Changchun Dining - Snacks
Changchun provides you a lot of tasty local snacks. Those snacks can be found in some snack restaurants. If you were accompanied by a local, he or she would help you find the restaurant which can offer the most genuine snacks.
Representative snacks of Changchun:
Xueyi Dousha (Snow Sweetened Bean Paste)
Xueyi Dousha, a tasty snack with a romantic name, has had hundreds of years of history in Changchun. It is one of most popular snacks for tourists here. Red beans, eggs and white sugar are the main ingredients. White sugar will be scattered all over the round dousha balls. Therefore the name Xueyi Dousha (sweetened bean paste with snow-white clothes) is formed.
Chaoxian Lengmian (Korea Cold Noodle)
Lengmian (cold noodle) is a snack with a Korean flavor. Wheat flour, buckwheat flour and amylum are main ingredients. The cooled hard-boiled noodles are put into cooling beef or chicken soup with piccalilli, sesame oil, and slices of beef, bolus of chicken, apple slices and egg as seasonings. Especially suitable during the hot summer, you will feel extremely refreshed after enjoying this delicious snack.
Li Liangui Xunrou Dabing (Li Liangui Bacon and Cake)
The history of Li Liangui Xunrou Dabing (initiated by Li Liangui) can be traced back to 1894. To date, there are already more than 70 branches having been opened all over China. Xunrou (bacon) is made of top-grade fresh pork boiled in soup which is mixed with dozens of rare traditional Chinese medicine. Dabing (cake) comes from flour blended with the soup in which pork is boiled. It is like a golden full moon.
Piccalilli
Piccalilli is one of the most important dishes for almost every Korean family. Chilli, garlic and ginger are three essential flavorings. However, pear and apple pieces, slices of green radish and monosodium glutamate are also needed. Piccalilli is richer in nutrition than traditional pickled vegetables.
Dagao
Dagao is the most famous traditional food of Korea. It is thumped by wooden gavel in a trough; therefore its name is formed. There are two kinds of Dagao, white Dagao made of sticky rice and yellow Dagao made of glutinous millet.
Recommended restaurants for enjoying the snacks of Changchun:
Xueyi Dousha, a tasty snack with a romantic name, has had hundreds of years of history in Changchun. It is one of most popular snacks for tourists here. Red beans, eggs and white sugar are the main ingredients. White sugar will be scattered all over the round dousha balls. Therefore the name Xueyi Dousha (sweetened bean paste with snow-white clothes) is formed.
Chaoxian Lengmian (Korea Cold Noodle)
Lengmian (cold noodle) is a snack with a Korean flavor. Wheat flour, buckwheat flour and amylum are main ingredients. The cooled hard-boiled noodles are put into cooling beef or chicken soup with piccalilli, sesame oil, and slices of beef, bolus of chicken, apple slices and egg as seasonings. Especially suitable during the hot summer, you will feel extremely refreshed after enjoying this delicious snack.
Li Liangui Xunrou Dabing (Li Liangui Bacon and Cake)
The history of Li Liangui Xunrou Dabing (initiated by Li Liangui) can be traced back to 1894. To date, there are already more than 70 branches having been opened all over China. Xunrou (bacon) is made of top-grade fresh pork boiled in soup which is mixed with dozens of rare traditional Chinese medicine. Dabing (cake) comes from flour blended with the soup in which pork is boiled. It is like a golden full moon.
Piccalilli
Piccalilli is one of the most important dishes for almost every Korean family. Chilli, garlic and ginger are three essential flavorings. However, pear and apple pieces, slices of green radish and monosodium glutamate are also needed. Piccalilli is richer in nutrition than traditional pickled vegetables.
Dagao
Dagao is the most famous traditional food of Korea. It is thumped by wooden gavel in a trough; therefore its name is formed. There are two kinds of Dagao, white Dagao made of sticky rice and yellow Dagao made of glutinous millet.
Recommended restaurants for enjoying the snacks of Changchun:Xiangyang Tun
Specialties: authentic Dongbei Nongjia Cai (typical northeast farmhouse dishes), like Jiang Gutou, Paigu Dun Doujiao (chop braised with kidney bean)
Address: No.433, Dong Chaoyang Lu
Wangji Jiang Gutou (Xi Minzhu branch)
Specialties: authentic Dongbei Cai, such as Jiang Gutou, Tudou Ni (mashed boiled potato)
Address: No.1059, Xi Minzhu Dajie
Li Liangui Fengwei Da Jiulou (Li Liangui Flavor Restaurant)
Specialties: Xunrou Dabing (bacon and cake)
Address: No.2788, Jianshe Jie, Chaoyang District
Specialties: authentic Dongbei Nongjia Cai (typical northeast farmhouse dishes), like Jiang Gutou, Paigu Dun Doujiao (chop braised with kidney bean)
Address: No.433, Dong Chaoyang Lu
Wangji Jiang Gutou (Xi Minzhu branch)
Specialties: authentic Dongbei Cai, such as Jiang Gutou, Tudou Ni (mashed boiled potato)
Address: No.1059, Xi Minzhu Dajie
Li Liangui Fengwei Da Jiulou (Li Liangui Flavor Restaurant)
Specialties: Xunrou Dabing (bacon and cake)
Address: No.2788, Jianshe Jie, Chaoyang District
The above restaurants mainly serve Dongbei Cai (dishes in northeast part of China), there are still many other cuisines, like Sichuan Cuisine, vegetables, Korea food, western-style food, etc., for you to enjoy.
Tiaotiao Yu
Specialties: Sichuan cuisine, especially fish
Address: No.5, Dong Chaoyang Lu
Meizhou Dongpo Jiulou
Specialties: Sichuan cuisine
Address: No.488, Jianshe Jie
Mama Shou
Specialties: Korean dishes
Address: No.1668, Gongnong Dalu
Papa's (Tongguang Lu branch)
Specialties: Korean dishes
Address: No.16, Fengshun Jie, Tongguang Lu
Pizza Hut
Address: No.2, Liaoning Lu, Kuancheng District
Maxvourt Hotel Western Food Restaurant
Address: No.823, Xi'an Dalu
Tianhe Sushi Ju (Tianhe maigre restaurant)
Address: 2-F, No.79, Qingming Jie
Tiaotiao Yu
Specialties: Sichuan cuisine, especially fish
Address: No.5, Dong Chaoyang Lu
Meizhou Dongpo Jiulou
Specialties: Sichuan cuisine
Address: No.488, Jianshe Jie
Mama Shou
Specialties: Korean dishes
Address: No.1668, Gongnong Dalu
Papa's (Tongguang Lu branch)
Specialties: Korean dishes
Address: No.16, Fengshun Jie, Tongguang Lu
Pizza Hut
Address: No.2, Liaoning Lu, Kuancheng District
Maxvourt Hotel Western Food Restaurant
Address: No.823, Xi'an Dalu
Tianhe Sushi Ju (Tianhe maigre restaurant)
Address: 2-F, No.79, Qingming Jie
- Last updated on Jun. 20, 2023 -
Questions & Answers on Changchun Food
Asked by Bettylou Whaley from USA | Jun. 20, 2023 19:30
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ReplyName of special dish eaten in restaurant in Changchun in 2006
This tasted like baked noodles, perhaps made with corn flour & egg whites, slightly sweet, slightly crispy. It was served as a dinner side dish.
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Answered by Dillon | Jun. 20, 2023 22:40
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00ReplyIt might be corn noodles called cha tiao locally.