Jiangyin Cuisine --- Shi fish of the Yangtze River

 

 

Jiangyin is near to Yangtze River. Its aquatic products are extremely rich. it is famous for aquatic products; there are "the three kinds of delicacies of the Changjiang River": Shi fish, Globefish, Long-tailed anchovy. Three kinds of delicacies with Shi fish excellent even more, to known as king of the fish. Shi fish is go back tide river, perch on ocean, annual five June lunar calendar enter the Changjiang River lay eggs, to 9 --Get back to the sea among October, punctual and errorless every year, so called the Shi fish. The fish is violent, the guerrilla warfare is fast, fish scale is sharp, so as to fight with other fish, is also called it and "mixed the river dragon". But very tender and lovely, leave the surface of water, die quickly, so the fish is rare. Product of Jiangyin area, meat is tender, the scale is rich in the fat, and flavor is fat and beautiful.