The top ten famous foods in Yixing are Gaocheng pork belly, Yixing hairy crabs, Hujiao small wonton, black rice, bean curd in clear soup, blasphemous watermelon, dried bean curd in Heqiao town, scallion cake in Yangxiang, wild mushrooms, and Malantou cold dish.

1. Gaocheng pork

Gaocheng braised pork (sow) has a long history. It originated from the Chen family in taoyuan village, Gaocheng Town, Yixing City, and has a history of more than 13 years. The ancestors made a living by farming, and their lives were difficult. Many farmers raised pig women and sold their babies to make up for their livelihood. Each sow gives birth to about 1 litters, and the piglets are fat and no longer pregnant, so they have to be abandoned because of their fishy meat. Taoyuan village, a farmer surnamed Chen, felt it a pity to abandon it, so he tried a variety of condiments and cooked delicious pork.

2. Yixing Hairy Crab

The crab culture area in Yixing is nearly 1, hectares, and there are not a few farmers whose yield per mu exceeds 1 kilograms. In the towns of Guanlin, Gaocheng and Xinjian, crab farming has become an important source of income for local farmers to get rich. It is understood that the average selling price of products with geographical indication certification trademarks is higher than that of similar products, and the economic benefits are remarkable. "Yixing Hairy Crab" is recognized as a national geographical indication certification trademark, which is a good opportunity for Yixing crab farmers to transform and develop, and increase their yield and income.

3. Hujiao small wonton

This key recommendation is that the soup is bone soup, cooked by the boss, and the small wonton is also hand-wrapped, not the kind that is pinched in the street, but mini wonton. This bowl is a medium bowl without coriander, so it may not look good, but it is really delicious. Don't put Chili sauce in the wonton, just sprinkle some pepper. Chili sauce will cover up the original flavor of the soup.

4. Black rice

The leaves of Nanzhuang, a folk dish for making black rice in Yixing, mainly grow in the hilly and mountainous areas in the south of Yixing. Generally, the rice for making black rice is mainly glutinous rice, mixed with some japonica rice, which is especially fragrant and delicious after cooking. The custom of eating black rice in Yixing has a long history and has been passed down from generation to generation. Yixing black rice is a local specialty food in Yixing, and it is also a unique folk culture created by Yixing people. It has distinctive local characteristics and has a great influence around Yixing.

5. Clear soup bean curd flower

The clear soup bean curd flower at the south gate of Yixing, with a pair of shoulders, bowls and lamps, is still from the Ming Dynasty. When hot bean curd flower is poured with hot soy sauce, dried shrimps and garlic flowers are sprinkled and eaten in the street, it is unforgettable. In fact, there are many ways to eat "bean curd flower", which can be sucked with straws, eaten in bowls and bowls, or picked up with spoons. It would be a great pleasure to drink a bowl of steaming "tofu flower" in winter.

6. Disdaining watermelon

Bailidu District on the west bank of Taihu Lake is the main producing area of watermelon in Yixing. The late-maturing watermelon here is called "Disdaining watermelon". After beginning of autumn, when other varieties of watermelons were out of the market, profane watermelons were on the market in large quantities to meet the needs of urban and rural people. Shanghai Yimin Food Factory has already signed a contract with some supply and marketing cooperatives in Yiding District to make canned watermelons from blasphemed watermelons and sell them overseas.

Disdained watermelons always taste good. Compared with watermelons produced in foreign countries and other local areas, no matter the taste or the degree of sand, it is better to eat them.

7. Heqiao Town Dried Tofu

Heqiao Town is a famous historical and cultural town in the south of the Yangtze River with a history of more than 1,5 years. Since ancient times, it has been a prosperous commercial port where boats gather in Chiba and merchants from all directions pass by, enjoying the reputation of "Little Wuxi". The selected soybeans are ground into dried flower bags, and their shapes can be displayed in cattail bags. After several complicated processes, they can be sold after soaking for more than a month. Dried tofu pieces are as big as silver dollars, salty and sweet, chewy but not stiff. It was once listed as a "tribute" in the Qing Dynasty.

8. Yangxiang scallion cake

From Yixing city to the suburbs, walk along the Youfang River, and see the big archway of "Jiuhou's hometown", and Yangxiang Old Street will appear in front of you. Look at this onion, green and green, one by one. In the old gentleman's memory, scallion cake is wrapped in lotus leaf or oil paper. After eating the scallion cake, the attractive fragrance remains on the lotus leaf or oil paper. Yangxiang scallion cake is moon-shaped, Huang Chengcheng in color, crisp, full of chopped green onion fragrance, moderately sweet and salty, oily but not greasy, and very refreshing.

9. Wild goose mushroom

Wild goose mushroom is the most delicious in the world. Su Dongpo met the wild goose mushroom in Yixing, and once he tried it, he became hopelessly addicted. Su Dongpo is a gourmet and an explorer. We can imagine the shock and joy of a generation when everyone first met the wild goose. The taste of wild goose mushroom obviously crosses the boundary between meat and vegetables. Wild goose mushroom can be fried and boiled in many ways. The traditional practice of Yixing mountain people is to cook it with good soy sauce. The boiled wild goose mushroom is black and red in color and delicious, which can be eaten directly with meals or as a side dish.

1. Malantou

Malantou is everywhere in the fields in spring. It pokes around in the weeds, with oval leaves and dark green colors; The stem is two or three inches long, and the Malan head with a little red is superior. Yixing people love Malantou more than other wild vegetables, and its unique taste is unforgettable. The fragrance of the mouth, the feeling of shining at the moment, only feel that spring is hovering in the mouth.