This kind of thing is very luxurious in the eyes of others. However, for people who pay attention to food, it is worthwhile to take a "flying" taxi, let alone drive far. The temptation of delicious food is often more likely to arouse people's primitive impulses than beautiful scenery. For real foodies, what is more worth doing than "calming the greedy worms in the stomach"?
Chen Xiaoqing often said, "The best food is hidden where fireworks burn." . He often travels long distances for food, going to old streets, deep alleys and residential areas, and going to remote towns to find the most authentic food.
Although, it is difficult to see the small town in various popular film and television dramas and variety shows. However, she earned enough shots in many food documentaries. In particular, the success of China on the Tip of the Tongue has opened a way for many documentary directors. After the tip of the tongue, various food documentaries emerged one after another. Food lovers all over the country are also interested in watching and smelling movies.
"More Food in a Small Town", perhaps, is becoming a new popular song in the food circle, which is happily sung by everyone.
Some time ago, I talked to a friend about a topic: food should be linked with "local flavor" As livelihoods leave the land where they grew up, the local atmosphere will gradually lose. Although logistics is developed now, you can eat specialties from all over the country while sitting at home, but the taste will never be comparable to the place of origin.
China people care about the word "fresh", which should be the reason. People in different places have different understandings of "freshness". People who go fishing all the year round understand that the seafood cooked directly in fresh water on the boat is the ultimate flavor in less than three hours, but landing is not the same thing. For the residents on the shore, it is the freshest thing to grab the sea goods that have just been delivered to the dock. For the residents of inland cities, the latest batch of seafood in the market that day may be a rare delicacy.
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The advantage of the town is that it is close to the origin of ingredients. After leaving the growing environment, the ingredients in the surrounding towns can be delivered to the chefs in the restaurants in the city in the shortest time. In a small town, you may not be able to eat high-grade ingredients that have crossed the ocean, but here are some vegetables that have just been picked from the ground in the morning and are still dewy, as well as chickens, ducks and fish that have just been slaughtered that day. These seemingly ordinary things are actually the most rare umami in big cities.
There is an interesting detail in the food documentary "Small Town Nightingale". In a beef hotpot restaurant in Chaoshan, diners asked the boss if there was anything particular about scalding beef. The boss waved his hand and said confidently, "You come here to eat beef, cook it casually, scald it casually, and it's delicious. You don't have to worry for a few seconds ..." In his view, these are just "red tape" invented by foreigners. The freshest ingredients, as long as they are simply treated, are full of flavor.
The boss's confidence comes from his confidence in the freshness of his beef. In order to ensure the quality of beef, they personally choose a cow every night and slaughter it the next morning to make the best part of hot pot. When it was placed on the chopping board, the beef was still trembling slightly. Knife workers have been working for more than ten years, and the cut beef is as thin as a piece of paper. It has been scalded in a pot, but it is flexible and elastic.
"This is the best beef hot pot I have ever eaten", which has been commented by many diners and has also become the signboard of this store. Although this shop is hiding in the corner of the town, its business is extremely hot. Every day, many diners in the city drive to taste it.
Flavor, two words, lies in the fresh local flavor of the ingredients themselves. The other half lies in the creation of people, frying, boiling and stewing, and giving them the most appropriate explanation according to the character of the ingredients. It is the combination of the two that makes each town form its own food characteristics, which are self-contained, simple and rich.
China's vast land, rich landforms and climate gave birth to small towns and formed its unique food culture. It is no exaggeration to say that there are as many small towns as there are food cultures in China.
In Zhangye, a small town in the northwest, I grew up under the Qilian Mountains, eating lambs of alkali grass. As long as they are cooked with water and salt, they have no smell, delicious meat and even milk flavor. Mangshi, a small town in Yunnan, relies on the rich products in mountainous areas and its food culture is also very diverse. The green leaf banquet of Jingpo nationality is full of broad green leaves and unique delicacies. ...
It is the instinct of a small town to say that "relying on mountains to eat mountains and relying on water to eat water". Then, the cooking creativity inspired by this reveals its own historical and cultural heritage.
Chaozhou is often called "an island in Chinese cuisine". In this small town with a history of more than 2,000 years, many food cultures with a history of thousands of years have been preserved. Chaozhou people's favorite raw fish is left over from the pre-Qin period, and Japanese sashimi also comes from China.
Wang Kai, the author of China People Overeat, once summed up a rule: "In ancient counties with' states', there were generally many delicious foods." Because such small towns generally have a long history and retain a lot of traditional food.
The town is really a place where crouching tiger hides dragon. Many well-known national specialty snacks, under the signboard of big cities, actually originated in small cities. Sichuan Jibo originated in Leshan; Hangzhou steamed buns actually originated in Shengzhou; Nanjing baozi stuffed with juicy pork made a resounding signboard, but Jingjiang has a saying: "Out of here, all baozi stuffed with juicy pork are blasphemous!"
However, in a small town, it is always preserved.
The running tone of a city will also affect the character and fate of the food here. In a fast-paced big city, it is difficult for a restaurant to live for more than ten years. All kinds of delicious food have disappeared with the disappearance of restaurants.
Under the pressure of high rent and other operating costs, a restaurant can't just pursue Excellence in taste. In the first program of the Round Table School, Tao once asked the soul question: Why are some restaurants in the city not delicious when eating? Actually, this question is not difficult to answer. Pay attention to the reason why this restaurant that once favored you is no longer delicious. Nine times out of ten, it was because of the sudden expansion of the scale and the opening of a branch. Many times, interest and interest are contrary.
Therefore, Chen Xiaoqing has repeatedly said that all good things are among the people. During the earthquake, he went to Qingchuan to deliver goods. When the road section was opened, he met a fat sausage shop, served it and just took a bite. As a result, aftershocks occurred and everyone ran out. He ran out, too, but he still couldn't put down the bowl of fat sausage. His heart was crossed: "Forget it", and he ran back to continue eating, as cool as a cucumber. When the joke is told again, he can only sigh: "It's delicious enough to make you lay down your life."
Such a "magical" shop can only be met in a small town. Chen Xiaoqing once ate a "magic" restaurant in Kaihua County, Quzhou, Zhejiang. This restaurant is small, but all the dishes are delicious. He couldn't help asking the boss, why didn't you drive to Hangzhou? The boss replied: You can't go to Hangzhou. For this boss, staying in a small town is also a taste.
Time is slowly flowing in the small town, and the small shops on the street may have been open for more than ten or twenty years. The story of several generations running a shop and maintaining a taste often happens in small towns. There is no marketing myth here, only word-of-mouth accumulated slowly in a down-to-earth manner. There is no need to please tourists here. The unique taste has been proved by generations. Here, there is no need for gorgeous decoration, no need for human touch and no need for fireworks. This is the most touching frontage.
The smell of town is also the smell of home. From small food to large food, it is the longest-lasting confession of a small town old shop. This smell will take root in the taste buds, and people in small cities will continue to go to big cities, but this smell can't be taken away.
Someone said, "People can easily touch the heart of such a small town." When you are a tourist, it will greet you with a smile and surprise you with the most pristine taste. If you are a local, she will pull you back to the "gentle hometown" with a few greetings with a local accent.
Delicious food nourishes life. A life also breeds a delicious food. Life in the town is dull and mild. The taste of the town is real and full of surprises, mixed with strong human touch and fireworks.
When you miss a taste, this town is here. When you long for life, the town is here.
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