Yu cuisine is characterized by Chinese steak (steak dishes), western water (water seats), southern pot (pot chicken, pot fish), northern noodles (noodles, stuffed rice). In terms of cooking technology, Yu cuisine is characterized by rigorous selection of materials, knife work, fine soup, moderate flavor. And there are more than 50 cooking methods in Henan cuisine.

Steak, burn, fry, stir-fry, explode, stir-fry, and choke have their own characteristics. Among them, the steak dish is more unique, known as "steak dish without thickening, soup from the sticky" reputation. In addition, Henan popping vegetables with martial arts fire, hot pot cool oil, rapid operation, crisp texture, juice color milky white.

Today's Yu cuisine does not lose tradition, especially long innovation. It is four-way selection of materials, unique up hair, fine work, very good at using soup, and five flavors, the degree of moderation. Regardless of the dry and fresh old and young, frying and cooking to a flavor lead color, fragrance, shape, ware, to a and to please the eight diners. Therefore, Yu cuisine is not fashionable, no fickleness, not to show off a moment of splendor, but to the mellow and calm renewal of the millennium.

From the Shang Dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty court of the three spoons, five finely chopped, eight treasures of the Zhou, Sui, Tang Luoyang East and West of the two cities of the feast, the vegetarian feast, the Northern Song Dynasty Bianjing (Kaifeng) court of the city of all the beauty of all the preparations, no beautiful not to be perfect; over the past thousands of years, Henan cuisine can be described as a full of starry sky, all over the place, brocade dress. The ancient rhyme of Shang and Zhou, the legacy of Han and Tang dynasties, and the best song of Bianjing (Kaifeng) are still strongly expressed in many famous products.

Barbecue of square ribs, lamb, fat duck, frying, cooking, frying, steak and braising of sweet and sour, soft buttery Yellow River Carp Roasted Noodles, Peony Swallow Vegetable, white steak broad tripe, deep-fried purple crispy pork, pot sticker tofu, jade fish threads, brine boiled yellow incense tube, Dongpo meat, cassia pocket, hibiscus sea cucumber, fruit juice, lobster, three freshly roasted eggs in the iron pot, pan-fried buckles of the head and tail of the green fish;

Unique taste of the bucket of chicken, the first in the world of the first building of Kaifeng irrigation soup dumplings, sweet and sweet, and the first building of the first floor. The unique taste of bucket chicken, the world's first Kaifeng first building filling dumplings, sweet and pleasant blooming buns, crispy outside and tender inside the egg dunking cake, as well as ramen, strong buns, earth buns, vegetable boxes, steamed dumplings, pot stickers, fried buns, chow mein, casserole, water flower sugar cake and a wide range of snacks, can completely let you appreciate the breadth and depth of the Central Plains culinary civilization. Kaifeng Drum Tower Night Market, which has been passed down from the Northern Song Dynasty to the present day, is still crowded at night, showing the legacy of the past.

History of Henan Cuisine

The history of Henan cuisine can be traced back to the late Xia Dynasty, which lasted from the 21st to the 17th centuries BC. During this period, Henan cuisine as a whole underwent rapid and vigorous changes to accommodate the different emerging culinary cultures from neighboring regions.

By the end of the Xia Dynasty, a whole system of banquets based on Yu cuisine emerged. By the beginning of the Shang Dynasty in the 17th century BC, Henan cuisine was redesigned with new seasonings, including a variety of different flavors, bringing a more harmonious element to it. This formed the basis of most later Chinese cuisines.

Then during the Northern Song Dynasty (around 960-1127 AD), Henan cuisine reached its peak. With the establishment of the city of Kaifeng in Henan Province, there was a boom in the invention of various new snacks.

With the rapid growth and development of people's deep-frying techniques, deep-fried foods also reached a peak. Around this time, Henan cuisine also began to be categorized into five types of dishes based on social status and religious background. The dishes of the court were different from those of the upper class places, markets, temples and folk.

With the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty around 1170 to 1180 AD, the quality and nature of Henan cuisine declined. It is evident that the imperial city was significant to the survival of Henan cuisine, and without the power of the dynasty, the hierarchical structure of Henan cuisine began to disintegrate. Later, a mixture of modern Yu cuisine was formed based on the original Yu cuisine inherited from the court, upper-class families, markets, temples and families.

Much like the nature of its flavors - the harmony of social status also proved to be a diversifying feature of Henan cuisine. The mix of Yu cuisine developed and gradually evolved into what it is today. Over time, contact with nearby regions in all directions

Reference to the above? Baidu Encyclopedia - Yu Cuisine