Xuyi lobster is special local product of Xuyi County, Huai’an City, Jiangsu Province and China national geographic indication product.
Standing at western Jiangsu Province and the bank of Hongze Lake of Yahe River downstream, Xuyi County owns very rich water resource all over and the water area is 960,000 mu including the clear water area in 640,000 mu. The seven great lakes dominated by Hongze Lake and Douhu Lake, have clear and pollution-free water quality growing with over 100 species of aquatic plants including eel grass, blade black algae, waterweed and water caltrop etc. in the water body, have rich natural bait resource for lobster and are the ideal homeland for lobster growing, so Xuyi has become the base for producing top grade lobster.
Xuyi lobster body color is red and bright, greatly glossy, its body surface is clean without pollutant and the lobster is of strong vitality.
Xuyi lobster individual is larger, has high protein content which is higher than that of general fish and crabs, contains very rich micro-elements including calcium, phosphorus and iron etc. and further it has multivitamins necessary for human body. The meat quality of Xuyi lobster is tender, and its taste is delicious, emitting mellow smell; after cooking the lobster shell is scarlet, and the meat color is fair-complexioned; it can be processed and cooked into various dishes and are much loved by people. In view of traditional Chinese medicine, Xuyi lobster has the effect to clear away heat and toxic materials, build the body, so it is a kind of delicacy of excellent color, smell, taste and nutrition.
Upon scientific authentication, Xuyi lobster is particular among domestic and foreign multiple procambarus crayfishes no matter in terms of the appearances, flavor or nutrition and quality.
In China, Xuyi lobster is most famous and the fried hand grabbed thirteen-spices lobster is most influential. Why? When you are looking at a basin of lobster that is steaming and emitting strong smell, it will surely arise your appetite. At the time of eating the lobster, the pungent, spicy, fresh, delicious, sweet, tender, crispy, fat and shinning lobster makes you unable to stop even though you want to. Remaining taste will not disappear after eating in three days, so it makes you unable to forget.
Xuyi lobster taste is quite unique, and is featured as being pungent, spicy, fresh and well-scented; as a kind of popular and common food,it leaves lingering smell and aftertaste, makes you not feel boring even eating repeatedly, so it has quite strong market coverage rate and is widely popular among people.
