The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics will be held in Nanjing, the capital city of the six dynasties in ancient Chinese history, from August 16 to 28, with the motto "Olympics for the young, by the young".

Nanjing city is full of impressive cultural heritage as well as delicious foods. They are sure to please your stomach no matter whether you like sweet or salty, light or strong flavors. Some snacks have been produced for hundreds of years and one even has a history of 2,000 years.

  Duck Blood Soup 鴨血粉絲湯

Duck blood soup one of the most famous and most popular traditional foods in Nanjing as well as in China. The soft vermicelli are soaked in delicious soup, and are topped with bits of duck liver, gizzard, cubes of duck blood and deep-fried firm tofu. One bowl of soup takes less than a minute to make, however, the lines of people waiting for the dish are still unbelievably long.