Because hangzhou dishes is a combination of Hangzhou cuisine and brother cuisine, not just Hangzhou cuisine.

Since the reform and opening-up, Hangzhou, as a famous tourist city, has increased its internal and external contacts. In the past, it faced local customers, but now it should face the whole country and the whole world. With the increase of exchange activities, learning opportunities and challenge pressure, the concept of catering operators must change accordingly.

Hangzhou cuisine and its brothers' cuisines are becoming more and more integrated, drawing on the strengths of many families and becoming a master of non-sects. Perhaps, hangzhou dishes's word "gang" was used too early.

A so-called "gang" has not really formed in hotels, chefs' practical work or theoretical summary. Hangzhou dishes's current development momentum is driven by the market.

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Cuisine characteristics

Hangzhou cuisine is divided into two schools, namely "on the lake" and "in the city". The former is mainly made of fish, shrimp and poultry, and is good at techniques such as raw stir-frying, clear stew and tender stir-frying, paying attention to clear, fresh, crisp and tender taste and retaining the original flavor. The latter is mainly made of meat, while hangzhou dishes's cooking methods are mainly steaming, stewing, boiling and burning, paying attention to light oil, light pulp, light and tender taste, and paying attention to the combination of fresh and salty.

hangzhou dishes's taste is mainly salty and slightly sweet, but it is not as sweet as Suzhou food, nor as thick as Shanghai food, so it is easily accepted by people. "Lightness" is a symbolic feature of hangzhou dishes, which just conforms to the trend of "lightness" of dishes.

In addition, hangzhou dishes is light and peaceful, and there are not many elements of "grabbing taste", which makes it easy to absorb the essence of dishes from north and south, so now hangzhou dishes is more like a "universal dish", which is easy to win the favor of diners from north and south.

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