Su Shi was the representative of the gourmets in Song Dynasty.

Su Shi, with the word Zi Zhan and the word He Zhong, is known as Tieguan Taoist and Dongpo layman, and is known as Su Dongpo, Su Xian and Po Xian in the world. Su Shi is a phenomenal literati in the history of China. He is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, food, clothing, housing and transportation, and has made his own achievements. It is precisely because Su Shi invented so many delicious foods that he was called a representative gourmet in the Song Dynasty.

Su Shi is open-minded by nature, frank and sincere, and has won the Taoist style. Good friends, good food, create a lot of fine food, good tea, but also elegant and good travel. In addition to making extraordinary achievements in the fields of literature and art such as literature, poetry, ci, calligraphy and painting, it has also made extraordinary achievements in the fields of food production and costume design. There are well-known Dongpo soup, Dongpo meat, Dongpo elbow, Dongpo tofu, Dongpo fish and so on.

Su Shi's historical evaluation:

Su Shi has achieved extremely high attainments in three aspects: literature, poetry and ci, and can be regarded as the representative of the highest literary achievement in the Song Dynasty. Moreover, Su Shi's creative activities are not limited to literature. His achievements in calligraphy, painting and other fields are outstanding, and he has also contributed to medicine, cooking, water conservancy and other skills. Su Shi typically embodies the cultural spirit of the Song Dynasty.

Su Shi enjoyed a great reputation in the literary world at that time. He inherited the spirit of Ouyang Xiu and attached great importance to discovering and cultivating literary talents. At that time, there were many young writers around him, among them, Huang Tingjian, Zhang Lei, Chao Buzhi and Qin Guan, who were all famous for their achievements, were collectively called "Four Bachelor's degree in Sumen". Together with Chen Shidao and Li Zhi, they are also called "Six Gentlemen of Sumen"

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia ‐ Su Shi.