The Yichang cuisine is quite similar to that of Sichuan and is characterized by a spicy and pungent flavor. The most famous local food in Yichang is the fresh fish and the Old Nine Bowl.
Yichang is famous for its fish preparations but it hardly lives by fish food. Except for the local specialties, food from other parts of the country and even from the west is available. The local specialty of Old Nine Bowls and Sanyou Deinty Chicken are the reprehensive of the region’s cuisine and is served at almost every restaurant.
☆ Food
● Basha Fat fish
Basha Fat fish is a traditional dish of Yichang which is made by steaming the fish with fat pork. The dish features tasty and light flavor.
● Cool Shrimp
The Cool Shrimp, however, is not really shrimp at all. It is actually made of rice milk and red sugar. It is so named because it resembles shrimp in shape. Eating Cool Shrimp is believed to repel heat in summer and the snack is considered to be the best summer food in the region.
● Old Nine Bowls
This dish consists of nine courses and is an inseparable part of a local banquet.
● Sanyou Deity Chicken
The dish of Sanyou Deity Chicken is characterized by the lustrous appearance and tender and soft taste. Legends go that the dish got its name from Suxun, Sushi and Suzhe, the most noted poets of the Song Dynasty and visitors to the Sanyou Cave -in the sheer cliff of the Xiling Mountain in the entrance of the Xiling Gorge. Suxun accompanied his two sons-Sushi and Suzhe to Kaifeng (capital of Song Dynasty) to attend the imperial examinat