To tell the truth, the feeling at that time was that Leshan seemed to have nothing to play except the giant Buddha. At that time, I visited the Giant Buddha for less than two hours, and took a bus directly to the foot of Emei Mountain.
At that time, I didn't know that Leshan had all kinds of delicious food besides the giant Buddha, and I could eat it all day just by eating it.
Last National Day, on the way back to Chongqing from western Sichuan, I stopped by Leshan again. This time I mainly wanted to try the snacks in Leshan, but I didn't arrange to stay in Leshan for too long, so I always felt that I didn't have enough to eat. So I asked for leave last weekend and went to Leshan again. I went to Leshan this time mainly to experience Leshan on the tip of my tongue. It turns out that Leshan has so many delicious foods, such as topless chicken, ice powder, kebabs, tofu brain, beef, tofu feast, sweet-skinned duck, egg cakes and so on. That's not enough for a day.
When I came to Leshan, I found that there would be different eating labels and various ingredients. Cooking and eating with hot pot is a string of incense; Make cold dishes and eat them in a basin with seasoning, that is, alms chicken; Fry in an oil pan and it becomes a fried string; Roasting on a charcoal fire becomes a barbecue.
The name charity chicken may sound strange to outsiders. "Bowl bowl" is actually a clay pot. Bowl chicken is to put all kinds of ingredients in cold dishes, insert bamboo sticks and soak them in a bowl. The bowl will be filled with condiments made of various seasonings. When practical, choose your favorite ingredients to eat. Generally, it is charged according to bamboo sticks.
The main ingredients used to be chicken and chicken offal, but now there will be other ingredients. When you arrive in Leshan, you will find finless porpoise chickens everywhere. According to the recommendation of local friends, you went to Ji Laosi braised chicken, porpoise chicken. At 8 o'clock in the evening, there are still many people.
Like eating a bunch of incense, go to the freezer to choose your favorite food. The boss will put a whole pot of Chili oil on the table and soak the dishes I have chosen in the pot.
Friends who like to eat heavy flavors can soak and stir more in the seasoning. Let the seasoning and food be fully combined, and friends who like light diet can dip in the seasoning like dragonflies.
When you eat Huayuan chicken, your mouth is full of oil. At this time, it is really uncomfortable to have another bowl of hand-rubbed ice powder. As a Chongqing native, shrimp with ice powder is really my favorite in summer.
Watermelon, pitaya, papaya, mango, cantaloupe and other fruits will be added to the ice powder. Eating a bowl of ice powder in summer is really a way to quench your thirst.
Next to Ji Laosi's ascetic chicken is Leshan Online Celebrity Iced Powder and Chuanmei Fancy Iced Powder Head Office. Mother-in-law's ice powder, the representative of their family, recommended to try. The difference between their brown sugar and other ice powder is that other homes are made of brown sugar water, and their brown sugar is particularly sticky and tastes better.
Next to Leshan Education Bureau, there is also a dessert and snack bar, New Pattern Studio. It was also recommended by local friends in Leshan, and the afternoon just arrived in Leshan passed. Their home is dominated by snacks, and coconut milk sago is a signature dish. There were only two bowls of sago left when we went. If we go later, it will be gone. The weight of sago mango is really a lot.
Cold noodles and cold rice noodles are also recommended by their family. We were late, many of them were sold out, and there were cold rice noodles.
Two people ordered sago, spike potatoes, a bowl of cold noodles and cold crispy noodles.
In Sichuan, the roots of Xanthium sibiricum are added to many dishes as an ingredient. If you really can't eat, remember to tell the boss not to add it in advance.
When you come to Leshan, tofu brain is also a snack that you have to taste. Speaking of tofu brain, I have to say that your hometown likes salty, sweet or spicy food. Because what flavor of bean curd is the best, good friends in the north and south may cause another battle.
The bean curd brain in Leshan not only eats bean curd brain, but also has a variety of ingredients, including crispy meat, beef and shredded chicken. You can also add steamed meat and hot and sour powder. It is really a big bowl.
When I was a child, the tofu brain on the roadside was a relatively small bowl, and I felt that I had finished eating it in two bites. At that time, I decided to eat a bowl of tofu brain after eating the chicken and ice powder. I thought there wouldn't be many bowls of tofu brain. It turns out that Leshan's tofu brain is full of a bowl, and with all kinds of ingredients, it is really a bowl of tofu brain that can make people eat. I finally tasted it. I can't eat any more.
Another way to eat kebabs in Leshan is frying, which is similar to the frying method I used when I was a child.
Fried skewers are similar to barbecues. The only difference is that they are fried in a pot. The advantage over barbecue is that when there are many barbecues, it is really difficult to wait. Fried skewers are faster. Whether it is vegetarian food or quick-frozen food, it is fried in a pot for a few seconds before frying. If you can eat a broken ear root, I suggest you try it. Fried ears taste better. At this time, the astringency of the broken ear root will be much less than usual. Fried pigskin is also worth a try. You must eat it while it is hot. The fried pigskin will not look so fat.
The sweet-skinned duck in Leshan is the favorite of Chengdu people. There is a saying circulating on the Internet that in the world of sweet-skinned ducks, Leshan sweet-skinned ducks are the favorite of Chengdu people. Meishan people don't eat Leshan sweet-skinned duck at all, and Pengshan people look down on Meishan sweet-skinned duck.
Leshan people call it "braised duck", which originated from the ancient town of Mucheng, Jiajiang County, Leshan City. Sweet skin duck oil is thicker than sugar, but it tastes fat but not greasy and won't feel very sweet.
In addition to all kinds of snacks, Leshan also has two kinds of food that belong to dinner, namely beef with feet and tofu feast.
The origin of sticky beef can be traced back to the early 1930s. It is said that there was a helpful Chinese medicine practitioner in Leshan at that time, who was cooking medicine and saving lives by the river in Suji Town. Seeing that some large households poured beef offal into the river, he felt pity, so he fished it out and washed it, and cooked it in soup and medicine. He found that it is not only delicious, but also can cure diseases. More and more people come to taste it, some standing and some squatting. At that time, people used to stand on the beam under the table with one foot. As time went on, diners came up with another name for "Tiaojiao" beef, which has been passed down to this day.
Jumping beef is often cooked with clear soup and various spices, and served with a dry oil dish. Actually, I prefer braised dishes. As a Chongqing native, I prefer heavy oil and spicy food.
Leshan Tofu Banquet, as its name implies, is a dish made of tofu. Xiba tofu is a traditional dish in Leshan. Xiba tofu has a long history. According to historical records, it has been circulated since the Tang and Song Dynasties, and it was the prosperous period of Xiba tofu during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty.
It's about 50 minutes' drive from Leshan city. In order to taste the famous Xiba tofu, we made a special trip to Xiba Town. There are almost all tofu shops in the town. On the recommendation of a friend, we chose Sanba Hotel, where we can park.
Each dish also has different names: iron plate tofu, snowflake tofu, hydrangea tofu, lantern tofu, bear's paw tofu, crab yellow tofu and so on.
Snowflake tofu is cooked with tofu and egg white, and tastes similar to home-made tofu.
Iron tofu tastes a bit like Japanese tofu. Tofu tastes tender and delicious.
Tofu with lanterns, tofu is a sandwich with meat in it.
Crab yolk tofu was originally made of ingredients such as crab yolk and tofu. Later, it evolved into a place where salted egg yolk was used instead of crab yolk for cooking. It tastes a bit like tofu brain.
Local people suggest that when eating tofu feast, you can't order whole tofu, but you must order one or two other dishes, such as boiled chicken, which can be a good solution.
Next time you come to Leshan, besides seeing Leshan Giant Buddha and Emei Mountain, remember to have a gourmet feast.