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Also known as Jingsu Cuisine, Nanjing cuisine is strict in terms of selecting ingredients. It is meticulous in production, bright in color and changes according to the season. Nanjing cuisine is characterized mainly by its mellow, it tasted neither too salty nor too flat and it gives priority to freshness, fragrance, crispness, and texture. It looks hard but actually it tastes soft. The soup is thick and mellow, fat but not greasy, light but not tasteless, and the dish is tender, smooth and crisp without losing its flavor. The meat separated from the bone is cooked to a pulp, but still retains its shape.

Total 22 Nanjing Cuisine

Tang Bao is a kind of well-known Nanjing  snack. It is small with thin wraps and thick  stuffing. With fresh minced meat and abundant  gravy, it is tasty and fragrant. When tasting Tang  Bao, you should first make sure to absorb the  gravy, then, take a bite. The stuffing is chewy but  not greasy. It tastes fresh and sweet. Tang Bao  shops are everywhere in Nanjing, so you may  enjoy Tang Bao at any time.

Nanjing Yuanzi Meatball is prepared with  high-quality pork. Using Kalimeris indica or  water-swollen pig tendons, it is one of the traditional Nanjing dishes. Nanjing Yuanzi Meatball  tastes crisp and tender, with the fragrance of Kalimeris indica fully absorbed in the stuffing.With  a thick gravy, it is a delicious and mellow dish.

Tofu jelly is also known as jellied bean curd  or bean curd jelly. With more than ten kinds  of condiments such as dreid shrimp, mustard  tuber, edible fungus, green onion, chili oil and  sesame oil, Nanjing Tofu Jelly is as white as jade,  fragrant, refreshing, bright in color, mellow,  which tastes just right, neither too salty nor too  flat and reasonably spicy. It is full of flavor and is  very good for both brain and health.

Nanjing Dried Bean Curd Shreds are produced in a unique way with specially adopted  dried bean curd shreds which are tender but not  tough, dried but not fragmented. Cooked with  a great variety of soup stock, mixed with sesame  oil and high-quality soy sauce, this dish is fresh  with a long aftertaste. Since the establishment of  the Republic of China, the number of new varieties has been increasing. In mosques, Braised  Duck with Dried Bean Curd Shreds, Dried Bean  Curd Shreds with dried Shrimp and so on are  offered; in meat restaurant, Dried Bean Curd  Shreds with Bamboo Shoots, Dried Bean Curd  Shreds with Mushrooms, Meat Dried Bean Curd  Shreds with Crab Roe, Dried Bean Curd Shreds  with Chicken are all offered.

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