Live Fish Pancakes

Live Fish Pancakes

　　Live Fish Pancakes, made from high-quality aquatic products from Hongze Lake and locally grown grains, are famous throughout China. Legend has it that Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, once tasted the fishermen’s Live Fish Pancakes here and praised them as the best dish in the world. In “Zhuba Live Fish Pancake City” in Hongze County, there are nearly a hundred vendors, serving thousands of guests from all over the country every day. In July 1999, “Hongze Live Fish Pancakes” were rated as a Jiangsu Famous Dish by the Provincial Department of Commerce and the Provincial Culinary Association.