Food is a kind of culture, and Chinese cuisine is famous all over the world.

It is an indisputable fact that Chinese food is delicious and foreigners love to eat it.

China's food culture has a long history.

For thousands of years, people have formed the eight major cuisines of Chinese cuisine through continuous summarization, namely, the eight major cuisines of Shandong, Sichuan, Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan and Anhui. The people of Jinze in the capital regard food as their top priority, and eating is the first priority in life.

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No matter Chinese or foreigners, no one can live without it.

What to eat and how to eat, every country, every nation, every family, and every person has their own way of eating.

Food Beijing is a world-famous ancient capital and historical and cultural city with a history of more than 3,000 years.

Emperors of all dynasties established Beijing as their capital, all of which accumulated profound content for Beijing's culture.

Food culture is one of various cultural contents, which is broad and profound.

The formation and evolution of China's eight major cuisines have also gone through a long historical process.

Although Beijing cuisine is not among the eight major cuisines, it is one of the main local dishes in China.

Beijing's special political status in history has made the people living in Beijing complex and diverse, which is reflected in the diversity of food.

People from all walks of life have different tastes, resulting in a wide variety of foods.

There are eight authentic cuisines, local snacks, barbecue, roasting, and shabu-shabu from the Manchu, Mongolian, Hui, Korean and other ethnic groups, as well as foreign fast food imported from other regions, etc.

The current catering market is unprecedentedly prosperous.

There is everything you need to satisfy your cravings and hunger.

I’ve eaten everything I should eat, what else is there to eat?

People are wondering what people in old Beijing ate?

It can be said that there were not many truly wealthy people in old Beijing before liberation. The royal relatives and dignitaries ate delicacies from the mountains and seas, while ordinary people were satisfied if they could fill their stomachs. They could eat "eight bowls" during weddings and funerals.

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What are the "eight bowls" of old Beijing?

I have never seen anyone under the age of sixty, and some have never heard of it, let alone eaten or eaten.

After eating in all the "good restaurants" in Beijing, many people nowadays feel nostalgic about the food in old Beijing.

The "Eight Big Bowls" in old Beijing are actually a common and affordable dish. Chicken, duck, and fish are carefully cooked in eight ways to make them delicious, delicious, and delicious. The delicacies are served on the table in traditional porcelain bowls.

The "eight big bowls", to put it bluntly, are a big bowl of three-yellow chicken, a big bowl of yellow croaker, a big bowl of elbows, a big bowl of meatballs, a big bowl of rice noodles with meat, a big bowl of pork belly, a big bowl of loose meat, and a big bowl of pork ribs.

The "eight bowls" of old Beijing are indispensable delicacies in the lives of people in old Beijing.

It is indispensable on birthdays, birthdays, weddings, funerals, children's full moon and other days.

Before liberation, there were not as many restaurants as there are now, and most common people were relatively poor. During weddings and weddings, they would set up greenhouses at home or in the village to entertain relatives and friends.

So in those days, chefs who were engaged in this kind of catering business were called "greenhouse workers."

Usually there are "four dry", "four cold", "four hot", "eight dishes", "eight bowls", etc. on the banquet table.

Later, the dishes in the restaurant gradually evolved into "four cold dishes" or "six cold dishes", consisting of eight hot dishes, ten hot dishes, and twelve hot dishes.

For the sake of appearance, the bowl was changed to a plate.

Although the "Eight Big Bowls" in old Beijing were popular among the people, they were also delicacies in the palace.

According to legend, when the Empress Dowager Cixi was escaping, she encountered people celebrating weddings at their homes and tasted the "eight bowls" of folk food.

After returning to Beijing, he asked the imperial dining room to cook according to folk practices and entertain civil and military officials with food.

The "eight bowls" of old Beijing were once lost, and even now few people know how to make them, so it is difficult for people to eat them.

However, I heard that the "Impression of Old Beijing" located in the Wanping Theater of Marco Polo Bridge recently sought out the secret recipe for making the "Eight Big Bowls" in order to promote folk food culture, and finally found an elderly chef who could make the "Eight Big Bowls" of old Beijing.

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The old man taught him the recipe for making "Eight Big Bowls".

That is to say, based on this oral recipe, through repeated trials, we finally achieved success.

After the "Eight Big Bowls" of Old Beijing were launched in "Impression of Old Beijing", they were said to be full of praise, and the original and authentic old Beijing-style dishes were finally seen again.

At present, the "Eight Big Bowls" of old Beijing in the "Impression of Old Beijing" have developed and innovated many new varieties on the basis of traditional production. In addition, according to the tastes of modern people, the "Eight Big Bowls" series have been launched one after another, including seafood.

"Eight Big Bowls", "Eight Big Bowls" of beef and mutton, "Eight Big Bowls" of venison, "Eight Big Bowls" of poultry, "Eight Big Bowls" of seafood and "Eight Big Bowls" of vegetarian food.

When consumers come to "Old Beijing Impression", they can not only eat the affordable "Eight Big Bowls", but also watch the wonderful stunt performances of the "Old Tianqiao Stunt Art Troupe". They really enjoy it and never want to leave.

Halal Food Zhang Baoshen Beijing is a city where all ethnic groups in China live together. Among them, there are more than 200,000 Muslims of all ethnic groups who believe in Islam.

Beijing's long history and culture and the charm of a modern metropolis are attracting more and more people from all walks of life from Islamic countries to visit, visit and travel, and international exchanges are becoming increasingly frequent.

Especially when the Olympic Games are held in Beijing in 2008, more than 40 athletes from Islamic countries will participate, and Muslims from more than 100 countries and regions will also come to Beijing for sightseeing and tourism.

This undoubtedly provides unprecedented development opportunities and higher requirements for Beijing's halal catering industry.