Past lives of famous dishes are often more important than color, fragrance and health. For example, without the flattering of Mr. Dongpo in ancient times and the love of great leaders in the last century, Dongpo pork and Maojia braised pork, two famous big fat meats, would you still like to taste them today when the weight loss movement is in full swing?

A name can be an unusual name. Although this statement is difficult to understand, we can borrow a famous dish and perhaps explain the name of a famous dish-because it contains extraordinary people and extraordinary things. Famous dishes often contain celebrities or wonderful stories.

There are many cases: in addition to the two fat meats mentioned above, there are also-

Fengyang bean curd brain: Zhu Yuanzhang was very poor when he was young. One day, he made a bowl of bean curd in Fengyang Huangjia Hotel, which was delicious. When he became emperor, he ordered the chef in that restaurant to cook this dish for him. This kind of fermented bean curd has become famous since then, and it is still a famous dish in Anhui.

Pei Gong Dog Meat: Pei Gong (Liu Bang) and Fan Kuai killed an old catfish and stewed it with dog meat, which was very delicious. This dish has been circulated in Xuzhou since then and has been enduring for two thousand years.

Wuxi Meat Bone: Pass Jigong to a cooked butcher shop in Wuxi to ask for money. The boss said, "I just opened the door and have no money." Let me give you a piece of meat! " "Jigong ate what he wanted, and the boss gave it. Jigong ate and asked for more, but the boss quit and said, "I'll give you all the meat." What shall I sell tomorrow? " Jigong replied: "Meat bones!" He told the boss how to stew this dish. Since then, the fragrance of meat and bones has drifted away in Wuxi.

When history came to the 2 1 century of commercialization, the past lives of famous dishes received unprecedented attention: wonderful stories were rendered more wonderful; Celebrities are lively in restaurants and menus.

It is naturally the restaurant owner who does this. However, they are not promoting history and culture: this is not the driving force, but increasing the efficiency of restaurants. The fact is that bosses who tell things with famous dishes often have fame and fortune in their previous lives.

Why not take the famous Guangzhou cuisine as an example? In my opinion, although there are many famous dishes in Guangzhou, the cluster effect is obvious, but most of them are limited to the depth of history and culture, which needs to be deepened and upgraded urgently. For example, antique Taoists have signs inscribed by Kang Youwei. Why not discuss the dishes that Mr. Nanhai has eaten or appreciated in the past and give diners an explanation to make some dishes in the store go from obscurity to fame, or from small to large?