As the former residence of Yan Xishan, the former "King of Shanxi", Dingxiang County, Xinzhou, Shanxi, is surrounded by mountains on three sides, Four Water Hengtong, North of Wutai, south of Yangqu, the area since the Neolithic Longshan culture began to have tribes to flourish, can not be said to be far-reaching history. The long years have naturally given birth to a very local food culture, such as these two traditional famous foods that used to appear often in Yan Xishan's family banquets.
Steamed pork
As a traditional cuisine of Dingxiang County, Xinzhou, Shanxi, Dingxiang steamed meat is not only a must-have for the local people to marry and marry relatives and friends, it is said that in ancient times, Dingxiang steamed meat was once a tribute to the royal court, and before liberation, this thing was also added by Yan Xishan to the banquet to entertain Feng Yuxiang, Chiang Kai-shek and others. Nowadays, Dingxiang steamed meat is vacuum-packed by merchants, gift box package local specialties, and has become a commodity in supermarkets in Shanxi and even the whole country.
Authentic Xinzhou Dingxiang steamed meat, with lean pork as the main ingredient, steamed with mashed potatoes and flour and various seasonings, can be directly sliced when eaten on the plate, dipped in garlic paste and vinegar under the wine, if heated and cut into pieces, the entrance is soft and fragrant. It is this kind of local specialty that is not fat and greasy, suitable for all ages, although it does not use any high-end ingredients, but relying on its unique taste and taste, it was once called "Xinding steamed meat" or "Shanxi steamed meat", which was the main dish of the local past "Nine Gui Eight Plates" banquet, and even together with small crispy meat and sauce plum meat, it was called "Jin-style three steaming".
Yellow cake is one of the local flavor foods in Dingxiang County, with a history of more than 300 years. It is a kind of solid flat round cake baked in the noodle oven, about three inches in diameter, half an inch thick, the overall thickness is uniform, the oil is not greasy, crisp but not hard, soft but not tight, sweet but not light, chewy but not sticky, with a unique aroma, sweet, soft, crisp, and sharp and other characteristics.
Dingxiang yellow cake
Known as one of the top ten characteristic cakes in Shanxi, the yellow baked cake has been passed down for more than 200 years, and its origin can be traced back to the late Qing Dynasty, when the Eight-Nation Alliance army entered Beijing, Empress Dowager Cixi and a cadre of cronies Canghuang "Xi Hunt" on the way, the grand eunuch Li Lianying once dedicated this cake to the Western Empress, Empress Dowager Cixi praised it after tasting it, and the Dingxiang Yellow Baked Cake was also greatly famous, and it was declared that it did not fade through the changes of the times.
Yellow baked cake is actually a round cake baked in the noodle oven, about three inches in diameter, half an inch thick, made of flour and sesame oil, honey and other materials kneaded, after baking has a golden color, oil but not greasy, crisp but not hard, sweet and not greasy and many other characteristics, in 2013 that year, the yellow cake was rated as "Shanxi Top Ten Characteristic Cakes" by the Department of Commerce of Shanxi Province, and in 2015, the yellow cake production process was selected as "Xinzhou Intangible Cultural Heritage Project", The yellow cakes using commercial packaging are even exported to South Korea, Japan and other places.