Xiangyang Steamed Dish Banquet

Xiangyang Steamed Dish Banquet

　　Hubei’s Xiangfan (Xiangyang) has many local specialties, such as steamed spotted mandarin fish (Xiangyang spotted mandarin fish), Wudang monkey head mushroom, fish skin yuanbao (fish skin dumplings), honey date juice lamb, and osmanthus-leek yellow. There are also special banquets, such as the Three Steamed and Nine Braised Feast, Folk Starch Feast, Five Blessings and Six Longevity Feast, Xiangyang Fish Feast, and Three-Yellow Chicken Feast. Local snacks include Xiangyang rice wine, Xiangyang preserved mustard tuber, Fancheng badao (pulling knife), Taoji jingang su (Tao Family diamond crisp), clear soup noodles, butter noodles, and beef offal noodles. The photo shows a “Steamed Dish Banquet” in the rural area of Xiangyang.