The main features of Shanghai are:
1. Gao Qiao muffin
Gao Qiao muffin is one of the four famous spots in Gao Qiao Town, Pudong New Area, which is named after its crisp entrance. Also, because of the distinct layers of cakes, each layer is as thin as paper, so it is called Melaleuca Cake. Usually, refined white powder (flour), cooked lard, soft sugar, red beans and osmanthus flowers are used as raw materials, and they are made by rubbing, wrapping, opening, inserting skin, wrapping, shaping, baking, cooling, inspection and packaging.
After the finished product, the surface is yellow, the seal is clear, and the periphery is milky white. The incision has distinct layers, thin skin and many fillings, no partial skin, no impurities and no rigidity at the bottom. The entrance is crisp and sweet.
2.Wufangzhai Cake Group
Traditional cakes with Shanghai characteristics are made by Shanghai Wufangzhai pastry shop. Its cake group pays attention to selecting materials and using sugar. It uses japonica rice and glutinous rice from Suzhou and Changzhou as main materials, pine nuts, melon seeds, sesame seeds, red beans and osmanthus as auxiliary materials, and grinds them into powder with water. Because the varieties are different, the exquisite ingredients are different, so it should be listed in the season.
3. City God Temple Spiced Bean
City God Temple spiced bean is a traditional snack in Shanghai. It is produced in China City God Temple, with exquisite materials and proper cooking. The raw materials used are specially selected from broad beans produced in Yuyao County, Zhejiang Province. "If you don't taste the spiced beans of the Old Town God Temple, it won't be too big in Shanghai!" This is the unanimous evaluation of all Chinese and foreign tourists who come to Chenghuang Temple. The spiced bean skin of Chenghuang Temple is thin and fluffy, with even salt and frost, soft and chewy. It tastes delicious, tastes sweet and has no flavor.