Fragrant torreya is a rare and precious fruit unique to China. Grown in the high mountains, Shuangfeng fragrant torreya is pollution-free, with thin shells, plump kernels, a crisp and delicious taste, pure flavor, and enjoys a long-standing reputation. Produced in Litang Village, Shuangfeng, Ninghai County, Shuangfeng fragrant torreya has a long history — with thousand-year-old trees bearing three generations of fruit. The entire tree is valuable. It serves multiple purposes, including as a fruit, medicine, timber, oil source, and more...
Dajiahe Shrimps. Dajiahe Town is known as the "Shrimp Capital of Zhejiang." All 26 administrative villages under its jurisdiction raise shrimps, and currently, there is a shrimp farming belt stretching 10 kilometers from the banks of Huangdun Port to Yuanshan Wharf in Xiangshan, centered around eight specialized villages including Xixia Wang, Yingjia, and Dajiahe. The town now has over 8,600 acres of shrimp farming ponds…
The mud snails primarily produced in Long Street are also very famous. Long Street mud snails have crisp and tender flesh without any mud veins (intestinal mud), are large in size, and have a delicious taste. Locals often preserve them through pickling. The best-pickled mud snails are those from May ("Yellow Clutch" mud snails) and August ("Osmanthus" mud snails). The pickling method is as follows: wash the snails, stun them using salt mixed with plant ash, then rinse off the mucus and ash residue. After pickling for five days…
Stir-fried Blue Crab with Potatoes[Ingredients] Blue crab, potatoes, lard.[Method] A home-style cooking method with rich, savory sauce...
Iron Plate Clams from Changjie: The main ingredient is the clams from Changjie, Ninghai, also known as "the tongue of Xishi," which stands out among seafood delicacies and has won the Gold Award for High-Quality Agricultural Products at the China Zhejiang International Agricultural Expo. It boasts a rich aroma, tender and delicious taste, and features strong local characteristics. …
Ninghai County has a long history of clam farming, and the clams from Xiayangtu in Changjie are the most renowned. As early as the Jiading era of the Song Dynasty (around 1027 AD), a scholar from Ninghai wrote in the "Customs Chapter": "Recently, people gather shellfish such as snails, clams, and mussels to sustain themselves or carry them to other regions for trade." In the second year of the Duanping era of the Song Dynasty (1235 AD)...
Cuisine: Zhejiang Cuisine Flavor: Salty & Savory Price: 10–40 RMB Features: The rice cakes absorb the rich sauce, paired with crispy greens, offering a multi-layered texture. Ingredients: 500g rice cakes, 250g Chinese cabbage, 250g winter bamboo shoots, 100g lean pork, 2g salt, 2g monosodium glutamate, 2g soy sauce, 15g vegetable oil…
Ningbo Snacks…
Tangyuan is one of the famous snacks in Ningbo and also one of China’s representative snacks, boasting a very long history. Legend has it that tangyuan originated in the Song Dynasty. At that time, a novel food became popular across regions—various sweet fillings wrapped in glutinous rice flour balls. Once cooked, they were sweet, delicious, and quite fun to eat. Because these glutinous rice balls...
The history of Ningbo embroidery craftsmanship can be traced back to the Tang and Song dynasties. In Ningbo, there was once a traditional saying: “Every household weaves mats, every home practices embroidery.” It competed brilliantly with Suzhou embroidery, Hunan embroidery, and Sichuan embroidery, each with its own distinctive style. Nowadays, Ningbo gold and silver embroidery handicrafts come in a wide variety and are popular in both domestic and international markets. (Ningbo)…
Known as "treasures from the Yaochi (Heavenly Lake)," honey peaches have a history of over 500 years in Fenghua. The Development Research Center of the State Council has named Fenghua the "Hometown of Chinese Honey Peaches," making them a nationally renowned fruit. Among Fenghua honey peaches, the "Yulu" variety is considered the best, which includes both early and late-maturing strains, with the late Yulu being the finest, ripening between July and early August each year. The Yulu honey peach boasts tender flesh, abundant juice, and is also known as "exquisite nectar" due to its delightful fragrance. The main producing areas of Fenghua honey peaches are Changting, Xikou, and Xiaowangmiao. (Ningbo)
Product Name: Crystal Oil Buns Place of Origin: Ningbo Product Features: Sweet and delicious Product Description: Crystal Oil Buns: Made with premium white flour as the main ingredient, the dough is fermented and then kneaded with an appropriate amount of alkaline to achieve the right texture. The filling consists of peeled, thick pure lard mixed with white sugar, along with nuts, melon seeds, and candied melon strips,...
Cicheng rice cake has a long production history, dating back over a thousand years. Legend has it that Wu Zixu fought in Cicheng. Before his death, he told his subordinates: “If the country is in trouble and the people run out of food, go three feet beneath the city wall to find provisions.” After Wu Zixu’s death, his troops were besieged by the Yue army, and many had starved to death due to food shortages in the city...
Yuexi Jumping Fish is a specialty of Yuexi Township, Ninghai County, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province. Yuexi Township is a leading aquaculture hub in Zhejiang. Among its aquatic industries, jumping fish farming is emerging as a new source of prosperity for local farmers. Locally known as "mudskippers," these fish live in shallow coastal mudflats and are highly nutritious, often referred to as the "ginseng of the water." They are a popular first meat dish for children in Ninghai...
One-Town Blue Crab is a specialty of Yishi Town, Ninghai County, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province. The Yishi blue crab, scientifically known as Scylla serrata and commonly called “qiu mou,” boasts tender meat due to its superior growing environment.
Huchen Potatoes are grown in the picturesque Huchen Township of Ninghai County, covering an annual planting area of over 10,000 mu and yielding more than 12,000 tons per year. These potatoes are known for their appealing color and delicious taste, high starch content, low fat, high protein, and rich dietary fiber. They are nutritious and recognized as a green food with health benefits. Huchen Potatoes have been certified by the China Green Food Development Center, which…
Ninghai Native Chicken — Raised in a green environment free from industrial and agricultural pollution, it fully leverages the natural resource advantages of the local mountainous, semi-mountainous areas, and four types of orchards (mulberry, tea, fruit, and bamboo) in Ninghai County. It employs various ecological free-range models and adopts optimal free-range methods along with scientific, integrated disease prevention and control techniques...
Ninghai White Loquat is produced in Yishizhen, located in the southeastern part of Ninghai County, Ningbo City, near Sanmen Bay. Yishizhen boasts a prime geographical location, surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing Sanmen Bay to the south, which creates a unique microclimate and soil conditions. The area enjoys excellent transportation links, with the Yuesha Highway running through the town. It is 23 kilometers from Ninghai County and 76 kilometers from Ningbo City. The town is backed by hills and faces the harbor, offering lush green mountains and clear waters, creating an exceptionally picturesque landscape. This loquat is a newly cultivated and successful variety. The fruit is round in shape, bright yellow in color, with milky-white flesh that is tender, juicy, and fragrant. Each fruit weighs about 52.5 grams, with the largest reaching up to 86 grams. The soluble solid content is 14%, reaching up to 19.2% at its highest, and the edible rate is 73.4%. The peel is thin, the juice abundant, and the tree exhibits strong resistance to stress and high yields. The overall quality surpasses that of similar domestic and international varieties. Renowned domestic expert Professor Liu Quan, as well as Japanese loquat specialists Ryoaki Kuriyama and Takahiro Futodo, have highly praised this variety for its appearance, color, and taste. They have called the "White Loquat" a treasure of Ninghai, an outstanding variety in the loquat world, and a premium essence among southern loquats. Cultivated according to pollution-free production standards, since its first harvest in 1997, it has won multiple awards at provincial, municipal, and county agricultural product fairs and loquat tasting events. It is one of the few high-quality green fruits and is deeply loved by consumers.
Main ingredients: Flour Side ingredients: Shrimp meat, pork filling, seaweed, dried shrimp, shiitake mushrooms, eggs, pickled mustard greens, scallions, ginger, cilantro Seasonings: Salt, soy sauce, sesame oil, cooking wine Cooking method: 1. Mix the pork filling with shrimp paste, shiitake mushrooms, minced scallions and ginger, eggs, salt, cooking wine, sesame oil, and soy sauce until well combined…
Ingredients: 250g glutinous rice flour, 50g wheat starch, 25g sugar, 25g lard, 200g sweet soybean flour, 200g sweet sesame powder, 200g sesame powder. Preparation: 1. Mix 250g glutinous rice flour with 50g wheat starch and 25g sugar, add 300g water and stir into a paste, then steam in a steamer…