So what is the delicious food you eat almost every day in Guangzhou? Besides breakfast in rice rolls, Brother Mao thinks that everyone who works and lives in Guangzhou often eats a box of rice, which is rich in ingredients and convenient. So today, Brother Mao will take you to learn more about Guangzhou's bento culture!
Box lunch is actually the local name for box lunch in Guangzhou. At first, the box lunch in Guangzhou was mainly Cantonese-style roasted meat, which is also known as roast duck, chopped chicken, braised chicken with soy sauce, shredded chicken and roasted meat (far more than what Brother Mao said);
In recent years, with the increase of personnel flow and cultural exchanges between different cities in the province, Chaoshan braised rice has gradually begun to emerge in the box lunch market in Guangzhou, mainly including Chaoshan pig's trotters, braised geese and various brines. Up to now, it can be said that the number of stores is not even lost to that of barbecue shops, and even most box restaurants are sold together.
So today, Brother Mao will tell you about the two categories of Cantonese roasted meat rice and Chaoshan bittern rice.
Usually, Cantonese cuisine gives people the impression that it is light and original, but Cantonese roast meat is completely different. Cantonese roast meat includes two cooking techniques, roast and wax, but now people are used to calling it continuously. The main foods they often eat are barbecued pork, barbecue, roast goose, roast duck, roast suckling pig and squab, all of which are preserved and baked in sauce. They are fast and delicious, and they are loved by old people.
Next, let's take a look at the indispensable role of Cantonese roast meat!
Braised pork in Guangdong style
This can be said to be a classic in Cantonese roast meat! As long as people living in Guangzhou have never eaten barbecued pork, this delicious food pickled from plum blossom meat is soft, tender and juicy, and has a rich flavor, which can be said to be the first choice for most people.
To cook barbecued pork, you must choose plump and suitable plum meat, so that barbecued pork will not taste more fragrant!
roast duck
Many people say that roast duck ranks second, but roast goose disagrees! Haha, although Brother Mao also knows that roast goose is a representative and delicious representative, due to the convenience and cost of purchasing ingredients, most of the box lunches sold on the street are mainly roast duck, and there are many friends who eat roast duck.
A good roast duck tastes crispy and juicy and delicious, especially when eating roast duck legs.
Fried chicken with soy sauce
Usually, Laoguang is directly called "oil chicken", which is also a very popular roasted meat dish. It is cooked with sweet soy sauce, which is sweet and delicious.
Brother Mao's favorite is a chicken leg with soy sauce. Sweet soy sauce has penetrated into the fresh chicken leg meat, so the feeling of stuttering really shouldn't be too cool!
Crispy barbecue
Barbecue is also a very popular barbecue. The overlapping taste of crispy skin and tender meat can always satisfy diners, and the order rate in box lunch is also high.
However, if you eat barbecue alone, it will usually be a little dry. Brother Mao still likes to eat fried chicken with bean paste or other barbecue together, which is more refreshing!
Boiled chicken in sauce
How can old Guangzhou people who love chicken eat boiled chicken? Onions and chicken in Jiang Duo! The purest taste of chicken is more delicious under the infiltration of onion and ginger, and the saliva is almost flowing out!
Braised ribs with honey sauce
It is also a very delicious barbecue. The ribs themselves are delicious. Under the infiltration of honey, they are more sweet and delicious.
chicken shred
It is also a classic of chicken box lunch, because the chicken is torn into small pieces, so it is more tender and tasty, and the chicken flavor is easier to dissolve in rice, especially when eating!
The enjoyment of barbecue.
Having said so many kinds of roasted meat dishes, the reason why roasted meat can become the most popular box lunch is not only the delicious taste of each dish, but also the convenience and quickness of roasted meat rice. You can make it yourself in a variety of choices! Double bucket, three bucket will do, as long as you like!
Barbecued pork, fried chicken with soy sauce and roast duck!
If you want to eat more, no problem. Roast duck, chicken gizzards, fried chicken with soy sauce and barbecued pork!
Nothing, if there is not enough to eat, we will each cut a box and take it home to eat slowly!
After eating Cantonese roast meat, let's take a look at Chaoshan brine. In recent years, with the popularity of Chaoshan cuisine in Guangzhou, Chaoshan brine fast food has become more and more popular in Guangzhou, among which pork knuckle rice and braised goose rice are the most popular.
Chaoshan pork knuckle fan
Let's talk about pork knuckle rice first. I dare say that many friends who have just come to Guangzhou are not used to the taste here. When they first ate pork knuckle rice, they were all delicious. I can't help it This Chaoshan braised pig's trotters is really delicious! A delicious pig's trotters restaurant definitely has a long queue at noon.
The reason why pork knuckle rice is so popular is that it tastes so good. Usually, people's impression of pig's trotters is greasy, but after the practice of Chaoshan brine, pig's trotters really taste fragrant but not greasy, and they melt in the mouth, leaving their lips and teeth fragrant!
The essence lies in pig's hoof skin. Under the infiltration of mellow marinade, the collagen in that bite is soft and rich, which is very delicious!
Pork knuckle pinchaoshan bittern
Brother Mao's favorite way to eat is to add pig's feet, Chaoshan meat rolls and brine to the large intestine! Brine large intestine is also the signboard of Chaoshan brine. The large intestine is soft and waxy under the infiltration of brine, and the more you eat, the more fragrant it is. Plus pig's feet, it's so cool.
Moreover, more and more stores now sell Cantonese roasted meat and Chaoshan brine together, which makes it more convenient for diners to choose. Another pig's foot and large intestine boiled chicken is really not too delicious!
Chaoshanlu goose fan
After talking about trotters, let's take a look at the braised goose! In recent years, the popularity of Chaoshan braised goose in Guangzhou is really fast, and it feels like braised goose shops are all over the streets and shopping malls in an instant. As the most representative dish of Chaoshan brine, braised goose has won the favor of Laoguang because of its delicious and unique taste.
Compared with roasted goose, the biggest feature of braised goose is that it is not so greasy and spicy, and the taste of salt water permeates the goose fiber well, and every bite is very delicious.
Besides goose meat, stewed goose gizzard, goose blood, tofu and stewed eggs are all delicious! Especially the braised rice, it's delicious!
Of course, Mao Ge thinks that the most delicious non-bittern foie gras is different from the fat foie gras in western food. Chaoshan brine foie gras is fresh and tender, and it melts at the entrance. With a mouthful of fragrant rice soaked in salt water, this working meal is quite satisfying!
Well, it took me so long to know that I was really greedy for Brother Mao himself!
In fact, no matter what kind of box lunch, it is one of the rich and colorful food cultures in Guangzhou, and even box lunch is a kind of work fast food, which can be enjoyed very much in Guangzhou!
So in the end, Brother Mao still wants to do a small investigation. Which box of rice do you like best, Cantonese roast meat or Chaoshan brine? Tell Brother Mao when you vote!