When traveling, you should not only enjoy yourself, but also try local specialties to satisfy your appetite.
In Yangzhou, the most unforgettable thing is the "three heads" in Yangzhou. Although several years have passed, now I think about it, my teeth and cheeks are still full of liquid.
Yangzhou's "three heads" refer to stewed lion's head with crab powder, stewed silver carp's head and roasted whole pig's head.
Stewed lion head and silver carp head. Last time I went to Yangzhou, I came to find a place. I tried it specially, so I must praise it. It's really true.
Stewed lion's head with crab powder
As a Northeastern, I am sometimes stubborn, or stubborn. Hehe, me too.
I always feel like a "lion head", but is it just a smaller four-happiness ball? The difference may lie in the different cooking techniques and technological routes between stew and frying and frying.
How can this meatball be called "lion head"? What's more, a plate of four-four happy Meetballs in the northeast, pouring soup, and Yangzhou stewed crab powder lion head only needs one cup. Not big, and the price is not low. It is wrong for southerners to do business.
I didn't know until I ate the lion's head stewed with crab powder.
Steamed pork balls
In this story, I thought of Yang Di cruising along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. "All the states and counties I have been to have been ordered to provide food within 500 miles." Emperor Yang Di is very charming, interesting and creative. On a whim, he ordered the accompanying chef to make Italian dishes according to the four famous scenic spots in Yangzhou, Wansongshan, Qiandun, Ivory Forest and Sunflower Mountain. It is said that Sunflower Cut the Meat is the predecessor of Lion's Head.
Later, in the Tang Dynasty, a royal family celebrated her birthday and held a big banquet to entertain guests and friends. Government chefs are constantly innovating on these four famous dishes created by Yang Di, and their dishes are excellent in color, fragrance, taste and shape, which amazes the guests.
In particular, the "sunflower chop meat" is really beautiful, and the meat ball has a high-spirited momentum, like a "lion head".
During the dinner, it was suggested that "sunflower minced meat" be renamed "lion head". Because of its shape and taste, everyone responded. Since then, Yangzhou's famous dish "Lion Head" has become famous.
After eating stewed crab powder lion's head, I realized that Huaiyang cuisine pays attention to fine knife work, fine production and the pursuit of original ingredients. This "lion head" looks little different from the four Joy Meetballs, but the difference is very small. For example, "Lion Head" is made of sliced meat and water chestnut. It tastes soft, crisp and delicious, fat but not greasy, and tastes excellent. But the four happy parties were mixed with minced meat and starch, so it lost its choice first.
Braised silver carp head
The fish head in Yangzhou is made of silver carp produced along the Yangtze River. It is big, tender and delicious. Disassembly is to split the fish head in two, wash it with clear water, and cook it until the bones can be removed and the fishbones removed.
Braised, seasoned with a pig frying pan; The ingredients should be ham, bamboo shoots, mushrooms and shrimps. Make them refreshed. The fish head stewed in this way is delicious, the fish is tender, the soup is rich and super delicious.
But when it comes to roasting the whole pig's head, it reminds me that the store didn't sell it to us when I went to Yangzhou last time. The reason is that there are few of us and we can't eat a big pig. When we arrived at the counter, they were right. We only had two brothers on that trip. They are delicious, but their bellies are not big. A pig's head weighs ten Jin, so we can't eat it after ordering it.
The shopkeeper didn't sell or withdraw, so he had to lick his lips, look at the red and fragrant roast pig head and put it there with a smile. Please, forget about the pig. Let's go for a walk on the edge of Slender West Lake while it's still early.
The scenery of Slender West Lake is so beautiful, I don't know why it suddenly reminds me of a sentence in the Qing Dynasty, "Looking south of the Yangtze River", and I blurted out, "Yangzhou is good, fahai temple is idle. Virtual Hal
God, I'm beating around the bush. Why should I go back to roast the whole pig? If you read classics like this again, I'm afraid you will be more greedy.