China has a vast territory and rich natural resources. There are countless local specialties, but generally speaking, we divide them into eight major cuisines: Shandong cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, Guangdong cuisine, Jiangsu cuisine, Fujian cuisine, Zhejiang cuisine, Hunan cuisine and Anhui cuisine. Guangzhou cuisine is a typical representative of Cantonese cuisine.
When it comes to food in Guangzhou, many people think of boiled chicken for the first time. Guangzhou's white-cut chicken is very careful in both material selection and practice. The selection of materials is the famous Sanhuang chicken, which is even more unique, almost unique in the country. Boiled chicken has reached its best state. Too much cooking is too much firewood to eat, and too little cooking is not ripe.
At this time, the meat quality of white-cut chicken is the most tender. The dip made of ginger, onion and soy sauce not only ensures the original flavor of the chicken, but also does not make the chicken taste too light and tasteless. Smooth chicken, with just the right salty dip, makes people linger, wanting more.
Boiled chicken can be said to be the essence of Guangzhou cuisine, but the essence of Guangzhou cuisine is never just boiled chicken.
Eat in Guangzhou, wear in Suzhou, play in Hangzhou and die in Liuzhou.
"Eat in Guangzhou" is a long-standing saying in China. Many people may laugh it off and disagree. But there's a reason for this. It's not just talk. Guangzhou is located in the south, with dense rivers and dense jungles, close to the coast, and all kinds of delicious food are readily available and inexhaustible. When Shenzhen was a small fishing village, Guangzhou was already a famous food city that was popular all over the country.
Due to its geographical location, Guangzhou was an important trading port in the Qing Dynasty. People from all walks of life gathered in Guangzhou to trade, which promoted the development of Guangzhou's commerce and also promoted the development of Guangzhou's cuisine invisibly.
People from all over the world bring all kinds of goods, as well as their eating habits and cooking skills. Guangzhou's food culture can gather the strengths of hundreds of families and meet the wonders of the world. It not only brings together the delicious flavors of Guangdong and Guangxi, but also absorbs the cooking characteristics of Sichuan and Hunan. It can be said that the food in Guangzhou is "strange", "simple" and "fresh".
If Cantonese people dare to eat anything, then Guangzhou people hold up half the sky of Cantonese people.
Snakes, I believe many people will avoid them as soon as they hear them, but people in Guangzhou are fascinated. Turn this inevitable thing into a fascinating food.
The more people, the more poison.
The history of people eating snakes in Guangzhou can be traced back to thousands of years ago. At that time, Guangzhou belonged to the barbarian land of China, with dense jungles and rivers. Clever Guangzhou people use local materials, and all kinds of snakes are collected in plates and become food in their mouths.
Eating snakes in Guangzhou is not only delicious, but also unique in name. Long Hudou is the most famous person who called snakes dragons. This dragon and tiger is not a real dragon and tiger, but a snake and a cat.
The origin of "Long Hudou" also comes from an interesting story. It is said that in the Qing Dynasty, Kong Yin, a scholar from Shaoguan, Guangdong Province, was an official in the capital. This man is not very keen on his career. He devotes himself to studying food. He not only likes to taste all kinds of unique foods all over the country, but also likes to cook by himself.
One day, when he was relaxing, a series of meows came to his ears by chance. Out of curiosity, he followed the sound to find the cat, and found that the cat was bared its teeth and there was a snake in front of it. They were fighting.
After observing for a long time, Kong Yin suddenly had a whim. He cooked snake meat and cat meat together with some mushrooms and fungus. After cooking, he found it delicious. At that time, there was a folk saying that "snake" was a metaphor of "dragon" and "cat" was a metaphor of "tiger", so he named this dish "Long Hudou".
Once the word "Long Hudou" spread, local restaurants scrambled to imitate it. The meat was delicious and the soup was sweet, which made a sensation.
Although the "Long Hudou" in Guangzhou has gradually disappeared, it once attracted tourists from all over the country and became a smash hit.
Besides eating snakes, Guangzhou also has the custom of eating mice. I'm afraid mice are not in Guangdong, so it should be difficult to find people who like to eat. People who don't understand stay away from mice, but Guangzhou people just do the opposite, making mouse meat into all kinds of delicious food.
Guangzhou is located in the delta, with fertile land and countless fertile fields. It's just that the bumper harvest of grain has also brought headaches to mice, which are very harmful to grain. In order to catch mice, the locals smoked their caves and forced them to leave the caves, thus catching mice. After that, the captured mice were used for pickling or air drying. After all kinds of processing, people found that the meat of mice was actually fresh and tender, and it was more fragrant after cooking, which had to be said to be extremely rare and delicious when food was scarce at that time.
The poisonous snakes and mice that keep people away have become China food in Guangzhou, which shows that there are many kinds of delicious food in Guangzhou, which is the best in the world.
Jane, the essence of Guangzhou cuisine, is forbidden to eat wild animals in order to protect the natural environment and wild animals. There is no such strange game on the dining table in Guangzhou, and these delicacies have been deleted from the menu of Guangzhou people. However, if you think there is no good food in Guangzhou, you are all wet.
Braised lion's head, shredded pork with fish flavor, kung pao chicken, boiled cabbage, Beijing roast duck and other local specialties can also be found in restaurants in Guangzhou. Moreover, in order to cater to the tastes of Guangzhou people, restaurants in Guangzhou have also made appropriate improvements to them, which makes their taste unique.
The famous white-cut chicken and all kinds of snacks in the streets and lanes of Guangzhou seem to be more grounded. Guangzhou people can set up a few tables on the roadside at will and play a big umbrella, and they can make a living immediately. There are all kinds of snacks, such as lean meat porridge, mushroom chicken porridge, fish porridge, boat porridge and so on. Beef brisket powder, pork powder, rice rolls, etc. There are also clay pot rice, lotus leaf rice and pig's foot rice. Dazzled, I don't know how to choose at the moment.
Tourists seem to like this kind of street outdoor activity very much. Accompanied by the cool breeze, three or two friends talked and laughed and felt comfortable. The formality in the restaurant also disappeared at this moment. Say whatever you want. Very casual.
The simplicity of street food stalls does not affect its delicious taste. Guangzhou is a modern metropolis and an ancient city with a long history. It has both prosperous high-rise buildings and simple flowing water families. Street food stalls, hidden, are another kind of tenderness in Guangzhou, which slows down the fast-paced pace a little. Here, there is no hard work such as pursuing fame and profit, and some are more peaceful lives.
Street food stalls are set up from morning till night. Early in the morning, office workers who are in a hurry will go over and have something to eat at will, and suddenly they will be full of energy. In the sunset, people who are tired after work will walk over and eat casually, and they will fly in the air in an instant.
The sound and aroma of cooking constitute the unique and beautiful scenery of Guangzhou, and it is also the unique human touch of fireworks in Guangzhou.
Guangzhou is located in the delta region, with a unique geographical position, surrounded by the Pearl River and embraced by the sea. There are both the endless Pearl River and the endless sea. Thanks to the gift of nature, all kinds of seafood have become commonplace. There are many kinds of seafood and various cooking methods, so it is difficult to compare with other places.
Tourists from other places may want to eat China's famous boiled chicken when they first come to Guangzhou. However, when they came to Guangzhou, they were immediately attracted by the "raw seafood" sign on the street. If they don't go in, they will be attracted by all kinds of seafood, such as snapper, puffer fish, squid, sea cucumber, prawn, mussel, mud snail and so on. It doesn't matter if you don't taste it Once you taste it, they will find that there is a delicious food in Guangzhou that is more delicious than fresh and smooth white-cut chicken.
Dozens and hundreds of kinds are placed in front of foreign tourists, who have to make difficult choices, because they actually want to taste each kind, but they can't, so they can only choose their favorite.
The biggest feature of many seafood shops in Guangzhou is that there is no menu, and often seafood is fresh. "Killing now" is their consistent tradition, and it is also a highlight to attract customers.
After painstaking efforts to select their favorite seafood, excited tourists will suddenly fall into a difficult choice, that is, which method to choose for these seafood?
There are many cooking methods for seafood in Guangzhou, such as steaming, roasting, frying and boiling. However, when Guangzhou people pay attention to eating seafood, they want to eat the "freshness" of seafood and pay attention to the original flavor. Therefore, the taste of seafood in Guangzhou is mainly light, which keeps the original flavor of seafood without adding too much seasoning.
Fresh seafood is fragrant, the meat is white and tender, the soup is delicious, and the color and flavor are all available. There is probably an old and interesting story hidden behind a small dish of seafood, which is probably a masterpiece summed up by several generations of hard-working chefs. As soon as the chopsticks are put down, you can feel the meticulous care of the chef.
The times are progressing, and the food in Guangzhou is also following the footsteps of the times, constantly changing and progressing. Guangzhou cuisine retains the historical customs, but it is constantly welcoming every day with new faces. Become a gorgeous fireworks in Chinese cuisine.