It is a delicacy from Leting County, Hebei Province, located in the southeast of Tangshan City and the birthplace of Leting Drum.

As a famous food in northern my country, Liu Mei's roast chicken is sold in Beijing, Tianjin, Tang, Qin and the three northeastern provinces (currently sold to 18 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions across the country).

Its unique combination of color, aroma, taste and shape has especially pioneered the plastic surgery of roasted chicken in my country (the shape has obtained a national patent), completely breaking the past of roasted chicken with two claws, two wings and a drooping neck. This extremely indecent problem has promoted the development of the whole chicken appearance technology in my country's roasted chicken industry.

The founder of Liu Mei Roast Chicken: Liu Jun, who was influenced by his father's generation since he was a child, and learned a complete set of cooking techniques.

In 1897, he moved from a small rural village to Laoting County, settled on Chengguan South Street, and opened a store called "Liu Ji Roast Chicken Shop", specializing in the roast chicken business.

When Liu Tan, the imperial guard with a sword, returned to his hometown to visit relatives, he accidentally tasted Liu Ji's roasted chicken and pointed out that the shape was not beautiful.

Liu Jun paid special attention to this. He inserted the right wing of the washed and cooked chicken through the knife edge of the chicken neck, and then through the chicken mouth, so that the chicken head and chicken neck were close to the side of the chicken's back along with the chicken wings.

Fold the chicken wings naturally, then use the back of a knife to break off the two chicken legs, then put the claws together and stuff them into the hollowed-out chicken belly.

After such "shaping", the roast chicken looks compact and plump, like a plump and sleeping naked chicken lying on its side.

Liu Jun also added valuable seasonings that are refreshing, spleen-strengthening and appetizing into the cooked food formula to make the roasted chicken more unique in flavor.

Liu Jun's innovation combined the color, aroma, taste and shape of roast chicken into one, laying the foundation for future development.

Liu Tan presented the improved Liu Ji Roast Chicken to the Empress Dowager Cixi and was named "Liu Mei Roast Chicken".

Liu Jun, who was praised by the Empress Dowager Cixi, also changed his name to Liu Mei.