"Eating in Dongguan" seems to have a bad reputation, but in fact, Dongguan people are most willing to immerse themselves in the delicious food in Dongguan, so that once they go out, they always complain the most about the food in other places. Wealthy Dongguan people don't have to wear famous brands, but they will always "eat out". Local food won the hearts of the people, supplemented by the changing flavor of foreign food. Dongguan people like to taste the world and enjoy themselves in their own land.

In recent years, the leading local food enterprises in Dongguan have stepped up their exploration of food culture, so they have begun to have a "fatal temptation" to diners in the Pearl River Delta and come to Dongguan for a big meal. Li Ping, CEO of Garden Porridge City, a celebrity in Dongguan catering industry, believes that the essence of Dongguan cuisine lies in its "rich Hakka flavor and light rural scenery".

according to the topography, Wanyi can be divided into three large areas, such as mountainous areas represented by towns such as Zhangmutou and Qingxi, where Hakka dishes are the main food with salty taste; John Wan, Gaochun, Hong Mei, Shatian, Humen and other places are representative of the coastal areas of water towns, which are rich in fish and shrimp and have a mixed taste of salty and sweet. There is also the Putian slice between mountains and rivers, mainly in Chashan, Da Lang, Dalingshan, Shipai and other places. Families raise more chickens, ducks and geese, and the taste is mainly sweet.

The local dishes in Dongguan, or farm dishes, are actually "casual". This randomness is manifested in local materials and simple practices. Cooking method is only a means, and how to show the original flavor is fundamental. The skilled chef in Dongguan said that with these ideas in mind, he would dare to do it as long as the customer dared to point; Pick up what food, and immediately figure out how to cook it. This is the difference between home cooking and hotel.

Mountain slice: brewed home-cooked taste

Town: Zhangmutou, Qingxi, Xiegang, etc.

Representative dishes: salted chicken, Hakka-brewed tofu, pot soup, plum meatloaf and Zhangmutou-brewed shad

Hakka cuisine is the main food style of mountain slice. It is understood that there are more than 111,111 Hakkas in Dongguan, and the number of Hakkas in the foreign population is also quite large, which is why mountain films and even local dishes in Dongguan have a strong Hakka style.

In addition to the famous salted chicken, Hakka cuisine also features the word "stuffed", which can be used to "brew" almost any home-cooked dish you want, such as tofu, eggplant and pepper. The reporter saw the stuffed beans in a home-cooked dish called Food and Clothing Zone in John Wan, Dongguan, which was lively and lovely. It is simply that anything you can think of can be used to "brew". A professor at Dongguan Party School believes that it is precisely because Hakka people migrate to various places and live in mountainous areas, which is very inclusive, so they "brew" a lot of delicious food, and the things so "brewed" can not deteriorate for a long time.

Coastal area of water town: seafood produced by the river is relished

Towns: John Wan, Daobu, Gaojiao, nave, Hong Mei, Shatian, Chang 'an, Humen, Mayong and other representative dishes: Wanxiang fish balls, Hongmeisheng rolling bones, nave fried noodles with beef brisket, and Hongmeisha linzai. The water town breeds rich products, which also brings unique food. The food stalls along the coast of Humen Xinwan and the farmhouse restaurants next to the water towns and reservoirs always attract many diners to drive. Just look at the parking situation to know the popularity of these seafood and river products.

the river in dongguan is rich in cockroaches. When the river is dry, you can catch it easily. In the past, the salted chop of glutinous rice was made by grinding glutinous rice, adding fried rice grains, canning, sealing for half a month, and steaming with pork. It is a good seasoning in winter. In the old society, when you left your hometown to make a living abroad, you must bring a bottle of salty clams to prevent you from "acclimatizing" in other places, so that you can feel homesick. Only now, some rivers are polluted, and there are fewer cockroaches, which has become a delicious food that people miss.

where there is a village in Wanyi, there must be a pond, and pond fish is naturally a delicacy on the stove. Aconitum fish in Humen and Chang 'an are rich in fat. Baked aconite fish with salt is a famous dish in my hometown. Wax gourd, hairy melon, fermented bean with shredded ginger, yuba and bighead carp are the specialties of hometown of Gaobu, Daojiao, Shijie and nave. The shad is bony, and people remove the bones and make pills with meat, which is crispy and sweet.

Dongjiang is rich in clams, with clams boiled with pickles and taro stalks boiled with clams, which are common family dishes in Gaobu, Hong Mei, Daojiao and John Wan.

Fish, shrimps and crabs are the specialties along the coast, and they are famous for their shrimps and insects. Steamed prawns and roasted worms in bowls are still talked about by the old-timers today.

Putian slices: sauces and dishes taste better

Towns: Chashan, Da Lang, Liaobu, Dalingshan, Changping, Shipai, etc.

Representative dishes: Shipai boiled fish with white gourd, Tangxia Lu goose and Chashan salted shrimp

Because the terrain of Putian slices is between mountains and rivers, there are some in the water, but there are some in the mountains. There are fewer fields and more people in Putian area, and the locals are more proficient in cooking, and the dishes are few and refined.

They use their own beans as lobster sauce and soy sauce as seasoning. No matter they are mixed with fish, shrimps, crabs, melons and vegetables, they are very delicious. There is a saying in Dongguan: "Black olive, white olive, pine and cypress, sweet potato and taro, horseshoe hill". Da Lang uses fried rice with olive sauce as its hometown specialty. Steamed fish mouth with olive horn and steamed fish mouth with bean sauce are more popular and can lower blood pressure. Liaobu, Da Lang Douchi? Osmanthus fragrans is a famous hometown dish. As opposed to steamed chicken with sausage as the "romantic emperor", steamed chicken with lobster sauce is called "romantic queen" by the people.

It is said that some restaurants and restaurants go to the farmers in Putian to look for lobster sauce and soybean paste in order to make their dishes taste better. A chef also told reporters that those excellent sauces in Dongguan can't be bought in shopping malls. You must go to the farmer's house to sell 31 yuan in a barrel, but the taste is excellent.

—— Dongguan's special snacks

The pre-dinner snacks in local restaurants and farmhouse restaurants in Dongguan must be some local snacks. Sugar rings and muffins are snacks that look like you can guess the taste. It belongs to the type that you don't know until you taste it.

Some local snacks in Dongguan are made by pastry chefs in restaurants or hotels, while others are specially bought from local women who specialize in such snacks. No wonder they are so local and authentic.

-sugar ring

In ancient times, it was called "giant girl" (pronunciation), which was a snack that moved from the Central Plains to the south. Sugar rings have been changed from flour to glutinous rice flour in Dongguan. The traditional sugar ring, without cake printing, is only twisted into long strips and kneaded into a ring shape, which is hard enough to eat. Sugar ring shape, from big ring to small ring, interlocking, meaning continuous and endless.

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people in Dongguan call it a short segment. In fried glutinous rice flour, stir-fried peanuts (ground) and sesame seeds. The grains of hemp are similar in size, about two or three centimeters long, diamond-shaped, and its color is like hemp. A handful of hemp in the hand is often overlapped and connected to form a square (square and straight) pattern. The implication is that founder is innocent, United, and lucky. Dongguan people present hemp to each other and wish each other good luck.

-muffin

"25 years old, cooking muffin", hoping for a promotion in the coming year. The sponge cake is made of glutinous rice flour as the main material, and the sugar powder is mixed with the glutinous rice flour and sieved into the sponge cake grid. When it is half, peanuts and sugar powder are added, and then the glutinous rice flour is sieved and steamed. If you can't finish it, you can dry it and make dry food. Soft and sweet when fresh, delicious.

-wanwei cuisine is recommended in summer.

as the local proverb goes, "rice is lazy to cook in a hot summer". Loss of appetite, the old custom of peeling dogs in summer. "Summer solstice dog, no way out", "dog meat rolls three times, and the gods are unstable". Dog meat is the best way to nourish in summer. There are many melons and vegetables in summer, and boiled pugua and amaranth in soup are common family dishes. The best soup for relieving summer heat is the raw bone soup, the raw meat pig broth, and the barley, lentils, melon and fish soup. Pork belly with papaya is the soup of longevity for women, duck with papaya is the soup of longevity for men, and mussel with papaya is the soup of lactagogue, a nursing woman.