Light dishes mainly include wild vegetables and mushroom soup; rich dishes such as venison, roe deer, rabbit, and even cat and quail are delicious and worth trying. The overall consumption level is not high, per capita dinner is around 20 yuan. In addition, influenced by the local geography, the people of Yichun have created a feast of food and game with local characteristics.
The Jingshan Wild Game Feast is a set of famous and unique flavor feast cooked by Yichun's specialties, such as iron sparrow, ibi, yellow fool mushroom, yellow cauliflower, monkey head mushroom and wild vegetables. The whole banquet consists of one big flower ribs, six cold dishes, eight hot dishes and two snacks, which can only be eaten in local high-end restaurants in Yichun.
Roasted rabbit is a fragrant and inexpensive dish among the mountain delicacies. There are quite a few rabbits in Yichun cuisine, and the most famous is this roasted rabbit. The meat is tender and fragrant. There are many good restaurants in Yichun's attractions and living areas. Usually around 60 RMB for one, enough for 4-6 people. If there are fewer people, you can also ask for half.
Eland Stewed RadishEland stewed radish is a local specialty of Yichun. The meat of roe deer is nutritious in itself, but if not cooked properly, it will have the flavor of the animal, so few people try it in their home cooking. Since they are locals, they often go to restaurants when they want to eat roe deer meat. Yichun's roe deer braised radish not only tastes delicious, but also has medicinal properties that replenish qi and blood. There's a big bowl that costs around 50 RMB that isn't cheap, but these features are worth a try!
Chili fern fried shredded pork, also known as dragon head vegetable, Ruyi vegetable, because of its tender seedlings curled like a fist, also known as fist vegetable. It is a wild vegetable that has gradually become a favorite in recent years. When consuming it, blanch it in boiling water, soak it in clear water for a day or two, change the water several times a day, and then add salt to season it back into the pan and fry it with meat, which has the effect of sterilizing and detoxifying. Yichun can be eaten in large and small restaurants, about 20 yuan a plate. But the spleen and stomach cold people caution, ordinary people should not eat more.
When it comes to eating braised cat meat, many people talk about cats, thinking that eating cats will be immoral and retribution. Others call it sour cat meat. In fact, there is such a kind of braised cat meat in Yichun's specialties, which tastes just like rabbit and is as delicious as rabbit. Some mountain mushrooms, fungus and wild vegetables are basically inedible unless agreed upon in advance. There are many local restaurants in Yichun that serve this dish. There is a pot of about 30 yuan with half a cat in it. Interested tourists may want to give it a try.
Yellow Cauliflower Mushroom SoupYellow cauliflower, also known as no worry girl, is the flower bud of a perennial herb. It is tender and nutritious, rich in protein, vitamin C, calcium, carotene, amino acids and other nutrients. Yellow cauliflower is sweet and cool in nature, with the effect of stopping bleeding and anti-inflammatory, clearing heat and brightening the eyes. It is often cooked with black fungus, mushrooms and other vegetables, and can also be made into soup or fried with eggs, chicken and meat.
However, fresh cauliflower contains a colchicine substance. Although non-toxic, it is absorbed by the gastrointestinal tract and oxidized into diclofenac in the body, which is very toxic. So don't eat too much at a time when eating. In addition, because the toxic components of fresh cauliflower can be weakened or disappear at a high temperature of 60 degrees, when eating, you can first blanch fresh cauliflower in boiling water, and then soak it in water for more than 2 hours, and then take it out and wash it with water before eating. Yichun restaurants are available, a bowl of about 15 yuan.
Honey Venison Venison is a high-grade game meat that is tender, flavorful and rich in lean meat, and can be used to cook a variety of dishes. Honey venison is a local flavor specialty of Yichun. Venison is rich in protein, inorganic salts and a certain amount of vitamins, which can be easily absorbed by the human body.
China's traditional medicine believes that venison has the effect of tonifying the kidneys and benefiting the vital energy, which is the first of all meats, and it has a good regulating effect on the blood circulation system and nervous system of the human body. Almost every local restaurant in Yichun has venison, which is eaten in different ways, including barbecued, stewed and braised. It averages about 45 yuan a plate.
Ginseng Gypsum Chicken SoupGinseng Gypsum Chicken Soup is one of Yichun's specialties. Because of the abundance of local game, ginseng, cinnamon and other ingredients are convenient and affordable, and the quality is easy to guarantee. You can try it in Yichun restaurants for about 25 yuan a bowl. It has the effect of clearing heat and removing fire.
But drink this soup, radish should not eat, so as not to affect the efficacy of ginseng; in addition, diabetics should not drink this soup.
Fried quail meat with high nutritional value, rich in protein and vitamins, is an excellent nutritional supplement, known as animal ginseng. Fried quail is very famous in Yichun, large and small restaurants. On average, there is one around 10 yuan, and one around 60 yuan.
In the early years, wild quail were edible. In recent years, with the overhunting of wild animals, most of the quails in restaurants are artificially bred, and a few restaurants use flying dragons instead of quail. Although dragon fly is superior to quail in terms of meat quality and nutrition, it has been classified as a nationally protected animal and caution is advisable.
Flavored wild vegetables grow and reproduce in the natural environment for a long time, with the advantage of no pollution. Yichun wild vegetables have the characteristics of fresh texture, unique flavor and rich nutrition. They contain large amounts of fat, protein, vitamins A, B1, B2, C, D, E and other minerals and trace elements.
They are available at all local restaurants for about 15 yuan a plate. Currently, the main wild vegetables are yellow cauliflower and fiddlehead fern. For those who haven't had them, it's worth a try.