Yangzhou's food is very famous in the food world. There are four major cuisines in China: Shandong cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, Guangdong cuisine and Huaiyang cuisine. Yangzhou cuisine is a part of Huaiyang cuisine, which is said to have a history of 1600 years.
Yangzhou cuisine has a great reputation and a wide variety. According to relevant data, Yangzhou cuisine has ten famous points: Sanding steamed bun, Melaleuca oil cake, Shuangma crisp cake, Emerald steamed bun, dried vegetable steamed bun, wild duck steamed bun, glutinous rice steamed bun, crab yellow steamed bun, Chejiao steamed bun and shredded chicken roll; There are also ten kinds of special snacks: Sixi dumplings, raw lotus root clips, tofu rolls, bamboo shoots, red bean dumplings, five-kernel cakes, scallion cakes, Huangqiao biscuits, jiaozi noodles with shrimps and bamboo shoot wonton.
There is a typical and popular saying in Yangzhou that is also related to Yangzhou cuisine. This is "skin water in the morning, skin water at night". This "skin water in the morning" means eating. Although it is called "drinking morning tea", it is actually drinking tea. Yangzhou steamed stuffed bun, jiaozi, steamed dumplings, etc. They are all famous brand teas, and "Pi Shui" can also refer to the most representative "Crab Yellow Tangyuan" in Yangzhou. More than ten years ago, I went to Yangzhou, and my friends in Yangzhou invited me to taste it. This "crab yellow soup bag" is thin and delicious, and it is still fresh in my memory.
I don't know if the travel agency is intentional or unintentional. This trip is a "three-day tour of Taizhou and Yangzhou". Yangzhou only arranged one day, leaving Taizhou early and returning late, and only arranged a lunch.
Lunch is fine. Even if we don't arrange "morning tea", we still have a chance to taste the delicious food in Yangzhou. Even if we taste one or two famous Yangzhou dishes in the "group meal", it is still "I'm glad you came". I believe the tour guide is familiar with Yangzhou cuisine. In her explanation, she also introduced Yangzhou salted goose in detail, saying that the entrance of Yangzhou salted goose is mellow and delicate, the more chewy it is, the more fragrant it is and the aftertaste is long. We were all stunned.
However, it was this lunch that the travel agency did not arrange for us to taste Yangzhou cuisine, but took us to a vegetarian buffet.
This is not only unexpected, but also unexpected. Yangzhou cuisine and self-help vegetarian food are completely two realms.
This is a self-service shop called "vegan". The shop is located on the second floor of a commercial plaza building, and the stairs are outside the building. Looking around, it's still very quiet here.
Walking up the stairs and entering the restaurant, the reception staff was very enthusiastic. One person receives food stamps, one person sends food, and a set of dishes is different from a hotel buffet.
I was a little surprised when I walked to the buffet table. Here, there are not only many dishes, but also rich colors; There are fried, steamed and hot-fried cold dishes; There are not only fresh vegetables such as broad beans, edamame, pumpkin and cucumber, but also traditional miscellaneous grains such as red beans, mung beans, corn and millet. There are potatoes, sweet potatoes and other commodities, as well as mushrooms and other delicacies; There are soybean milk, rice porridge, drinks and fruits. You thought of it and you didn't expect it! Depending on the situation, there should be one hundred varieties; Its scale and variety are no less than the buffet breakfast in five-star hotels!
In recent years, vegetarianism has become popular, and vegetarian restaurants have been opened everywhere. I have also eaten several vegetarians, such as the "Pure Heart Vegetarian Restaurant" which provides such rich food. I have never seen it before.
Once you've tasted it, it's even more surprising. Although it is vegetarian, it tastes real. Eating it in your mouth seems to taste the original flavor of these vegetarians, which reminds people of the taste of the past, childhood and hometown! I observed my peers, and they all ate with relish, praising the vegetarian food here as simple and beautiful!
Eating vegetarian food can also open your taste buds. When I am away from home, I dare not be greedy for the best food; But this time, while feasting my eyes, I hope I can't taste every food!
A pure vegetarian diet can purify the mind in addition to being a vegetarian. Here, you can also read many words that nourish nature and nourish the soul.
There is a passage I particularly like, copied below: the wise take the initiative to find something to do, and the fool is passive; A wise man collapses when he is in trouble, and a fool complains when he is in trouble; Wise men take the initiative to make contributions, fools take the initiative to talk about conditions. This "three intelligences and three fools" is also the philosophy of being a man, which is very profound. You can gain the truth of being a man by being a vegetarian. This vegetarian food is really useful.
After eating vegetarian food, I found that this vegetarian restaurant still has a strong sense of gratitude and a strong sense of social responsibility when I left. You see, it announces to the public: monks are free, grateful to their families for forgetting to report their lives and supporting Buddhism; Soldiers are free, grateful for the youthful blood of soldiers and serving the country; Sanitation/kloc-free after 0/9: 20, grateful for the angel of net country, net country; Free for those over 85 years old, grateful for the kindness and care of elders, and harmonious family; Children under one meter are free, grateful for the care of ancestors, vegetarian and filial to children. Deeply grateful, simple and warm!
The vegetarian restaurant in Yangzhou is also very beautiful!