What food is Jiangsu known for?

Jinling cuisine, Huaiyang cuisine, Suzhou-Wuxi cuisine, Xuzhou-Haizhou cuisine. Jiangsu’s delicious food is famous overseas. Qinhuai snacks are numerous in variety and have both salty and sweet flavors. No duck can swim across the Yangtze River. This means that Nanjing people eat everything from duck meat to duck blood and never let a single duck go.

In Suzhou, there is more than just fresh meat mooncakes. There are a rich variety of rice cakes with diverse flavors.

When it comes to Xuzhou, people always think of barbecue.

Guo Gai Mian (noodles cooked with a pot lid) is a traditional specialty of Zhenjiang and is hailed as “the best noodles in Jiangnan”.

Jiangsu not only has a long history and culture but also a mouthwatering food culture. Whether it’s traditional famous dishes or street snacks, they can bring extreme pleasure to your taste buds. Come on, let’s explore Jiangsu’s food map with the RV enthusiasts!

Nanjing
Nanjing salted duck
Duck blood vermicelli soup
Crab roe soup dumplings
Duck oil shortbread
Soy sauce-flavored duck
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Zhenjiang
Zhenjiang salted duck
Guo Gai Mian
Crab roe soup dumplings
Lingkou turnip pickles
Zhenjiang cured meat
Yanjing duck dumplings
Dongxiang mutton
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Xuzhou
Xuzhou rice noodles
Xuzhou frog fish
Xuzhou barbecue
Xuzhou meatball soup
Xuzhou braised pork in soy sauce
Steamed dishes
Butterfly fried dough twists
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Taizhou
Huangqiao sesame cakes
Scalded shredded dried tofu
Crab roe soup dumplings
Taizhou fish soup noodles
Jiangyan shortbread
Xuanbao small wontons
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Yangzhou
Yangzhou fried rice
Thousand-layer oil cake
Jadeite steamed dumplings
Three-delicacy buns
Nougat
Salted goose
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Changzhou
Tianmuhu Lake fish head
Big hemp cake
Changzhou sweet glutinous rice wine
Fermented bean curd lobster
Yanghu honey peach
Braised pork in fermented grains sauce
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Suqian
Zhao family grits soup
Xinyuan mutton
Double-skin crucian carp
Yellow dog pig head meat
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Lianyungang
Small fish pancakes
Fried pancakes
Xiehu big cherries
Guanyun bean caterpillars
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Yancheng
Yancheng eight big bowls
Egg pancake
Binhai sausage
Dongtai watermelon
Sheyang autumn pear
Dagang crispy cake
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Nantong
Nantong jumping noodles
Rugao pork floss
Cylinder cake
Ding Puzhao crab roe buns
Panshui noodles
Embedded peach sesame cake
Money radish cake
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Wuxi
Wuxi steamed buns
Chicken egg pancake
Sugar taro
Shredded radish cake
Saury noodles
Xushe small crispy candy
Huishan shortbread
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Suzhou
Fresh meat mooncakes
Marinated dried tofu
Fish-flavored spring rolls
Suzhou crab roe shell
Osmanthus and Gordon euryale seeds
Fengzhen big noodles
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Huai’an
Tofu rolls
Ox tongue cake
Wenlou soup dumplings
Qingong meatballs
Huai’an tea fritters
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