This dish takes a cured wild duck as the main raw material. With bones removed, a wild cured duck is prepared with celeries, gingers, salt, sesame oil and other seasonings. The duck meat is soft and chewy with a strong aroma.
Dongting turtle is a famous traditional dish in "Delicious Rich Restaurant", Yueyang. Various turtles can be prepared for cooking this dish and the big and fat ones are best.
With fish from Dongting Lake as the raw material, the banquet consists of more than 20 fish dishes prepared through frying, steaming, braising, boiling in a covered pot over a soft fire. Many other techniques are used, each showing its unique characteristics.
The shrimp is stir-fried with pepper, aniseed, fennel, garlic, ginger, wine and other seasonings. Though it is very spicy, one cannot help eating it again and again.
It is a famous dish in the valley of the Xiangjiang River and the Dongting Lake area. The dish is prepared with lotus seeds, dried longan pulp, diced pineapples, green beans and cherries through steaming and boiling.
The family reunion dish is a must for Tujia people to celebrate the Spring Festival. Its ingredients are turnips, bean curd, Chinese cabbage, pork and chili pepper, which are stewed in a pot. The dish is a symbol of good harvest and family unity in the coming year.
The dish is bright red in color and tastes delicious. It is prepared with the head of a bighead carp and spicy thick sauce is made according to a secret recipe.
