After the dredging of the West Lake, the surrounding fields are not afraid of waterlogging and drought. This year, the weather is good and the crops in four townships in Hangzhou are bumper. The people appreciate the benefits of Su Dongpo's dredging the West Lake. When the Chinese New Year comes, everyone will bring him pigs and wine to celebrate the New Year.
Su Dongpo collected a lot of pork, so he had it cut into cubes and burned it red and crisp. However, according to the roster of migrant workers dredging the West Lake, each family was given a piece to share the meat with everyone for the New Year. In peacetime, every household has a good life. At this time, we were even happier to see Su Dongpo send someone to deliver meat. Laugh and jump. Everyone praised Su Dongpo as a good official and called the pork he sent "Dongpo Meat". At that time, the owner of a big hotel saw that everyone praised Dongpo pork, so he discussed with the chef and cut the pork into cubes. Red crispy meat is also called "Dongpo meat".
As soon as this new dish was introduced, the business of that restaurant flourished. Customers keep coming from morning till night. It is not enough to kill ten pigs every day. The owners of other restaurants are jealous and learn to do it. For a time, no matter the size of the restaurant, every family has "Dongpo meat". Later, after peer discussion, "Dongpo Meat" was designated as the first dish in Hangzhou. Su Dongpo is honest and not afraid of powerful people. Treacherous court officials who offended him hated him. At this time, it is very sad to see that people in Hangzhou love him so much. One of them, Yushi, came to Hangzhou to find fault and pretended to frame Su Dongpo.
On the first day of his arrival in Hangzhou, Yu Shi ate in a restaurant. The waiter had to ask him to order. He looked at the menu. The first course was Dongpo Meat. He frowned and shouted "I want this first course". He ate Dongpo meat and thought it was delicious. When he inquired about Tang Guan, he realized that Dongpo pork was the first famous dish discussed by his peers. So he put away the recipes of all restaurants in Hangzhou and returned to Beijing excitedly. It is suggested to go to see the emperor immediately after returning to Beijing and say; "The emperor, Su Dongpo graft in Hangzhou, evil! People hate to eat his meat? " The emperor asked; "How do you know? What is the evidence? " The examiner submitted a pile of greasy recipes. The emperor is a fool. He is also indiscriminate when he looks at the menu. He handed down the imperial edict, relieved Su Dongpo of his post and sent him to Hainan from a distance. After Su Dongpo was dismissed from office and exiled to the army, Hangzhou people could not forget his benefits and praised him as always. In this way, "Dongpo Meat" has been handed down from generation to generation, and it is still a famous dish in Hangzhou today.