Taishan, Guangdong is a good place, close to the mountains and the sea, with a lot of delicious food.

When you arrive in Taishan, there are several delicacies that you cannot avoid eating.

The first one is naturally the famous "Taishan eel rice" at home and abroad!

Monopterus eel is a kind of fish with a yellow-brown body, so it is called eel.

The body is like a snake, so it is also called: snake fish.

The nutritional value of eel is very high, such as nourishing blood and qi, nourishing the liver and kidneys, etc. There are many ways to eat it, such as stir-fried, boiled, braised, stewed, etc.

There is a more authentic way to eat it: remove the "gurgling" on the surface of the eel, cut it into pieces, sear it in boiling water, pick it up, put it in ice water to "cool the river", and then serve it.

Eat it with some sauce on a plate filled with ice cubes. This way of eating is called "iced eel".

Due to thermal expansion and contraction, the meat of the eel is compact and delicate during the heat and cold, and the umami flavor is finally locked in the ice. It tastes crisp, sweet and has a very good taste.

But I think the most fascinating way to eat eel is with claypot rice.

The people who make eel clay pot rice to the highest level are Taishan people.

Taishan is rich in rice eels. It was the first time to cook field eels and Taishan rice in the same pot. The unique climate and geographical conditions created the delicacy of rice eel clay pot rice. With Taishan people living overseas, it spread to the United States, Canada and other places, and was

Selected as "Guangdong Traditional Specialty Snacks", it can be called a landmark delicacy in Taishan. You absolutely can't miss it when you come here.

The preparation of Taishan eel rice has its own characteristics, but it must be cooked in a clay pot according to the tradition. The eel should be properly processed, the eel meat should be shredded into slices or strips, stir-fry until fragrant, and finally add Taishan shredded rice and cook together.

Serve with chopped green onion and coriander.

Wait a few minutes, take off the lid and mix well before eating. The rice is fragrant and the eel shreds are delicate. The rice fully absorbs the delicious taste of the eel. You can eat several large bowls without vegetables.

When eating eel rice in Taishan, I like to go to the Echeng area in Gangning, Taicheng (one of the filming locations for "Let the Bullets Fly"). There are many local restaurants there, and the eel rice is cooked quite authentically.

Stills from "Let the Bullets Fly", voice-over: Brothers, let's go into the city to eat Taishan eel rice!

Of course, among all the restaurants, if you want to eat the most classic Taishan eel rice, then there is an authentic old restaurant that you must go to.

Five-flavored goose is a famous dish in Taishan. It is sour, sweet, fragrant and salty, with five flavors that blend well with your lips and teeth, leaving you with endless aftertaste after eating it.

It is unique to Taishan and rarely available elsewhere.

Come here and give it a try.

But the most authentic five-flavor goose is not available in restaurants or hotels. If you want to eat delicious food, you must go to the villages in Wencun, Haiyan and other places in Taishan to find a family and eat "the taste of home".

The five-flavored goose made by the hostess will definitely wow you.

Taishan people kill chickens and geese every New Year and festival, and are immersed in this practice year after year. The so-called experts among the people, who make the most delicious five-flavor goose, of course hide it in the hands of mothers in every village.

There is a middle village in Haiyan Town, Taishan, near Pengdao Sea. There is an old man in the village who likes to play chess very much.

He and I have been friends for many years.

One year I went to his house and played chess with him all night long. Both of us were dizzy. In the last game we shook hands and made peace.

He laughed, got up and went to the kitchen to make a pot of mudworm porridge for breakfast.

He asked the bug digger to dig out the mud bugs in advance, washed them and put them in the refrigerator.

He knew that I liked to eat, so he specially cooked it for me.

That pot of porridge tastes really fresh and sweet, the most delicious thing in the world.

There is no more joy in life than this.