Wuxi dishes? [Photo from wuxinews.com.cn]

Wuxi dishes [Photo from wuxinews.com.cn]

Wuxi is home to many kinds of gourmet foods. Each has its own special feature from fresh seafood to traditional specialties, as well as from the fresh tea and fruits to special folklore snacks, making tourists long for more and having a never-forgotten aftertaste.

Whether you choose the classical dinning inn, luxury restaurant or hotels, you can always have a chance to taste the delicious food or have a fantasy feast. Endowed with favorable climate and privileged geographical location, Wuxi boasts large amounts of aquatic food all year round andaquatic food also became its most famous cuisine. Wuxi is famous for its “three kinds of fish in the Yangtze River” (blowfish, reeve shad and saury in the lower reaches of the river) and the “three kinds of aquatic food in Taihu Lake” (whitefish, whitebait and white shrimp). The style of Wuxi dishes emphasizes on a heavy amount of oil and sauce and brightly colored ingredients. They prefer to have a sweet, glutinous, pickled and savory taste.

In terms of cooking methods, roasting, boiling, stewing, braising, steaming and frying are highly recommended, which makes the food tasty and healthy.