Maoshan Makou Crabs There are many types of crabs, including sea crabs, river crabs, lake crabs, and stream crabs. River crabs are at their plumpest around the Beginning of Autumn solar term. There’s a saying: “The pointed ones in July (lunar calendar), the round ones in August,” and “By the Double Ninth Festival in September, crab roe flows golden.” Crab roe refers to the ovaries and digestive glands inside the crab, bright orange in color and delicious in taste. The area around Maoshan at the border of Qichun County and Xishui County in Hubei Province…
Benzoin incense, also known as epidemic-preventing incense, is a secret formula originally created by the Wu Linmao Incense Shop in Xishui County. It was first made in the 18th year of the Daoguang reign during the Qing Dynasty (1838). This incense not only has a refreshing fragrance but also offers benefits such as invigorating the spirit, relieving fatigue, repelling mosquitoes, preventing epidemics, dispelling odors, reducing summer heat, stimulating appetite, and promoting sleep. A poem praises it: “Renowned across the land as the finest incense, musk and agarwood can’t match its fragrance…”
Zhonghui Series Crystal Rice is made from a premium variety combination newly developed by Mr. Yuan Longping, the father of hybrid rice in the world. It is a new generation of green food meticulously cultivated and produced at the high-quality rice planting base of Zhonghui Rice Industry (Xishui) Company. Zhonghui Series Crystal Rice embodies the essence of hybrid rice, grown in a completely natural environment, primarily using biological pest control…
The “Green Garden” Lapis Tablet is made from high-quality pumpkin through refined processing. Since its launch on the market, it has been highly favored by consumers, selling well both domestically and internationally, including in Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other regions. This product offers benefits such as weight loss, skin beautification, and blood pressure reduction. It serves as an excellent gift for family, friends, hotels, and restaurants, and is also an ideal natural green food for entertaining guests…
Dongpo Beef Ingredients: Main ingredient: beef ribs; Secondary ingredients: carrots, white radish; Seasonings: tomato ketchup, Xiangmeizi sauce, spare rib sauce, peanut butter, salt, sugar, scallions, ginger, garlic, dried chili peppers, cardamom, star anise, bay leaves, chicken bouillon. Method: 1. Boil the beef ribs until 70% cooked, then cut into cubes. Cut carrots and white radish into cubes…
In his "Ode to Pork," Mr. Su Dongpo also summed up the timeless method for making braised pork: “Clean the pot well, use little water, and cover the fire with firewood so the flames do not rise.” According to Chef Du, the method used at Yinpeng Hotel involves cleaning the meat, then blanching it in hot oil to crisp the skin, followed by coloring and frying it again. Next, the meat is seasoned, placed in a steamer, and steamed over low heat for 12 hours. When it comes out of the steamer…
The filling is made from fatty pork, steamed bread, orange cake, peanuts, raisins, rock sugar, osmanthus, and red and green silk threads; the thin dough wraps the filling, with the sealed edge shaped like a plum blossom—hence the name. It can be steamed, fried, or baked, and is sweet and delicious. Huangzhou Shaomei is a specialty snack from Huangzhou District, Huanggang City, Hubei Province. Huangzhou Shaomei is a traditional Han Chinese delicacy of Huangzhou District,…
“Huangzhou Radish” is a distinctive local variety grown in Huangzhou District, Huanggang City, Hubei Province, China. It grows thick and sturdy, resembling a winter melon, hence nicknamed the “winter melon radish.” With a long cultivation history, it is one of the “Three Treasures of Huangzhou” and is renowned for its fragrant, sweet, and crisp taste. The Ming Dynasty’s *Huangzhou Prefecture Records* from the Hongzhi era noted: “Huangzhou radish” is large in size with thin skin, …
Su Shi, also known as Su Dongpo, was a renowned statesman and literary figure during China’s Northern Song Dynasty. He achieved great mastery in poetry, calligraphy, and painting, and also had unique insights into medicine, archaeology, water conservancy, and more. Moreover, he had extensive knowledge of food and cooking—skilled both in appreciating and preparing cuisine. He was truly an eminent...
Xishui Nine-Hole Lotus Root is a specialty of Xishui County, Huanggang City, Hubei Province, and one of the Four Famous Products of Eastern Hubei. It is a rare variety of lotus root, having two more holes than ordinary lotus roots, making it the world’s only “nine-hole lotus root.” Its skin is jade-white, the root is plump and round, the nodes are hairless, the flesh is crisp and juicy, rich in iron and calcium, and abundant in sugar and starch. Each root typically has four or five sections,…
Huangzhou Tofu is a specialty of Huangzhou District in Huanggang City, Hubei Province. Huangzhou Tofu is tender, smooth, snow-white, free from bean odor, and extremely resilient — it holds its shape when pressed with a finger, doesn’t crack in a basket, and doesn’t fall apart when made into silky soup. Huangzhou Tofu has a long history and is widely renowned throughout Jingchu. “Scholars crossing the river smile with delight, Fan Kou bream and Wuchang wine are fine, but Huangzhou tofu’s taste is right, like fresh snow on a plate with Bash River lotus root.” This folk rhyme is widely circulated in Hubei. Huangzhou Tofu, Bash River lotus root, Fan Kou bream, and Wuchang wine have long been considered the four great local specialties of eastern Hubei.
Fried Glutinous Rice Balls from Huangzhou are a specialty snack from Huangzhou District, Huanggang City, Hubei Province. These fried glutinous rice balls have a golden color, crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, with a sweet and delicious taste that is not greasy. They are a renowned local delicacy of Huangzhou. With a history of over two hundred years, dating back to the first year of the Guangxu reign in the Qing Dynasty (1875), these rice balls are a seasonal food typically enjoyed in autumn and winter...
Ye Lu Garlic is a specialty of Ye Lu Zhou in Duzhen Town, Huangzhou District, Huanggang City, Hubei Province. It is one of the main agricultural and sideline export products of Huangzhou District, sold to cities such as Beijing, Wuhan, and Nanjing, enjoying an excellent market reputation. "Ye Lu Garlic" originates from Ye Lu Zhou in Duzhen Town, Huangzhou District, and is a high-quality local variety that has been cultivated since the Ming Dynasty...
Sugarcane Dongpo Pork Dongpo Pork is the quintessential Chinese dish. Adding sugarcane makes it even more unique. The sugarcane is sliced and steamed together with the Dongpo Pork, allowing the sugarcane juice to seep into the meat, creating an exceptionally refreshing flavor.…
Dongpo Tofu Fish When Su Dongpo was exiled to Huangzhou in Hubei, shortly after arriving, he wrote a poem praising Huangzhou as “a place where the Yangtze River flows around the corridor, revealing the deliciousness of its fish.” Huangzhou produces a type of fish commonly known as “fathead fish,” which has a large head and a big mouth. Locals often stew this “fathead fish” to make soup. Legend has it that Su Dongpo greatly enjoyed drinking this fish soup. After improving the recipe by adding tofu, the flavor became even more...
In the third year of the Yuanfeng era during the Northern Song Dynasty (1080), Su Dongpo was demoted to Huangzhou due to the “Wutai Poetry Case.” Xu Junyou, then the prefect of Huangzhou, granted him a slope of land east of the city for him to farm. Su Dongpo worked diligently, and the cucumbers he grew turned out tender, crisp, and sweet. In his leisure time, Su Dongpo also discovered that Huangzhou produced an abundance of white radishes, which were large and sweet...
Handmade oil noodles from Luotian County, Huanggang City, Hubei Province, are a local specialty. Commonly known as salted noodles, hanging noodles, or celebratory noodles, they are made from high-quality flour, edible oil, refined salt, water, and other ingredients through a meticulous manual process. As fine as silk threads, these noodles are refreshing without being greasy, smooth without being mushy, and easy to digest. Handmade oil noodles are a unique traditional food of the Dabie Mountain region...
Luotian Atractylodes (also known as Luo Cang) is a perennial upright herbaceous plant. It grows up to sixty centimeters tall, with erect stems, alternate leaves, tubular flowers, and pubescent achenes. Its rhizome is irregularly beaded or nodular in cylindrical shape, measuring three to ten centimeters in length and one to two centimeters in diameter. The surface is grayish-brown with wrinkles and transverse striations. Atractylodes is...
The honeysuckle planting area in Luotian has reached 21,000 mu, ranking first in the province. Growing honeysuckle is several times more profitable than growing rice. Honeysuckle is a woody vine plant whose flowers are initially white and later turn yellow, hence the name "honeysuckle" (literally "gold and silver flower"). It has medicinal properties such as clearing heat, detoxifying, cooling, and dispersing wind-heat...
Luotian Sweet Persimmon refers to the sweet persimmons produced in Luotian County, located in the Dabie Mountain area of Hubei Province, China. It is a China Geographical Indication product. The Luotian Sweet Persimmon is the world’s only naturally non-astringent sweet persimmon variety. When ripe in autumn, it can be eaten directly without any processing. The sweet persimmons grown in Zhanzishi Village, Sanlipan Town, Luotian County are considered premium quality, characterized by their large size, vibrant color, round body and…