Eight major cuisines: Shandong cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, Guangdong cuisine, Fujian cuisine, Jiangsu cuisine, Zhejiang cuisine, Hunan cuisine and Anhui cuisine.
Shandong cuisine originated in Qi and Lu (now Shandong Province) during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and was formed in the Qin and Han Dynasties. After the Song Dynasty, Shandong cuisine became the representative of "Northern Cuisine" and one of the eight major cuisines in China. Shandong cuisine is the most extensive local cuisine in China, covering Beijing, Tianjin, Tangshan and three northeastern provinces.
Features: Shandong cuisine pays attention to pure seasoning. The mainland is mainly salty and fresh, and the coastal areas are characterized by fresh and salty. The taste is fresher than fresh, fresh, tender, fragrant and crisp. Pay great attention to the modulation of clear soup and milk soup, clear soup is clear and fresh, milk soup is white and mellow, and it is good at seasoning with onion fragrance. Cooking seafood is unique.
Shandong cuisine school: Jiaodong school (including Qingdao, represented by Fushan gang): Jiaodong cuisine is good at frying, frying, roasting, frying and steaming; The taste is fresh and light; Most of the ingredients are shrimp, conch, abalone, oyster yellow, kelp and other seafood.
Jinan School (including Dezhou and Tai 'an): soup is the main part, supplemented by frying, frying, roasting and frying. The dishes are clear, fresh, crisp and tender. Among them, there are clear soup jambalaya and milk soup Pu dishes, which are fresh and elegant and unique.
Five characteristics:
1, salty and fresh, highlighting the original flavor, making good use of onion, ginger and garlic, original flavor.
2. Be good at "explosion" and attach importance to fire control work.
3. Be good at making soup and pay attention to using soup.
4. Making seafood is unique.
5, plump and affordable, style atmosphere
1, 9 to large intestine
During the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, the owner of Jiuhualin Restaurant in Jinan washed the large intestine (rectum) of pigs, cooked it with spices until it was hard and crisp, took it out and cut it into pieces, and seasoned it with soy sauce, sugar and spices. At first, it made a delicious "braised large intestine", which won the welcome of customers and gradually became famous in the city. Later, the preparation method was improved, that is, the large intestine was washed and cooked in a boiling water pot, then fried in an oil pan, and then cooked with seasonings and spices to make the "braised large intestine" taste more delicious.
2. Qingdao Dabao
Different from ordinary steamed buns, Qingdao steamed buns are bigger. One steamed bun may be equivalent to two ordinary steamed buns, with thin skin and thick stuffing. It is famous for its three fresh meat buns. From the very beginning to now, Qingdao steamed buns have extended a lot of fillings, such as three-diced meat buns, five-diced meat buns, saute spicy chicken buns and so on.
3. Linyi pancakes
Linyi pancake is the staple food in Yimeng mountain area of Shandong province, and it is also a famous local specialty food. The types of pancakes can be divided into wheat pancakes, corn pancakes, millet pancakes, sorghum pancakes, soybean pancakes, sweet potato pancakes, buckwheat pancakes, sweet potato pancakes and so on. The raw materials for making pancakes are mostly shelled, rich in crude fiber, nutritious and easy to digest. Linyi pancakes are delicious, easy to store, easy to carry and nutritious, so it is convenient to eat locally or take home.
4. Yantai braised pork
Yantai braised pork is a delicious food made of raw sweet potato starch, heated and frozen with water, cut into small pieces, fried outside the pot until it is burnt, and the color changes from white to transparent, mixed with shrimp oil, sesame sauce, garlic juice and other seasonings.
5. Dezhou paji
Dezhou braised chicken, also known as Dezhou spiced boneless braised chicken, is one of the famous three treasures in Texas (braised chicken, watermelon and golden jujube).