However, in recent years, Hebei has been actively promoting Zhili official cuisine, one of the three series of "Ji Cuisine", to create a new cuisine in China, making Zhili official cuisine the ninth largest cuisine in China, and enjoying a good reputation throughout the country and even the world with the brand of "Ji Cuisine".
The reporter learned that at the just-concluded second China Catering Expo, Zhili official cuisine became a well-deserved "dark horse" in the catering industry. Its dishes, such as pot-wrapped elbow, braised chicken breast and government-roasted salted fish, were awarded the gold medal in the recommended recipes exhibition of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games by China Cuisine Association.
In fact, not only Zhili official dishes, but also many brand dishes in Hebei cuisine are equally eye-catching at this food Expo. In the exhibition area, the exhibition map with rich cultural atmosphere of Zhili officials has become the most eye-catching spot in the exhibition area, which fully shows the development and innovation process of "Ji cuisine", especially Zhili official cuisine. In addition to Hebei Yulanxiang Baoding Pavilion, the exhibition area also displayed Chengde Imperial Catering Co., Ltd., Tangshan Hongyan Restaurant and other well-known catering enterprises in Hebei Province, which made many people feel that "Ji Cai" has such a profound food culture after visiting Hebei exhibition area. Secondly, the model performance of Zhili official cuisine is the first food model on the catering stage in China. At the same time, using background music and live commentary, the inheritance, development and innovation of Zhili official cuisine are intuitively displayed. At the booth, the chef of Handan Yiyouyou Catering Co., Ltd. used a rolling pin to simultaneously roll out the dumpling wrapper of 10, which also made people applaud. In addition, there are a large number of newly discovered blue-and-white porcelain utensils with strong cultural flavor of Zhili government, such as long-lost warm dishes, thick juice method, abalone lamps, etc., which are also a highlight of this food Expo.
There is a craze for "Ji cuisine" in this Expo, especially the official cuisine in Zhili, which greatly enhances the popularity and influence of "Ji cuisine". At the same time, it indicates that "Hebei cuisine", especially the official cuisine of Zhili, will begin to go out of Hebei and go to the whole country.
It is understood that Hebei's catering culture has a long history. Influenced by China's advanced food culture, the food culture of Hebei cuisine, such as style, cooking skills and banquet etiquette, is constantly gestating and growing, and gradually forms varieties including palace cuisine, official cuisine, ethnic cuisine and local cuisine. There are three main schools of "Hebei cuisine": south-central cuisine, represented by Baoding, is the largest school of "Hebei cuisine", mainly including government-run cuisine. In addition, there is the Northern Hebei Palace School represented by Chengde, such as the Manchu-Han banquet. In addition, there is a coastal school in eastern Hebei represented by Tangshan, which is good at cooking fresh aquatic raw materials.
According to industry sources, in recent years, with the northward movement of southern cuisine, the entry of local cuisine and new cuisine, the operation of "Jicai" in high-end restaurants has been greatly impacted, and the proportion of "Jicai" has dropped sharply. The problem it faces is how to "excavate, inherit and innovate", and then promote "Ji cuisine" to seize the opportunity and become famous throughout the country.
To this end, Hebei Province recently held the "2006 Hebei Food Culture Exhibition". It is understood that the organizing committee will organize the development and innovation forum of Hebei cuisine, the brand display of catering enterprises, the display of famous dishes, famous dishes and banquets, the creative competition of Hebei cuisine, and the promotion month of Beijing-Hebei cuisine. , and will also publish and print the collection of famous dishes and banquets. Fully demonstrate the development achievements of Hebei catering industry, dig deep into the history of Hebei cuisine, and cultivate and establish Hebei cuisine brands.
In 2005, the catering and accommodation industry in Hebei Province achieved a total retail sales of social consumer goods of 34.96 billion yuan, up 19% year-on-year, ranking first among all industries, and more than 30 catering enterprises were rated as national super-class and first-class hotels.
A person in charge of the Organizing Committee of "2006 Hebei Food Culture Exhibition" told the reporter that the catering industry in Hebei has formed a unique regional style and cultural concept. Hebei cuisine not only pays attention to local characteristics, but also draws on others' strengths; While inheriting traditional skills, we should constantly pursue change and innovation and combine them with tourism products. Hebei cuisine has a wide range of materials, fine selection of materials, profound internal strength, emphasis on color, aroma and nutritional structure, highlighting salty, fresh, strong and sauce-flavored, with a variety of patterns, pursuing elegant environment, paying attention to etiquette and service, and its influence and popularity are constantly improving. For example, the fish banquet in Zhili, the official banquet in Zhili, China, the first-class civilian food and the first-class officer food in Baoding Hall all won unanimous praise from the judges and became one of the big winners of the second food Expo. Huading Royal Noodle of Zhuozhou Huadingqi Company was recognized as the recommended dish for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Handan yiyouyou catering co., ltd won the title of 1 China famous banquet.
Liang, chairman of Hebei Yulanxiang Baoding Club Catering Co., Ltd. said that at present, more than 40 "Zhili official dishes" have been excavated and passed down by us, and hundreds of various "Zhili official dishes" and more than ten classic banquets are still under development. In addition, we also applied for the patent and registered brand of Zhili official cuisine and Zhili official banquet, among which Zhili official cuisine was officially recognized as the intangible cultural heritage of Hebei Province in June this year. We hope that Zhili official cuisine will become the pride of "Ji cuisine" and even "China official cuisine" and make it "Zhili official cuisine".