snack in Jinling. Originating in the Ming Dynasty, it was the most famous snack in the Qing Dynasty and is included among the Four Humane Typical Street Snacks together with Taro Seedlings with Osmanthus Sugar, Lotus Root with Honey Sauce and Brewed sweat Dumplings of Glutinous Rice Flour with Osmanthus Wine. With its great color and luster as well as its agreeable sweetness, it tastes soft and crisp with an endless series of aftertastes. It is said that Emperor Qianlong entitled it the “Plum Blossom Cake”.
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Nanjing Da Pai Dang Restaurant has a style that is simple and clean. It is rather like a bar, teahouse and street market in the period of late Qing and early Republic of China. Its simple and unsophisticated fitting, its old-fashioned square table for eight people, and the storytelling and ballad singing in the Suzhou dialect seem to bring people back to the flourishing age of Jinling as a metropolis of the ten dynasties. The charcoal oven provides you with an original taste and a cordial feeling. It is a good place for both business dinners and family get-togethers.It is a blissful experience for people to talk freely while drinking.
Nanjing is called the “City of Duck”. You must enjoy a banquet featuring duck if you go out to dine in Nanjing. In Nanjing, the authentic Duck Blood Soup with Vermicelli is a dish that you can’t miss. In Yadebao in Nanjing, you can enjoy the most authentic Duck Blood Soup with Vermicelli. The duck giblets are both crisp and tasty, the vermicelli is smooth and the soup is delicious.
Nanjing No.1 Lotus Root with Honey Sauce is an old brand rock candy lotus root. Soft and fresh lotus root slices are filled with sticky rice, and they give off a pleasant osmanthus fragrance. Honey-stewed lotus root is crisp, soft and sweet but not oily. It maintains its fragrance in the mouth with a nice texture. It’s a Nanjing delicacy that you shouldn’t miss.
