He said, 1976, Ma Ying Jiu, an overseas student, and his wife Zhou Meiqing held a wedding reception at Pengyuan Restaurant in new york. Chef Peng Changgui never imagined that this chubby and handsome young man would become the leader of Taiwan Province Province in 32 years. Beautiful and elegant, a little girl who looks a bit like British star Audrey Hepburn has also become the "first lady" of Taiwan Province Province. At that time, although their wedding banquet had only three or four tables, there was a famous Hunan dish "Zuo Tang Zong Chicken" in the wedding dishes.
Zuo Chicken is famous because it is a must-eat Chinese restaurant dish for Mr. Jiang Jingguo, US Secretary of State Kissinger, President Bush and early Taiwan Province students, which also made the famous Hunan soldier Zuo famous in the 20th century.
In 2003, Fuchsia Dunlop, the host of British BBC TV, visited Hunan for half a year to collect the menus of various restaurants, but she was surprised to find that no one there had heard of this dish, let alone served it in restaurants. Li Jing, a reporter from The New York Times, also went to Hunan to trace the origin of this dish and found that no one there had heard of "Left Tang Zong Chicken". Where does this famous China cuisine come from? Curious, puzzled foreigner!
Who invented the "left chicken"? There are different opinions. In order to solve this puzzle, Ian Cheney, the American documentary director, spent three years traveling all over the United States, looking for famous chefs in China, and even visited the restaurants in Shanghai and Hunan on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, but he still couldn't solve the mystery of "Left Tang Zong Chicken". Finally, he found that this dish was originally made by Taiwan Province famous chef Peng Changgui, and made a documentary "Looking for General Cao" for this purpose, which was published in 2006. 16960.6686668666 17
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Peng Changgui, the inventor of this dish, admires Zuo, a famous general of Xiang army in Qing Dynasty, and Peng Changgui is a native of Hunan and he cooked Hunan food, so naming this special dish "Zuo Chicken" can also be said to be a kind of respect for Hunan sages. Some mainland media ignored this and thought "Left Tang Zong Chicken" or "Left Rooster" was a favorite cooking dish of Zuo Tang Zong. Every time Zuo goes home, Mrs Zuo knows that she likes this chicken and will cook it for him and his soldiers, hence the name. This statement may be possible, but it is by no means the cooking method of Peng Changgui's "Left Tang Zong Chicken".
Taiwan Province cuisine and Taiwan Province snacks have unique styles. Taiwan Province people combined the elements of old Fujian cuisine (Fujian cuisine in Qing Dynasty), Hakka cuisine (Hakka cuisine in Guangdong), Japanese cuisine in Japanese occupation period (1949, the official chef who came to Taiwan with the Kuomintang), European, American and Southeast Asian cuisines, made use of Taiwan Province's rich marine resources, and integrated Chinese and Western cultures to create their own unique Taiwan Province cuisine and various Taiwan Province snacks. "Left Chicken" is a classic dish created under the background of this era. Hot and sour, salty and sweet. If you eat it, you will have a strange feeling that you can't say. It has the swagger of traditional Hunan cuisine and the delicacy of Minnan cuisine, which can't be described in words. This wonderful feeling can only be realized if you personally taste it, and you must go to Pengyuan City, Taiwan Province Province to personally taste chef Peng's craftsmanship.
Peng Changgui, a famous chef in Taiwan Province Province, was born in Shaping, Changsha County, Hunan Province. He is a descendant of Tan Jiacai and the founder of Pengyuan Restaurant in Taiwan Province. Learn from Tan's famous chef Cao Chenyu. His cooking is called Hunan cuisine, but he has a deep knowledge of Huaiyang cuisine and Lingnan cuisine. With his own talent and innovation, he created a unique new school of Hunan cuisine and became the leading chef of Hunan cuisine in Taiwan Province Province. He is known as the "God of Hunan Cuisine in Taiwan Province Province", "Master of Hunan Cuisine in Taiwan Province Province", "Chef of State Banquet" and "Master of Hunan Cuisine". Left Chicken is a famous dish created by Peng Changgui's boss.
Why did Peng Changgui create this "Left Tang Zong Chicken"?
Xiao Peng, a small boss, said that his father/KLOC-0 went to Taiwan Province Province with the Kuomintang in 1949, and initially opened Huaxin, Hu Axiang and Pengyuan restaurants in Taiwan Province Province. 1952, the cross-strait situation was tense, and the United States sent Commander Arthur Ford to Taiwan Province Province for four days.
At that time, I asked Mr. Peng Changgui to study the menu of Admiral Lei's banquet and asked for different dishes for three days. Two days ago, the host and guest had a good time. On the third day, he had an idea. He cut the chicken into pieces of different sizes and added special ingredients to make it serve. As a result, the host and guests praised him in unison and asked him what the dish was called. Mr. Peng Changgui has always admired Xiang Xian's personality, thinking that the name Zuo, a famous minister of Xiang Army in the late Qing Dynasty, can best set off the elegance of Hunan people, so he named it Zuo Chicken.
/kloc-one day in 0/970, accompanied by his secretary, Jiang Jingguo arrived at Pengyuan Hotel without pomp after work. Mr Guo's staff urgently told Peng Changgui's restaurant to prepare some simple dishes, and Peng Changgui specially prepared "Zuo Tang Zong Chicken" and "Jia Peng Tofu". Unexpectedly, after Mr. Guo's spit, it was delicious and I liked it very much. Later, Mr. Guo Jing often recommended this dish to his friends, so "Zuo Tang Zong Chicken" became famous in Taipei for a while, which caused a sensation in the party, government and military circles of Taiwan Province Province, and attracted an endless stream of gourmets.
Therefore, this "left chicken" not only became the specialty of Pengyuan Hotel, but also was a famous food in Taiwan Province at that time. As long as every family entertains the distinguished guests, whether they like it or not, it is enough to serve this delicious food.
(Peng Changgui and Kissinger)
Why did the famous American journalist travel across the ocean to Chinese mainland and Taiwan Province Province to find the delicious food "Left Tang Zong Chicken"?
From 65438 to 0973, Peng Changgui developed in the United States and opened a branch named Pengyuan Restaurant in Manhattan, new york, where Ma Ying IX and Zhou Meiqing held a wedding reception. In the same year, Kissinger, then US Secretary of State, was invited to Pengyuan for dinner. Kissinger tasted "Left Tang Zong Chicken" and liked it very much. Since then, he will go to Pengyuan every time he goes to the United Nations to attend a meeting.
Because Kissinger is the Secretary of State, every time he goes to Pengyuan for dinner, he is accompanied by reporters from all over the United States. Wei 'an staff contracted the whole restaurant for safety reasons, which is equivalent to Kissinger advertising Peng Yuan for free. Every dish ordered by Kissinger will be reported by the media crazily, not to mention the "Left Tang Zong Chicken" that Kissinger must order every time. So, overnight, "Zuo Tang Zong Chicken" became famous all over the United States, and ABC TV also produced a special program report for this dish, making it more famous in the United States.
Chinese restaurants all over the United States have followed suit and introduced many "Left Tang Zong Chicken" (but they are all fake versions, not authentic). This dish has become one of the most famous Chinese dishes in American cognition, and it is also the first Chinese dish that many Americans want to learn most.
Students in Taiwan Province Province must learn this delicious food before studying abroad in their early years, so that they can use it to make some friends when they socialize abroad in the future. These Taiwan Province students brought Zuo Chicken to all parts of the world, which made it more famous, and also made many foreigners know Zuo, a famous minister and a famous Xiang soldier in the late Qing Dynasty, through this delicious Zuo Chicken.
If there were gods in the sky, he would never have expected that it was not his military achievements that made him famous all over the world, but the delicious food in Taiwan Province Province. Although a little disappointed, it is also an alternative marketing! If you are good at observing, you can see this kind of "left chicken" in the movie Pushing Hands and Wedding Banquet by the famous Taiwan Province director Ang Lee. Now you can taste this delicious food in Pengyuan Restaurant in Taiwan Province Province.