More than just local snacks, Datong does not have its own cuisine, but a collection of major cuisines, cooking techniques are good at baking, grilling, stewing, heavy flavors, dishes thick oil, salty, flavorful snacks, specialties, as well as a myriad of roughage practices have distinctive regional characteristics. Datong catering industry today is the splendor of the history of Datong civilization is highly embodied, the reasons for this are: First, the splendid imperial culture of inculcation. In the five mixed, ethnic integration of the region, created the people of Datong sea, tolerant and open-minded character, but also derived from the all-encompassing, simple and practical catering culture. As the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the capital of Liao and Jin Dynasties, and a major town of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Datong is an ancient city with multiple historical backgrounds and experiences. In particular, 400,000 immigrants moved to Pingcheng in 398 A.D., and the multi-ethnic mixing increased the depth and breadth of ethnic integration, and later generations of Datong people have multi-ethnic overlapping genes, resulting in a diversity of dietary tastes of the people of Datong, coupled with the once capital of the people of Datong, the pursuit of fashionable, stylish sense of stubbornly preserved, so that the people of Datong for generations to be able to keep pace with the times in this regard, less conservative, and less conservative, the people of Datong. With the change of time, national integration and cultural exchanges between the north and the south, the catering industry in Datong has continued to absorb and learn from the catering characteristics of the various regions, and has formed a unique catering culture and concepts of the people of Datong for a long time.
Second, the support of a strong economic base. Since Datong has been a more active trade area, not entirely dependent on the day to eat, the people live more affluent. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, Datong as a strong brigade of Jin merchants, accumulated a strong capital, the Ming Dynasty "horse market", the Qing Dynasty "West Exit", are in Datong, especially in modern times, Datong as a coal heavy chemical industry base, the wage level than the same time in the city is higher than the cut, the miners Income is generally higher, in the past life safety is difficult to guarantee the era, the income of the miners of the most real life experience, I'm afraid that after work in the restaurant of the hobnobbing, enjoying the tongue of the delicious, and the more generous coal boss is driven by the eighties and more long time to upgrade the catering industry of the Datong, and the same period of time elsewhere under the hotel may be a luxury to enjoy.
Third, the north and south of the regional life differences. In the northern part of the land, food is cooked once a year, women basically do not have to work in the field, Datong women into the hall, down to the kitchen, is the model of the modern society of sophisticated life, this flow of cultural genes for thousands of years to create Datong women have time to think about the diet, change the pattern of serving men, folklore flavor of the "eight bowls" is a woman of Datong's specialty dishes. The first thing you need to do is to make sure that you have a good understanding of what you're doing and how you're doing it.
So Datong's cuisine is famous all over the world, all the people who have eaten in Datong are fond of Datong rice "four characteristics" - good food, low prices, good environment, high level of service, rumor has it that the picky Beijing people are also for the Datong meal of cheap and beautiful. It is rumored that picky Beijingers also fall for Datong's inexpensive and beautiful food, and have to drive to Datong to invite guests to dinner. 17 Datong catering enterprises were awarded the special class of catering price in 2012, including the famous Yungang Jianguo Hotel, Wangfu Zhizun, Yonghe Gourmet City, Yungang Migao International Hotel, Fenglinge Hotel, Beidu International Hotel, Jindi Haosheng Hotel, Tiangui International Hotel, Grandma's Bridge, Guobin Hotel, Yandebei Hotel, Haohai Hotel, Yinding Hotel, Wu Ding Hotel, and other hotels. Grand Hotel, Yin Ding Hotel, Five Continents International Hotel, Morning Glory Hotel, Red Flag Hotel, Imperial City One. In addition, the chefs in Datong are also good at creating a second degree of local flavor dishes and introduced dishes, so that people can feel the experience of new tastes while tasting local flavors. When the catering industry in Datong is on fire, the restaurant is often full of guests, and during festivals it is even more full, and a considerable part of the wedding banquet of the hotel has to be booked a year in advance.
Datong not only has a cultural feast, but also a collection of food, the current practice of economy, to stop the waste of the new situation, Datong high-end catering also put down the shelf, take the pro-people route, which will also benefit tourists around the world, including the people of Datong, spend less money to enjoy the Datong food, I believe that Datong dishes will become nostalgia for diners around the world, Datong is a city that allows you to stay in your cheeks!