People who enjoy state banquets are generally foreign guests and friends with high status. They have traveled thousands of miles from other countries to China, so it is natural for us in China to show our housekeeping skills. Friends who have been abroad must know that foreigners' tastes are generally light and they are not used to particularly stimulating food. To this end, the chef in charge of the state banquet specially improved the dishes so that the foreign guests could enjoy the delicious food. Some of them are tofu, cucumber, sour lotus and so on.
During Nixon's visit to China, in order to entertain this important guest, Premier Zhou told the person in charge of the state banquet that it must be carefully prepared and put forward some feasible suggestions. At the state banquet, President Nixon praised these carefully prepared dishes, including a dish called white shrimp, which was tender and delicious, and was deeply loved by President Nixon. Finally, he ate a plate of "white shrimp" cleanly.
This state banquet was very successful, which also shows that it was right to choose Huaiyang cuisine with light and peaceful taste at that time. Of course, this is inseparable from the profound cooking skills of the state banquet chefs. With the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, foreigners gradually understand the profoundness of China culture. Nixon also said: If there is an opportunity, I will come to China again to try your white shrimp. It can be seen that Nixon is a bit superior, hahahaha.