Lishui, Jinhua and Quzhou in Zhejiang have their own "filters" in the misty rain, just like traveling in the illustrated world.

This rain in Zhejiang is torture. It doesn't rain heavily and it won't stop, so this is Mao Mao, who accompanied us all the way.

Let me show you my route first.

This time, although the three cities are very close, only about 100 km apart, the changes of cultural scenery along the way are "subtle".

Lishui and Quzhou are very different in geography and culture. Jinhua, however, is very inclusive. Since ancient times, "Jin Qu family".

First stop: Lishui

Lishui, Zhejiang, this city is "terrible".

Going back and forth three times, it feels different every time. This time, it changed again.

How can I put it? I feel that Lishui is becoming more and more "mature", and it will be more and more difficult to find that kind of "raw" scenery in the future.

If you have a plan to travel to Lishui, go at once. More neat and rounded, "edges and corners" are no longer obvious.

For example, the homestay we live in is located on the banks of the Oujiang River surrounded by green hills, but it doesn't feel like living in the countryside at all. The whole small building is full of artistic sense, just like building a villa with literary style in the mountains.

There are two thousand-year-old villages here, one named Gu Yan and the other named Hu Axiang. The typical Lishui scenery, with the flavor of "Zhejiang Green Valley", has now been transformed into a scenic spot.

After entering the scenic spot, the two villages have no access to land and can only take a boat.

The ancient weir painted the hometown. Two years ago, there was no door here. Just one year later, a TV series broadcast by CCTV was filmed here, and it was a fire; Come back this year, boy, that cruise ship will have to wait in line for a long time before it can be crowded.

Traveling in Zhejiang, especially in the south of Zhejiang, is deeply touched: the scenery waits for no one. Lishui is a place where flowers are different all year round.

Lishui's delicious food

Lishui's scenery is really beautiful, one of the best in Zhejiang, but frankly speaking, compared with its beautiful scenery, Lishui's food is slightly "inferior" Not "beautiful", not too particular, very simple, very homely.

But rural tourism in Lishui has developed very well. You can find a farmhouse by driving on the road, which is very different. You see those dishes are deliberately set, but the taste is still cooked in Dachai hot pot.

Lishui is famous for its excellent landscape ecology, so most of the specialties here are fish in mountain products and streams.

In the early years, poverty was closed, with plenty of rain and heavy mountain torrents. In times of disaster, people can't eat and their survival becomes a problem, so they use local materials and try their best to make full use of and beautify those humble ingredients.

For example, Songyang County in Lishui is actually a well-known "tea city" with beautiful scenery and many huge tea gardens, some of which also have bicycle lanes.

So the food here is "tea" first, the leaves of crucian carp are green tea, and handmade tofu also tastes like tea.

There is also something called green tea salad. The surface is bitter tea powder, but the core is sweet and soft.

In Lishui, we can usually eat several things:

First, it is special fresh meat, especially fish.

Most of the fish I eat in Lishui are called river fish and stream fish. Xiaoxi Fish Hot Pot on the Oujiang River is a special farm dish here, with fresh and tender meat, which will be unforgettable once you eat it.

The second is some "gunk" originated from the people, that is, soup.

This mushy soup is inconspicuous and even ugly. It is mixed with many ingredients, such as starch, vegetable leaves, minced meat and squid. It's thick and delicious, and it's available in almost every restaurant by the river. It's called "thin halogen squid".

Hot on the table, eat the first bite, you can't stop bowl after bowl.

Third, it is tofu.

I found that tofu in Zhejiang, a place close to the mountain, was particularly delicious, probably related to my poverty in my early years.

At that time, hand-made stone mill tofu was a must for every household, with rich nutrition and low price, so this craft was handed down. Up to now, Lishui and several surrounding mountain cities still retain the traditional workshops for making handmade tofu.

Northerners who travel in Zhejiang can eat many new feelings from time to time. The food in Zhejiang is very "flexible", and the taste often combines the solidity of Hebei, Shandong and Henan with the softness of Hakka.

Second stop: Jinhua

Driving from southern Zhejiang to central Zhejiang, the scenery is beautiful, and all the people who live there are farmhouses, homestays and apartments, which are free and convenient, and they can also cook. It was not until Jinhua, a big city, that something interesting happened in the city:

It's late at night, find a homestay (apartment) to stay.

Several girls bought snacks in the small supermarket downstairs. The boss looked us up and down and asked:

Where are you from in the north?

Why is it so late?

Living in an apartment upstairs?

Where to eat?

I thought to myself that this boss is really enthusiastic. Do you think it's easy to open a shop now? It's also a family matter. So I agreed with him while choosing something. At this moment, the boss suddenly came:

"Do you want a handsome boy?"

I looked at this boss. He should be nearly 50 years old. Smaller people are thinner. Although he is clean and white, he is definitely not a "handsome boy".

Several ladies in the same trade thought he was joking, haha jokingly: we have handsome guys in the car, so we don't need them!

The boss looked out at our cars, and some old people were packing up the equipment, but he didn't speak again.

Out of the supermarket, we three girls stood on the side of the road, drinking cold drinks and sorting out the boss's chat records.

"Is handsome boy popular in Jinhua?"

"No, no, you think too much, people are just joking!"

" # & amp￥:()……"

Finally, we came to the conclusion that it was just a joke.

At the same time, I summed up another experience: girls must protect themselves outside.

Jinhua is delicious.

This time, I passed by Jinhua by car, which left me a deep and unexpected impression: in this city famous for ham, the restaurant owner recommended that we eat two other dishes that are "authentic anywhere except Jinhua"-

One is Jinhua bone pot, and the other is Jinhua earth balls.

Jinhua is located in the middle of Zhejiang, and the people here are also very easygoing, or sophisticated, and will come to the meeting. Their recommendation for food is not a "fudge", but a pride that can't be hidden. Service consciousness takes precedence over money consciousness-

First of all, I'm a local. You have to believe me. Secondly, I will recommend our local people's favorite. It's not delicious. How can I recommend it to you? That's about it.

Bone-tube pot is a famous specialty food in Jinhua. The main raw material is bone. Stewed soup is delicious, mainly soup. You can also soak fans, thousands of pieces and other ingredients, and this pot is enough.

Jinhua meatballs are local "local dishes". The main ingredient is not meat, but sweet potato powder. Without this powder, neither the front leg meat nor the pork belly tastes right. It looks simple, but it tastes easy. I feebly feel that I can do this.

We had a meal first, but we couldn't put it down. We didn't want to leave the next morning until we had enough lunch.

In addition, I found that the eggplant in Jinhua is also delicious, sweeter than the eggplant eaten in other places. Eggplant seems to be a "reserved dish" in every Jinhua restaurant. The eggplant here is mostly braised in brown sauce and has a strong flavor. I wonder if it's local eggplant.

There is also a kind of "Tangxi chopped green onion meat", which originated from the people and has a deep precipitation. It is said that there is a story.

Jinhua cuisine rarely adds fancy and vain things, and it is all for ordinary people to eat.

The third stop: Quzhou

Quzhou is the last stop in go on road trip. This city makes me feel ... a little sorry and a little "pity".

Nice ancient city, alas, not well protected. All kinds of buildings are old and new, and the streets and roads are chaotic-but it can be seen that the government is trying its best to remedy it.

The old city is being rebuilt, and the new buildings are mostly antique, probably for the unity of visual effects.

There is a night market here, which is brightly lit at night. I look forward to seeing a Quzhou version of Qinghe Square, but unfortunately there is not.

The city of Quzhou is not suitable for superficial play. If you want to leave, you have to stay for ten days and a half months. If you are not in a hurry, down-to-earth and "measure" its streets with your feet, you will be surprised.

Surprise 1: the old house.

There are many old houses in Quzhou. We found a hotel with the best location in the urban area, which is said to have a history of more than 300 years.

When you walk in, you are greeted by the layout of ancient big families. There is a nave and a patio. At first glance, that magnificent big house is the master's room and the place where the servants cook.

Further inside, pavilions and waterside pavilions turn around, and there is a courtyard with a coffee table and green plants. Every room has a different name, and stories are written in every corner.

Surprise 2: Delicious.

Although the old city is declining and the new city is inferior, it does not mean that Quzhou is not suitable for tourism-

On the contrary, I think Quzhou is a must-see city in Zhejiang. Especially for foodies, there are many delicious foods here, which is called "the first in Zhejiang".

Therefore, the main content of Quzhou travel is eating.

Quzhou de gourmet

Quzhou's food style is complicated and a bit "weird", so it is impossible to summarize Quzhou's food with any simple words.

Let's see what I ate in Quzhou this time:

Pasta: To my surprise as a northerner, how can a southern city like Quzhou eat chopped green onion steamed buns and baked buns? This is simply "Hebei-Shandong-Henan style";

Noodles: more than a dozen, noodle soup, dried noodles, fried rice noodles ... except Xinjiang noodles, none of them were lost to the northwest;

Dim sum: dozens of kinds, dyed with colors and patterns, exquisite and beautiful, with a touch of "Macao customs";

Meat: Friends from Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Chongqing can try rabbit head and duck feet. Do you doubt that you can really eat spicy food?

In short, the food in Quzhou is only boastful, and there is really no "slot". It's delicious when you take it out casually, but it's really delicious.

Quzhou is a city worth traveling even if it is just for eating.

By the way, snail is a must-have dish-in fact, snail is a must-have dish in Zhejiang. I have never seen a place so obsessed with eating snails as Zhejiang people. Every store has it.

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My self-driving journey is still going on, so please pay attention to my future travel notes.

I'm Sister Dahong, the anchor of the audio radio travel channel, a professional traveler, focusing on minority games and sharing unpopular destinations. Travel is not an attitude, but life itself.