The short story behind delicious food:

1. Dongpo Meat

is said to have been created by Su Dongpo, a poet of the Northern Song Dynasty (Meishan, Sichuan). Su Dongpo lived in Huanggang in 18, and this method of eating meat came up because the local pigs were meaty and cheap. People began to imitate each other and dubbed it "Dongpo Meat". Tracing back to the source, Su Shi's braised pork was first created in Xuzhou, further improved in Huangzhou, and became famous throughout the country in Hangzhou.

2. Crystal Yaorou

There is also a beautiful legend in Zhenjiang: Zhang Guolao once received an invitation from the Queen Mother to go to Yaochi for a flat peach banquet. Halfway, Zhang Guolao suddenly smelled a strange fragrance. When he looked carefully, it turned out to be the fragrance of crystal meat. He couldn't help but scratch his heart, so he became an old man and bought some. He had a good meal and continued on his way. When I arrived at Yaochi, I suddenly lost interest in going to the flat peach banquet. I thought that crystal meat was so delicious, so why go to the flat peach banquet again? So I turned my donkey around and went home.

3. Feilong Soup

In the northeast, there was a saying that "dragon meat in the sky, donkey meat on the ground". The so-called dragon meat refers to dragon meat. According to legend, Feilong is a kind of mountain treasure that was once sealed and dedicated to the emperor. It is rare in the world. Its meat is tender and delicious, and it was famous in the world as early as the 14th century. This vegetable soup is clear to the bottom. The soup is red, white, green and black, and its taste is fresh, salty and beautiful. This dish takes Feilong (hazel chicken) as the main raw material, with mushrooms. The soup is milky white and delicious. The three flavors are eaten together, which is extremely nutritious and is a nourishing and delicious soup.

4. Wuwei smoked duck

The original origin of Wuwei smoked duck is also related to Zhu Yuanzhang. It turned out that when Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming emperor, was a child, his family was poor and he herded cattle for others. But the owner didn't feed him, so a group of cowboys got together and started to catch wild ducks. They dare not take it home to eat, so they cut some thatch in the wild and set a fire to smoke it. Sometimes it's not cooked, so it's buried in the ashes, and when it's pulled out the next day, the duck is delicious and rotten.

Later, this practice spread among the people, and was carried forward by Huimin Ma Chang, who sold beef in Wuwei County, Anhui Province. The unique production technology of smoked duck with sawdust was also explored. Since then, the business of smoked duck with halal flavor has become bigger, and "smoked duck with inaction" has become a local flavor food popular all over the country.

5. Mapo Tofu

Mapo Tofu was created by Liu, the wife of Chen Senfu, the owner of a small restaurant in Wanfuqiao, a northern suburb of Chengdu, in the early years of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty. Liu has pockmarks on his face and is called Chen Mapo. The roasted tofu she created was called "Chen Mapo Tofu", and her food shop was later named "Chen Mapo Tofu Shop". Mapo tofu has spread all over the country, even to Japan, Singapore and other countries because of its outstanding reputation.