Taiyuan naotou
Soul is a nourishing food and a unique snack in Taiyuan, which has a history of more than 300 years. It was invented by Fu Shan, a scholar in Qing Dynasty, in memory of his mother. Put three pieces of fat mutton, a lotus root and a long yam in a bowl of soup paste. The seasoning of the soup is yellow wine, distiller's grains and astragalus. The mixture of medicine and mutton is delicious, and the more you eat, the more fragrant it becomes. Brain is not a thick soup or thin soup made of mutton, sheep pulp, distiller's grains, Huimian Noodles, lotus root, long yam, astragalus root and ginger, so it is also called Bazhen soup. When eating brain, it should be accompanied by pickled leeks as a drug introduction. People get up in the morning and drink a bowl of brain-strengthening, which not only satisfies hunger and promotes blood circulation, but also achieves nourishing effect. Taiyuan is more authentic than Qinghe Garden.
Taiyuan Shaomei
Slightly beautiful is a traditional snack in Taiyuan. As the saying goes, "small plums are delicious, but it is difficult to make noodles." Thin skin and flowers are hard to make. "It can be seen that it is difficult to be a small beauty and the manufacturing process is excellent. Shanxi has a long history of burning coal. It used to be a snack for rich families in rural areas of Shanxi for holiday banquets. The steamed dumplings in the capital of Beijing originated here. The production process of Burning Beauty is very complicated. You need a special rolling pin to play with flowers. Shanxi is called "jujube hammer". It is specially used to trim flowers with a little plum skin. The more wrinkles, the better the slightly plum blossom teeth look. Good plums are as thin as paper, as round as a plate, with many flowers on each side. Picked plums are big, fragrant and delicious, and put in cages, just like all notices. Small plums are made of dough, prepared products, rolled slices, pressed lace, mixed stuffing and steamed in cages. Plum-shaped food is delicious, and visitors to Shanxi seldom come to try it and rarely talk about it.
Taigu pancake
Taigu cake is a traditional famous food in Shanxi province, named after it is produced in Taigu County. Beginning in the Qing Dynasty, Taikoo cakes are sweet but not greasy, crisp but not broken, and delicious. It is famous all over the country for its fragrance, crispness and softness, and enjoys the reputation of "the king of cakes". Taikoo cake is a typical representative of Shanxi merchants' food culture. The famous singer Guo's crisp and sweet song "Pingyao Beef Taikoo Cake" made Taikoo Cake famous all over the world.
Rice husk oat flour roasted laolao
Oil noodles are a kind of pasta snacks in the alpine region of Shanxi. Xinzhou's practice is the most typical: add twice the boiling water or cold water to make a oat noodle, push it on a smooth surface with your palm, and roll it into a tube with your index finger. When finished, stand in the cage one by one. When steamed, it smells fragrant, and when eaten, it is accompanied by mutton or mushroom soup, which makes people drool, make people have an appetite, taste delicious and have endless aftertaste.
Taiyuan Mouse Cave Lantern Festival
Taiyuan Rat Cave Lantern Festival, formerly known as Hengyicheng Candy Store, is called Rat Cave Lantern Festival Store because it is located at the entrance of "Rat Cave" Lane in Chonglou Street. Taiyuan Mouse Cave Lantern Festival has the reputation of "excellent taste, harmonious reputation and crown". After a hundred years of history, it has always maintained the characteristics of a store. It not only passed on the production technology from generation to generation with the only standard, but also inherited the flavor of that year in the varieties of dumpling stuffing, mainly sesame, osmanthus, rose, peanut and so on. Over the years, the selection and production of Rat Cave Lantern Festival are very particular, and the standard has never changed. Rice is only glutinous rice produced in Huata Village, Jinci. After soaking in water, it is ground into flour with a stone mill. Roses and sweet-scented osmanthus in stuffing should be collected with half-opened flowers. Pay attention and direction when rolling Yuanxiao. The Yuanxiao made in this way is delicious.