The famous "All Fish Banquet" at home and abroad:

With the development and change of society, food culture has become one of the important tourism projects. "Baiyangdian Fish Banquet" is the concrete embodiment of this food culture.

"All Fish Banquet" belongs to Hebei cuisine. Hebei cuisine is divided into three major schools, namely, Central South Hebei School, Palace School beyond the Great Wall and JD.COM Coastal School. Baoding is the representative of the South-Central School of Hebei, and it also has two kinds of birds in mountain areas and fish in water areas. The world-famous "Baiyangdian Whole Fish Banquet" is the best fish dish.

Baiyangdian fish feast is very distinctive. First, some fish dishes are eaten without fish. This mainly uses a variety of knives and cooking methods, from modeling to taste. Tones are different, and some shapes are beautiful and poetic. The second is to make the best use of materials. Take fried fish fillets as an example, mainly using fish backs, where the meat is fat and tender; Fish head can be made into fish soup, and it becomes a veritable fish for two. Third, pay attention to local raw materials, so as to be good at cooking fresh, rich in raw materials, delicate in knife work and light in taste. The dishes are decorated with exquisite porcelain, which has a unique style.

Baiyangdian "fish feast" can be divided into broad sense and narrow sense. In a broad sense, it includes fish, shrimp, crabs and other aquatic products, while in a narrow sense, it only includes fish. In order to meet the needs of tourists at different levels, Baiyangdian's "All Fish Banquet" has different specifications. Generally, there are four cool and four hot meals, six cool and six hot meals, eight cool and eight hot meals. Cold dishes include cold fish shreds, sesame fish strips, spicy fish liver, egg-skin fish rolls, crispy fried fish pieces, roasted fish shreds, etc. Hot dishes include crispy fish slices, fried fish slices, fried fish slices, steamed soft-shelled turtle, stir-fried round fish, steamed round fish, catfish tofu, stir-fried catfish, golden lion fish, braised fish segments, braised fish segments. Sometimes, according to customers' requirements, some fish snacks, such as smoked loach and small fish pickles, are also made as side dishes with wine.

A high-grade fish feast includes eight dishes, two meals, one soup and nineteen dishes. Eight kinds of cold dishes are fancy platters, showing the pattern of pine crane celebrating the new year; The other seven dishes are egg-skin fish rolls, fried fish strips, spicy fish liver, cold fish shreds, sour fish pieces, glass fish and sesame fish cakes, and the eight hot dishes are crab powder fish slugs, squirrel fish, bearded fish steak, golden lion fish, mandarin duck fish shreds, tomato fish fillets, anchovies and hibiscus crucian carp. The two meals are Xiaolong crossing the river and assorted deboned fish. A soup dish is three-color fish breast soup.

Fish fillets mentioned twice in cold and hot dishes are a special dish in Baiyangdian. This has been described in the famous CCTV host Zhao Zhongxiang's "Love in Years": "... I will never forget that day, when the villagers baked cakes with freshly ground wheat flour and piled up a large plate of fragrant and smooth fillets made of fish just fished out of the lake." When Zhao Zhongxiang visited a foreign country, he even remembered the fish fillets of Baiyangdian, which shows that this dish has a long aftertaste with its unique color, fragrance and taste.

I think that when you travel to Baiyangdian and taste the whole fish feast in Baiyangdian, you will definitely feel that it is really glad you came to come to Baiyangdian.

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Crab and shrimp are the regular dishes that must be ordered after arriving in Baiyangdian. In addition, there is also a dish of boiled small fish with cakes (also called "one pot of fresh") which is also very distinctive. The cakes are made of six kinds of flour, such as corn flour, yellow bean, millet flour, mung bean flour, water chestnut flour of Baiyangdian Lake and lotus root starch of Baiyangdian Lake. Small fish is a kind of wild fish that grows naturally in the waters of Baiyangdian Lake and is about one inch long. The way to do this is to put the live small fish in a big iron pot, add more soup, then stick cakes on the side of the big iron pot, cover the pot, simmer for an hour, and then take the fish out with some soup. Because the cake is close to the fish, the cake after cooking is a little fishy, sweet, fragrant and crisp, which is very unique and must be tasted. The price is between 31 and 41 yuan.

Special products:

Tea-patterned preserved eggs

Tea-patterned preserved eggs, also known as preserved eggs, are one of the famous products of Baiyangdian.

The egg source is the eggs laid by free-range ducks, which are made by traditional technology and new scientific formula.

The main characteristics of Baiyangdian preserved egg with tea grain are bright color, delicious taste and clear tea grain. After cutting, the pine flower is dark green, black, light brown and dark brown. Can be used to make cold dishes, tofu pine flowers, pine porridge and other dishes.

Old salted eggs with red hearts

Old salted eggs with red hearts, also known as pickled green fruits, are mainly used for eggs laid by ducks.

The best time to pickle eggs is from early March to October every year. At this time, there are more small fish, shrimp and aquatic plants in the lake, and ducks produce more red-hearted eggs after eating live food.

Red-hearted old salted eggs are characterized by red heart, oil dripping out after being cut, green yolk and clear red and white. It tastes good, not salty or light, and is suitable as an accompaniment to wine and vegetables.

stewed wild duck

Baiyangdian stewed wild duck is domesticated by wild duck breeds.

when braised, the traditional secret recipe is used and braised at high temperature, and the taste is fresh and tender, moist but not greasy. Because wild ducks are raised with small fish, shrimp and aquatic plants, they are rich in calcium, phosphorus, iron and other trace elements. After eating, it has the health care functions of nourishing eyes, clearing heart fire, removing toxins and strengthening body constitution.

river crab

The Baiyangdian river crab is big and thick, delicious and nutritious, and has a long-standing reputation.

Eriocheir sinensis in Baiyangdian lays eggs in seawater and lives in fresh water. It hatches in March and April, enters fresh water in June and July, and the crab is getting fat in August and September, so there is a saying that the crab enjoys the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival in August. At present, most of the crabs in Baiyangdian are farmed artificially to meet the needs of tourists.

round fish

round fish is one of the important famous products in Baiyangdian. Due to the rich water quality, long illumination time and abundant aquatic algae, Baiyangdian Lake provides good conditions for the reproduction and growth of round fish.

The round fish in Baiyangdian Lake is delicious and nutritious. There are many dishes based on round fish, such as steamed round fish, stir-fried round fish, round fish soup and braised round fish, which are very popular among tourists at home and abroad.

smoked fish

Baiyangdian smoked fish is a unique fish product with strong water town flavor. Its unique flavor mainly comes from the multi-process and traditional ingredients of smoked fish.

There are many kinds of smoked fish, mainly according to their size. The big smoked fish includes smoked bream and smoked silver carp. There are also smoked big fish (carp), just to split the carp in half in order to smoke it thoroughly. Smoked small fish refers to smoked yellow croaker.

Smoked fish is very popular with tourists because of its delicious taste and portability.

red and white lotus seeds

Lotus seeds, which are crisp and fragrant, have been used as palace nutrition products in the past after being dried and boiled.

There are red and white lotus seeds in Baiyangdian.

after the red lotus bears seeds, remove the black hard skin, and the lotus seed meat is dark red; After the white lotus bears seeds, the skin is peeled and the lotus meat is white. Red and white lotus seeds have high nutritional value, contain multiple vitamins, have health-care and body-building effects, and are easy to store and carry.

lotus root

In Baiyangdian, whether friends get together for banquets, holiday recipes or wedding banquets, a cold dish is indispensable: cold lotus root silk.

The lotus root element in Baiyangdian Lake is famous for its cleanliness, fine quality, crispness and sweetness, and no dregs in the entrance. After the lotus root is sliced, there is a big hole in the middle and six small holes around it, and it will not change color after being stored for one day. After the lotus root is broken, the lotus root silk is long, and there is indeed a feeling of "breaking the silk".

Baiyangdian lotus root contains a lot of starch, which can be made into lotus root powder and mixed with other dishes to make cold dishes. It is an excellent dining table.

Cabbage

Cabbage, with its elegant name, arouses people's infinite reverie: on the vast Baiyangdian Lake, there are patches of silver white flowers, below which is a milky short stem, and under the short stem is a long green long stem.

this is a unique product of Baiyangdian. After mid-spring every year, the lake begins to grow and is famous for its freshness. Cold salad after scalding with hot water has a special flavor.