Chinese food culture is extensive, profound and has a long history.

The eight major cuisines are unique and classic dishes emerge in endlessly.

Many delicacies have traveled across the ocean and been borrowed and transformed by foreigners. Since then, they have flourished and made their own name.

In the 13th century AD, Italian traveler Marco Polo admired the culture of the ancient Eastern countries and traveled all the way to China, where he stayed for 17 years.

During this period, he traveled across China to study. After returning to Italy, he not only actively spread Chinese civilization, but also many food stories related to him began.

There is a plot in the cheese hot pot Hong Kong drama "The House of Gold". One day, the chefs in the imperial kitchen wanted to throw away the "bad-smelling" "cheese" sent as tribute from foreign countries.

The imperial chef Dai Dongguan passed by and noticed the "unique aroma" of the food, so he made it into a "cheese hot pot" to satisfy his craving in private.

Unexpectedly, the aroma of the hot pot tempted Qianlong outside the door.

The so-called "cheese hot pot" actually means filling the hot pot with white wine and cheese. After the cheese turns into the pot base, different ingredients are added to make cheese hot pot with different flavors.

When eating, put small pieces of bread on a long-handled fork and dip it into the cheese.

The cheese enters the mouth and the mouth is filled with milky fragrance.

Such a delicious cheese fondue is said to have evolved from Chinese hot pot.

It is said that Marco Polo was lost near the Alps one day on his way back to Italy. When he was about to freeze, he was rescued and brought home by a farmer living in a nearby town.

After waking up, Marco Polo missed the steaming Chinese hot pot very much, so he described to the farmer what Chinese hot pot looked like.

The helpless farmer only had a bottle of white wine, a piece of cheese and a few slices of bread at home. Out of disappointment, the clever Marco Polo dissolved the cheese in the white wine and invented "Swiss Cheese Fondue".

Ice cream Ice cream is people's favorite in summer. It is refreshing and soothing when it enters the throat, and the sweet milky flavor fills the mouth.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, people mined large quantities of saltpeter to produce gunpowder.

It was accidentally discovered that when saltpeter dissolves in water, it absorbs a lot of heat and can lower the water temperature to freezing. From this, people mastered the method of making ice in summer.

Smart businessmen took out the ice cubes stored in winter on Futian, shaved out ice shavings, added sugar and spices to sell, and made the "first generation" ice cream.

In the Song Dynasty, some people even added fruits or juice to ice.

Later, merchants in the Yuan Dynasty added fruit pulp and milk to the ice, which was very close to modern ice cream.

In the 13th century, the traveler Marco Polo brought Chinese ice cream recipes back to Italy.

Then the Italians spread it to France.

In the 16th century, a personal chef of Queen Catherine of France made the ice cream into a semi-solid form, mixed it with cream, milk and spices, and added patterns.

The "Ultimate Edition" ice cream was born.

Today, there are more and more types and styles of ice cream, and the methods and flavors have become more mature and popular.

Pizza Joey, the Italian in "Six Guys" loves pizza.

Hold the fragrant pizza in your hands and put it in your mouth. The fillings are soft and smooth, the crust is pliable, and the aftertaste is endless.

Such delicious pizza, some people say it comes from China's "scallion pancake".

It is said that Marco Polo lived in China and loved to eat scallion pancakes from the north. After returning to Italy, he thought about scallion pancakes day and night, but he couldn't bake them.

Later, he finally found a Neapolitan chef who was willing to make "scallion pancakes" for him at a party at a friend's house.

However, Chinese "scallion pancakes" are not easy to make.

The chef worked for a long time but didn't know how to put the filling into the kneaded dough.

By this time everyone was very hungry.

So Marco Polo proposed to put the fillings on the bread, bake the bread and eat it.

"It's a mistake." This new style of "scallion pancake" was unanimously praised by everyone.

After the chef returned to Naples, he paired the "scallion pancake" with Naples cheese and ingredients to create a "pizza" with a unique taste.