First of all, Cai Lan attaches great importance to the delicacy of food. His food programs always make us feel one word: fresh.
As a god of food in coastal areas, Cai Lan is a very special chef and god of food. From the program he hosted, you will find that he really cares about the umami taste of food; Every program will go to the local area to select the freshest food, then choose the simplest cooking method to feel the delicious food, and even find that seasonings are added in a small amount, trying not to cover up the original flavor of the food. In the most profound episode, he fished for seafood on the boat and cooked it directly on the boat. He said that only in this way can he feel the original flavor of food and feel the soul of food.
Second, hot pot completely subverts his pursuit of freshness, so he thinks hot pot is the product of the most useless culture.
The appearance of hot pot runs counter to Cai Lan's pursuit of delicious food. After all, hot pots are all cooked with ingredients and soup, and everyone basically eats the taste of ingredients and spices; The delicious food was completely covered by these soup bases. Even in Cai Lan's eyes, he was just eating spices, so when he asked himself what he wanted to disappear, he immediately thought of hot pot. Hot pot is not bad, but Cai Lan, as a coastal area, is used to the local light diet, and it is really difficult to accept hot pot, a heavy-flavored food, so naturally she thinks it is? No culture? .
In the final analysis, it is cultural differences that make Cai Lan hate hot pot so much.