sesame sesame oil, the taste is mellow, people can't get tired of eating, praise.
Pea cake
Pea cake (also known as bean cake or Chengsha cake) is a traditional pastry and is one of the top ten famous foods in Shanxi. It is made by peeling and grinding powder with fine peas and adding sugar, persimmon cake and persimmon cream. The color is moist and yellow, and the taste is dense. It is delicious, sweet but not greasy, and has the effect of clearing the heat and setting fire, which is loved by the locals.
Meng Feng Cake
One of the unique traditional famous foods in Mengfeng Village, Qingxu County, Taiyuan, was created in the 10th year of Qing Guangxu and has a history of more than 100 years. In the local area, regardless of the New Year's Festival, people buy some Mengfeng cakes, one is from home to taste, and the other can be given as gifts to relatives and friends. It is famous for its fragrant, crisp, soft, sweet and cool characteristics.
Six-flavored meat with sauce
Liuwei Zhai sauce meat is a local intangible cultural heritage dish, with a variety of varieties, including sauce elbow flowers, sauce meat, egg rolls, mixed mix, etc., each of which has a unique flavor. The sauce meat is rich in color and enticing in flavor. It is fat but not greasy, thin but not chai, and the taste is excellent, which makes people's lips and teeth leave a fragrant aftertaste.
Which is the taste in your memory? Come here, a bunch of flour, a bowl of old tofu, taste Jin wine, eat Jin cuisine, enjoy a different Taiyuan style.