Changsha Dining
Hunan cuisine is one of the eight major cuisines in China, with its strong oil color,sour, spicy, fragrant and fresh. Changsha is the center of Hunan cuisine,where you can taste all kinds of typical Hunan cuisine. People in Hunan Province eat spicy food for every meal, there is a saying goes that Hunan People do not eat without spicy , but there are some dishes are not really spicy ,like the famous dish MAO braised pork, Therefore, people who do not eat spicy food do not need to worry too much. Changsha people are also with hot personality, even a stranger on the street knows where to eat and tell you lots of tasty food to eat .
The traditional Hunan dishes in Changsha are braised pork in brown sauce, spicy chicken, steamed beef , steamed pork, etc. In addition, Fried meat with chili, chopped fish head, stewed mutton with carrot, Fried bacon with radish and other home-style dishes are also popular in Changsha.
Changsha Special Dishes
Chilli fish head
The Chopped pepper fish head is the most popular dish on the table today, and also one of the representative of Hunan cuisine. Here is the way to make the dishes: First, Wash the fish head, chop it to 2 parts, then put a small amount of oil and cooking wine, ginger on the fish head, the most important is to put chopped red pepper,white pepper. Then put into the steamer,then you will see a wonderful and tasty Chopped pepper fish head makes your mouth watering . Chilli fish head is available in almost any restaurant in Changsha.
Spicy Hot Chickens
Spicy chicken is a traditional dish in Hunan, it looks good in color and appetising with red pepper and garlic.
Changsha Special Snack
Changsha Stinky Tofu
The most famous stinky tofu has a history of nearly a thousand years. The long history can be traced back to the Xuantong reign of the Qing dynasty, when the empress dowager Cixi gave it the name "Qing fang", making stinky Tofu famous all over the world. According to historical research, the empress dowager Cixi also had tasted the stinky Tofu in Shaoxing and put it in the list of imperial cuisine. Stinky tofu in Changsha smells bad and tastes good. Some people keep it away because of the smelly flavor, while others regard it as their favorite. In 1958, when MAO zedong came to Changsha for inspection, he made a special trip to tasted stinky Tofu in the fire palace restaurant.
Sugar oil BaBa
One of the most famous snacks in Changsha is sugar oil Baba,which is Fried in sugar oil and tastes sweet and not greasy.Walking on the streets of Changsha, you can always smell the refreshing sugar and oil Baba from the stalls. It is very simple to make the Sugar oil Baba, all you need is a stove, a pot, a cart, and a wooden stand. Although sugar oil Baba is cheap and mainly made of white flour and cane sugar, it has a delicate and special manufacturing process , Moreover, you should eat while it is still hot and the taste is gone when it become cold. Therefore,you should not be afraid of being hot when eating sugar oil Baba, However, people with diabetes should be careful. Recommended place to eat: Ligong miao sugar oil Baba.
Sister Dumplings
In the early 1920s, a pair of sisters surnamed Jiang sold beautiful and delicious Tuanzi(A kind of Dumpling) near the Huogong palace. The sweet and fragrant sugar filling was not greasy,it is in white color and small size. You can get the Sister's Tuanzi in Huogong palace if you wanna try .
Tips:
In changsha, one of the most important things to do is to fight with your mouth and stomach. Because the food in Changsha is delicious and affordable, the yummy food will make your mouth watering but your stomach will say no.