The sweet aroma of Gangnam begins with breakfast, and the freshest first bite is wrapped in the crisp shell of magnolia cake.
Magnolia cake is one of Wuxi's favorite breakfasts, fried until the crispy crust bites open with a sweet flavor of meatballs with lard inverted. The gaps in the shell and filling are filled with overflowing soup. After eating it in one bite, the taste has always been sweet to the heart.
There are several legends about the origin of the name magnolia cake, one is that it was created by an old cake shop during the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, and the other is that the magnolia cake was first used to put magnolia petals in the invert. For diners, of course, they are willing to believe in both, in the flower season of Jiangnan, taste a sweet shortbread that oozes the fragrance of petals, which is the most delicious taste that Wuxi should have in spring.
The alluring essence of magnolia cake lies in two places – the crispness of the glutinous rice flour shell and the elastic teeth of the sweet pork filling. Classic magnolia cakes are made from finely ground glutinous rice flour and boiled water to form a cake embryo, and the filling is made of fresh pork, vegetable lard, bean paste, and sesame balls into pork balls. Among them, the ratio of sugar and vegetable lard is the key, the sweetness of Wuxi cuisine is brought out with sweetness, mixed with the fragrance of lard, more than one point is greasy, less than one point is rough taste. Fry until the magnolia cake is golden in the outer skin, bite open the fins, the meatballs are stuffed with chewy texture, and then drink a small mouthful of soup that spills out, perfect.
The most praised word of mouth - Maohua cuisine
Go to Wuxi to eat only this bite of magnolia cake, go to Mao Hua's house is right. The most traditional old shop taste, oil big meat sweet soup more, thin skin bite open directly is a large meatball, guarding the frying pan just out of the oven to eat is the most praised, the heat coming out is almost hot to the mouth. In addition to magnolia cakes, small shops from breakfast business to supper also have raw fried and Wuxi sour and spicy soups to taste, no matter what time it is a good business.
Maohua Cuisine (Qingyang Road Branch)
Address: No. 80-2 Qingyang Road, Nanchang District, Wuxi City
Tel:0510-85011961
The most material is used - Wuxi to find chef baobao
Wuxi's most willing to use the magnolia cake of course can be eaten by chef baobao. From the outer skin to the inverted, it is full of materials. The slightly thicker glutinous rice has a more chewy and crispy outer skin, and the large meatballs inside are slightly sweeter and softer in taste, and the bite should be crispy to remove the slag. Go to Wuxi to find chef baobao to eat well
Wu Yue No. 1
Location: 2nd Floor, InterContinental Junlai, No. 6 Yonghe Road, Nanchang District, Wuxi (near Taihu Plaza)
Tel:0510-81185888
There is ingenuity - Lakeside Hotel
Young chefs can always add a little more to the traditional taste. The magnolia cake here is moderately sweet, the oil is just right, and the proportion of vegetable lard has been repeatedly kneaded to restore the most authentic wuxi old taste. Paired with a small box of local tofu and a white jade lion head made of half a salted egg yolk, the refreshing soup is the most degreasing magic weapon.
Lakeside Hotel Fishing Restaurant
Address: Wuxi Binhu District Huanhu Road No. 1 Lakeside Hotel 27th, 28th floor
Tel:0510-85107766
Want to taste the sweet taste of magnolia cake and can not go to Wuxi quickly, there are ways to taste the early, the old magnolia cake brand network is available, and it can be tasted in season when it is sent home quickly. Remember to pan half a pot of oil, cover most of the magnolia cake until it is charred and then turned over, the golden skin on both sides can be crispy to come out of the pan, and you can also fry the slim waist line in the middle of the magnolia cake.