First of all, briefly introduce this hotel, which is located in Dan Tai Lake Hotel in Wuzhong District, Suzhou. It is a five-star hotel with a good reputation in the local area. This canal banquet is a creative banquet created by their family and can't be eaten anywhere else. There is a saying that in recent two years, there have been many special banquets in various places, but most of them are just a bunch of local dishes, and this canal banquet is the representative dish of eight cities that the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Jiangsu Province flows through, with richer tastes and characteristics.
We should know that the Grand Canal in China is a "world heritage" and has given birth to a profound cultural heritage. Among them, the Grand Canal in Jiangsu is 690 kilometers long, which is the province with the longest waterway, the most cultural heritage, the best preservation and the highest utilization rate on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. And this table of dishes is one of the cultural elements. The eight cities where the Grand Canal flows through Jiangsu are Suzhou, Yangzhou, Changzhou, Wuxi, Huai 'an, Suqian, Xuzhou and Zhenjiang. It is worth mentioning that this Dan Tai Lake Hotel is located on the Suzhou River.
The dishes of the Canal Banquet include four appetizers, eight cold dishes, twelve hot dishes and three snacks. It's a bit tedious to introduce them one by one, so I'll just talk about some dishes that I think are the most distinctive!
Because in Suzhou, let's take a look at the five big pieces in Suzhou first! I don't think you can guess what's in it by looking at the name. It is made of whole muscle, whole duck, pigeon, hooves and fire for 8 hours, and it must be stewed in a big casserole! The excellent ingredients of this dish are prepared for the Chinese New Year at first glance, yes! It is an ancient tradition to eat pork belly in Suzhou for the Spring Festival, because these five ingredients also have the good color of "Fulu Xi Shou Cuisine". Only now that the living standard has improved, eating this dish is no longer just for the Spring Festival! The soup is milky white and delicious. Is it full of collagen?
In addition, Suzhou famous dishes in the Canal Banquet, such as Chrysanthemum Warm Pot, Jinyin Ruyi and colorful dumplings popular in Taihu Lake Basin, also have good meanings, which are similar to the five-piece set.
Yangzhou, as one of the cradles of Huaiyang cuisine, may be recognized as the most delicious city in Jiangsu, right? I live in Changzhou, and I like to go to Yangzhou for morning tea whenever I get a chance. Among them, crab powder lion's head and Si Wen tofu are famous dishes in Yangzhou. As a state banquet, Huaiyang cuisine is an exquisite dish, which is vividly reflected in Si Wen tofu, because it needs the chef's knife work. This soup is light and white, and it melts in the mouth. Before eating a big meal, one or two bowls can definitely appetize.
I don't think I need to say more about the reputation of the lion's head with crab powder. Its reputation is extremely great! Authentic crab powder lion head is big, round, tender, smooth and tender, soft in taste, fat but not greasy. More importantly, there must be no less crab powder inside, and fresh eyebrows are not negotiable. Come on, I'll open the crab powder lion head in Dan Tai Lake Hotel for everyone to see! Is eating too much crab powder appetizing?
Please allow me to selfishly recommend my Changzhou cuisine to you. Canal Banquet This table has two Changzhou dishes, winter bamboo shoots with scallion oil and fish head in Tianmu Lake. They are all from liyang city, Changzhou. Liyang produces bamboo, and there is Nanshan Bamboo Sea Scenic Area. Tianmu Lake is also a national 5A scenic spot with excellent ecological environment. It is this natural environment that provides excellent ingredients for these two dishes. The winter bamboo shoots with scallion oil at the canal banquet are cold dishes, which are not only delicious, but also fragrant.
The overall style of Xuzhou is somewhat different from that of Jiangsu, and its geographical location is more meaningful. If I take the high-speed train from Nanjing, the provincial capital, to Xuzhou, I have to go through Anhui Province and then enter Jiangsu to get to Xuzhou. In terms of lifestyle and eating habits, it is more similar to the surrounding Anhui and Shandong. But Xuzhou, nicknamed "Pengcheng", is the hometown of Peng Zu. You know, Peng Zu is the originator of chefs. How can Xuzhou's food not be delicious? This fruity beef rib looks very rough and realistic, much like the style of Xuzhou people. How can you not let people have a full meal?
Finally, a staple food! Gan Long Tribute Cake should be mentioned. It also bears an important part of the canal culture. It was named after 1757 when Emperor Qianlong went to the south of the Yangtze River in the Qing Dynasty. It is said that this kind of cake entered the royal kitchen in the Tang Dynasty, and the folk history is uncertain and not rigorous, but this kind of tribute cake is really delicious, especially when it is still steaming! Fragrant, crisp, crisp and transparent, the fragrance of sesame is irreplaceable when it is just out of the pot, and it will break when it touches the lips. Handle it carefully when eating to prevent the stuffing from burning your mouth.
In short, now that people's living conditions are good, it is no longer difficult to realize the delicious food and dignitaries they ate before the Chinese New Year. This canal banquet is the best proof. It is precisely because of the good living conditions that more people eat delicious food not only for the taste, but also for the inheritance of culture. If you have been to the above cities, you must not miss the local food, but when you happen to come to Suzhou, you can also come to Dan Tai Lake Hotel to have a good meal, haha!
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