Shanghai cuisine was originally famous for braising in soy sauce and frying raw food. Later, it absorbed the characteristics of Wuxi, Suzhou, Ningbo and other local cuisines, referred to the cooking techniques of the above sixteen families, and combined the methods of western food and western pastry, which made the varieties of colors develop greatly. The basic characteristics of the flavor of dishes are: mellow soup, thick sauce red, sugar color, salty and palatable.
Pay attention to live, raw, inch and fresh materials; Seasoning is good at salty, sweet, bad and sour. Famous dishes, such as "braised mandarin fish", are famous for their skillful cooking skills, outstanding original flavor, bright red color, thick marinade and fresh and tender meat. Cuisine with local flavor has gradually adapted to the characteristics of Shanghai and has undergone different changes, such as Sichuan cuisine changing from heavy spicy to light spicy, and tin cuisine changing from heavy sweet to light sweet.
Shanghai is located in the Yangtze River Delta of China. It is a coastal city along the Yangtze River, with warm climate, distinct seasons and dense rivers and lakes. Fish and shrimp are abundant all year round, vegetable fields in the suburbs are contiguous, vegetables are evergreen all year round, and products are abundant. Shanghai is located in the transportation hub, and it is convenient to buy local specialties, which provides good raw materials and seasonings for the development of Shanghai cuisine.
Since the opening of 1843 Shanghai, with the development of industry and commerce, merchants from all directions gathered, and restaurants came into being. In the 1930s and 1940s, various local restaurants appeared, including local dishes of Beijing, Guangzhou, Jiangsu, Yangzhou, Wuxi, Ningbo, Hangzhou, Fujian, Sichuan, Huizhou, Chaozhou, Hunan and Shanghai, as well as vegetarian dishes, Muslim dishes, various western foods and western foods.
These Shanghai dishes have their own magical powers, fierce competition, learning from each other's strong points, and mastery, which has created favorable conditions for learning from others and developing Shanghai dishes with unique flavor.
Baidu encyclopedia-Shanghai cuisine
Baidu encyclopedia-Shanghai local cuisine