What are the unique characteristics of Qingdao food culture?

Abstract: Qingdao is rich in precious sea cucumber, scallop, abalone, conch, prawn and Cargill fish, which determines the characteristics of Qingdao cooking with seafood as the main raw material. The traditional banquet in Qingdao has a certain emphasis, such as "416" and "428" specifications; The order of serving requires cold before hot, salty before sweet, and there must be fish at each table; Without sea cucumber, it is not a big meal. So what are the characteristics of food culture in Qingdao? Next, let's learn more about the characteristics of Qingdao's food culture! Cuisine is the crystallization of Chinese nation's food culture, a kind of food culture and a kind of geographical culture. Qingdao is the hometown of Shandong cuisine, and Qingdao cuisine is an important branch of Shandong cuisine. The biggest feature of Qingdao cuisine is that it is good at cooking seafood dishes, and its cooking techniques are diverse, but the techniques such as "explosion, frying, grilling and steaming" are the most advantageous. At the same time, the dishes should pay attention to maintaining the umami flavor of the main ingredients, and the taste is mainly fresh and light. Furthermore, the use of clear soup and milk soup in cooking is the soul of Shandong cuisine. Qingdao cuisine is good at locking the original taste of raw materials with soup, maintaining the nutritional components of the dishes, salty and elegant, refreshing and pure, which is really memorable, which is the characteristic of Shandong cuisine. As far as the development of Qingdao's food culture is concerned, it generally presents the following characteristics:

First, the famous brand "snacks" have a unique flavor and become a beautiful scenic line.

As the main carrier of food culture, "snacks" represent the overall characteristics and cultural traditions of a city, and at the same time embody the connotation of a city's cultural life, which is one of the symbols of a city's food culture and the main propaganda means to improve a city's popularity and competitiveness. For example, Chongqing's "hot pot", Beijing's "roast duck" and Lanzhou's "beef Lamian Noodles" all reflect the local characteristics and cultural traditions of a city from different aspects. As a highlight of Qingdao's food culture, Qingdao famous brand snacks are promoting the development and prosperity of Qingdao's food culture with great influence, and fully displaying the characteristics of Qingdao's urban food culture. Qingdao's snacks make people feel quite bold. For example, drinking beer and eating clams can give them a view. According to the market survey, in recent years, there are many kinds of special snacks and snack restaurants, including 354 restaurants for light snacks, 232 restaurants for light snacks and 119 restaurants for light snacks. Qingdao's specialty snacks mainly include: 1. Qingdao seafood wonton, which is a famous specialty snack in the fast food industry of the island city. There are many kinds of wonton, including seafood king wonton, pork-flavored wonton, shrimp-flavored wonton and other brands. Since 1993, King Wonton has received more than 3 million Chinese and foreign tourists. 2. Qingdao Liuting trotters won the title of "Qingdao Famous Food" and won the first place of similar products in the domestic consumer goods activities loved by Qingdao youth. "Fusheng" trotters won the recognition and praise of customers for their unique quality and were known as "the first hoof in the world". 3. Qingdao fried dumpling, which is delicious and delicious, is a veritable snack in the island city, and has been rated as "famous snack in Shandong Province", "famous snack in China" and "famous snack in China". 4. Qingdao Wanhechun ribs casserole rice, with exquisite materials selection, careful production, unique flavor and low price, is well received by customers. In 2112, it was recognized as "Shandong Famous Trademark" and named "Qingdao Special Snack". 5. Sanxian steamed dumplings, with fine stuffing selection and strict production and processing standards, are characterized by flexible dough, thin skin and many fillings, rich flavor and fresh juice, and are fragrant but not greasy. In February, 1997, it won the honor of "China Famous Snack" recognized by the Ministry of Trade and China Cuisine Association. In addition, there are beef soup packets in Xiaohonglou, raw clam, sea bean curd, prawn steamed dumplings and so on, all of which are special snacks developed from different angles and combined with the regional characteristics of the island city, showing the prosperity and brilliance of Qingdao's food culture.

At the same time, Qingdao also holds many cultural activities in the name of snacks every year, such as Haiyun 'an Sugar Ball Club in sifang district, Yuanxiao Mountain Club in Shibei District, Radish Club and red island clam Festival, etc. All of them dig deep into the folk food culture from different levels, highlight the characteristics of Qingdao snacks, embody the knowledge and style of Qingdao people, enrich the cultural life of the masses, and make remarkable achievements. At present, in order to let more citizens and tourists taste delicious and popular Qingdao snacks, Qingdao is drawing lessons from some practices in Nanjing, setting up local snack streets, adopting low-priced little seafood, such as clams, beepipes and oysters, and researching and innovating cooking methods from popular raw materials, so as to make Qingdao snacks more distinctive and acceptable to more people.

Qingdao snacks also have the following characteristics:

1. Features of spicy fried clams: they are not very spicy at first, and the spicy taste gradually penetrates, which is very memorable.

2. Features of seaweed bean jelly: The bean jelly made by ourselves is the best. Besides being refreshing to eat, it can also taste a trace of umami of frozen vegetables. Mixing with rice vinegar is particularly appetizing and frozen powder is not easy to melt, thus ensuring elasticity.

3. Characteristics of kebabs (squid): delicious color, fragrance, tender meat and "biting the head". The grilled squid is expensive to master in the heat, and the more points, the older, and the less points.

4. Features of sauce trotters: The old sauce soup that has been stewed for many years is thick and fragrant, stewed properly, separated from the flesh and blood, rotten and chewy, but not greasy.

5. characteristics of Spanish mackerel dumplings: the dumplings are very fresh in taste, and the stuffing is very elastic. Adding leeks or coriander into the stuffing will have different tastes.

6. Features of Sanxian Pot Sticker: The quality of the "skin" represents the skill of Sanxian Pot Sticker, and it is best to eat it fragrant and not greasy.

7. characteristics of Chinese cabbage meat package: it is delicious and not greasy after a long time. fresh Chinese cabbage with fresh meat tastes fresh and smooth, with a unique taste.

8. Features of seafood noodles: The noodles are flexible and smooth, with outstanding seafood flavor and bright color. If there is no soup at home, you can use chicken powder instead, and it is best to use handmade noodles for noodles.

9. Chicken soup wonton features: fresh but not greasy, pure in taste, and better after adding coriander.

11. Features of ribs rice: ribs are delicious, tender, neither firewood nor greasy, and the soup is moderately salty, so it tastes good when mixed with rice.

Second, seafood has become a banner of Qingdao's food culture and a beautiful "city card" of Qingdao.

As a city card, seafood is a good interpretation and development of Qingdao's food culture characteristics. At present, Qingdao is taking seafood as a medium to attract more foreign tourists, so that they can enjoy the delicious seafood in Qingdao and feel the food culture in Qingdao.

Qingdao is rich in precious sea cucumber, scallop, abalone, conch, prawn, Cargill and so on, which determines the characteristics of Qingdao cooking with seafood as the main raw material. The traditional banquet in Qingdao has a certain emphasis, such as "416" and "428" specifications; The order of serving requires cold before hot, salty before sweet, and there must be fish at each table; Without sea cucumber, it is not a big meal. According to market research, there are 113 restaurants in Qingdao famous for seafood. Qingdao cuisine has become a characteristic branch of Shandong cuisine. Qingdao specialty dishes made of high-grade raw materials such as sea cucumber, abalone and prawn, such as "roasted sea cucumber with minced meat", "abalone with original shell", "prawn with brine" and "shark's fin with brother-in-law", have greatly improved the taste of Qingdao food culture and promoted the development of food culture, economy and society. Mr. Gao Bingyi, a famous culinary master and honorary president of Qingdao Hotel and Cuisine Association, made a reasonable and selective excavation, summary and research on fishermen's diet, and made artistic transformation with modern cooking theory and technology. He merged the food varieties, eating habits and eating styles of farmers and fishermen in Qingdao and launched a "fisherman's banquet" characterized by "freshness" and "earthiness". All dishes were selected mainly from local specialty little seafood, and the dishes were classic. Later, "Fisherman's Banquet" was rated as "Shandong Cuisine Famous Banquet" by Qingdao Tourism Bureau and designated as a signboard of Qingdao tourism.

Thirdly, restaurants and food streets crisscross each other, with reasonable layout, and they complement each other with commercial streets, showing the prosperity of modern urban food culture.

Qingdao, as a partner city of the 2118 Beijing Olympic Games, has experienced rapid economic and cultural development in recent years. At the same time, the municipal government of Qingdao attaches great importance to the development of food culture, and actively promotes the construction of catering leisure street, food street and beer culture street, so as to promote the development of Qingdao's food culture as the "sailing capital". Minjiang Road is located in the east of Shinan District and intersects with Yunxiao Road Food Street. It starts from Nanjing Road in the west and ends at Yan 'erdao Road in the east, with a length of about 1,811 meters. There are about 311 stores of all kinds, including more than 81 catering stores. This is a professional street featuring catering, leisure and entertainment. More than 51 restaurants in the western section, such as Sanbao porridge shop, Tea Garden porridge shop, Zhuangmama shop and Laozhuan village hotel, mainly feature catering; In the eastern part, bars, cafes, tea houses, KTV and other outlets are mainly for leisure and entertainment. Since the municipal government incorporated Yunxiao Road into the planning and development of snack street in 1999, Yunxiao Road Food Street has developed rapidly, with more than 61 catering stores. Beer Culture Street, located in Dengzhou Road, Shibei District, has also developed very rapidly. Now there are about 51 stores of all kinds, including more than 21 hotels, beer shops and restaurants. There are also Xinzhan Snack Street, Haibo Folk Food Street, Haiyun 'an Folk Snack City, Qingdao Hotel "Pichai Yuan" Snack Street, Damai Island Seafood City, Huiquan Snack Street, Chang 'an Food Street, etc., which gather all flavors and become a paradise for gourmets. According to market survey statistics, there are 1,854 restaurants in Qingdao, including 871 in Shinan District, 488 in Shibei District, 112 in sifang district, 1,111 in Licang District, 1,24 in Laoshan District, 51 in Development Zone and 1,18 in suburbs. These restaurants and food streets not only meet the consumption and leisure needs of the surrounding residents, but also promote the economic prosperity. They have become good places for the residents to improve their consumption level, taste fresh and delicious food, and get together with relatives and friends, which has greatly promoted the development of Qingdao's food culture.

fourthly, western-style meals have sprung up as a new bright spot, adding vitality to the development of Qingdao food culture.

As an internationally renowned characteristic city and an excellent tourist city, Qingdao has frequent economic and cultural exchanges with foreign countries, attracting a large number of domestic and foreign tourists for sightseeing every year. Foreign tourists not only bring excellent foreign food traditions, but also bring different food cultures and eating habits. According to market research, there are 67 western-style restaurants in Qingdao * * *, such as KFC, McDonald's, Pizza Hut, Villa French Restaurant, Lisa Mediterranean Restaurant, etc. Hamburgers, pizzas, fried chips and various western-style cakes have become the favorite foods of most young people. As the representatives of western food culture, they pay attention to food science, nutrition and dining hygiene, which become a favorable supplement to Qingdao food culture and promote the improvement and perfection of Qingdao food culture. Nowadays, KFC, McDonald's, Pizza Hut and other chain stores can be seen in the main streets and commercial districts of Qingdao. They are spreading western food culture and promoting economic and cultural exchanges among countries in the world. At the same time, they also occupy part of the territory of Qingdao's food market, impacting and influencing Qingdao's local food. Nowadays, Qingdao culinary masters have to "feel the pulse" of the development of Qingdao catering industry and Qingdao specialty dishes every year. They pay attention to absorbing the essence of western food culture, so as to develop and improve Qingdao food and carry forward China traditional food culture.

Fifth, the deficiencies of Qingdao's diet are lack of brand awareness, single variety of cuisines, weak competitiveness, and insufficient human resources, which all affect the development of food culture to a higher level.

As an important part of Qingdao's urban culture, food culture has also contributed to the harmonious development of Qingdao's urban culture. But there are also some shortcomings. Generally speaking, Qingdao cuisine still lacks brand awareness, national famous dishes and memorable brands. It just highlights seafood and shows the characteristics of Shandong cuisine, without creating the overall advantages of Qingdao cuisine culture. In this way, it lacks core competitiveness in the process of competing with other cuisines, thus affecting the development of Qingdao cuisine culture to a higher level. At the same time, the lack of a group of senior professionals to master Qingdao's food culture can not be a good inheritance and spread of food culture. There are few experts and scholars specializing in food culture in colleges and universities in Qingdao, and there is no perfect training and management system for food culture professionals, which makes the development of Qingdao food culture lack internal motivation and vitality.