After fishing Hangzhou natural scenic spots, share your free time to enjoy Hangzhou best cuisine. As a delicate beautiful treasure, Hangzhou is not only famous for the gorgeous landscapes but also the delicious dishes. Now, I would lead you to walk closer to them.

West Lake Fish in Vinegar Gravy

In Hangzhou, everyone will be very familiar with this kind of fish. Truly, it is always choose as a dish for treatment. In Chinese, it is called Xihucuyu which is a traditional dish in the modern days. With special cooking process and delicious flavor, it has gained much recognition in the tourists. The main ingredients are the wild grass carp. The fish need to be out in the tank for several days to let go the trash in its bowels and the smell of soil. Most important is that when you are cooking, the fire needs to be strictly controlled. About this kind of cuisine, there is a story. It is said it is originated from two brothers and the wife. Because of the wife of the elder brother is very beautiful and slim. There is a bad person loved her and killed this elder brother. After that, the poor little brother was failed to save his sister in law. At last, the wife ordered him to escape and cooked this dish. After that, this dish is becoming more an more popular.

Typical Braised Dongpo Pork

Once hearing the name, many Chinese people would record the great literature – Sudongpo. Yes, it is said that he cooked this kind of dish. He helped the people in the flood. In order to express much thanks, the local farmers sent him plentiful pork. After getting the pork, Sudongpo cooked them in his special way. Finally, the flavor is very unforgettable. In order to memorize it, it called it as the Dongpo Pork.

Beggar Chicken

It is said this kind of delicious dish was cooked by a beggar. One day, he got a chicken but did not know how to cook adding without any equipments of cooking. So, last, he wrapped this chicken in clay and baked it. To his surprised is that the flavor tasted wonderful than he imagined. Al the passerby smelled it and is lured. From then on, the cooking process is preserved and formed modern tastes.

Upper dishes are the top golden cuisine which will make your Hangzhou tour more different and colorful!