The specific contents of the delicacies that Su Shi had tasted are as follows:

1. Before becoming an official - fish hot pot

In 1057 AD, which was the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty In the third year of You's reign, Su Xun took his two sons, Su Shi and Su Che, to take the exam, and the two brothers became famous in one battle. When they were happy, news suddenly came that Su's mother had died of illness. The father and son immediately rushed back to their hometown of Meishan, Sichuan to attend the funeral.

Two years later, Su Shi was ordered to move his family to Kyoto. After passing by Yuzhou, which is today's Chongqing, Su Shi visited his friend Wang Daoju, a famous scholar. Wang Daoju took him on a boat ride on the Yangtze River and hosted a banquet on the boat. Chongqing people, of course, like to eat hot pot the most, and in Jiangshang, of course they eat fish hot pot.

2. The first stop in Su Shi’s official career was Fengxiang, which is today’s Fengxiang District, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province. As a Sichuanese, I didn’t feel too uncomfortable when I moved to Shaanxi to live. I just felt that the heat in summer was different and I needed to find a place with mountains and water like Sichuan to escape the heat. So I went to East Lake on the edge of the city, but it was still very hot and everything I ate was tasteless.

How can we find something cool and refreshing on such a hot day? Classmate Su started thinking. He ordered someone to grind lentils into powder, boil them into a paste, put them into a stone bowl, wait for them to cool, then cut them into strips, and then sprinkled them with salt, vinegar, chili and other seasonings and served them cold. , distributed it to the entourage, and they all found it smooth and delicious. Later, it became popular in the local area and was called "Dongpo jelly". This may be the first delicacy made by Su Shi since he became an official!

3. Please go to Hangzhou - Wuliuyu

In Hangzhou, what Su Shi loved most was the landscape of West Lake, and the temples in the mountains of West Lake were the ones he visited most, because There were many new monk friends he made there, among whom he had the best relationship with the monk Foyin from the Holy Mountain Temple. Although Foyin is a monk, he does not follow the strict rules. One time, Su Shi asked the chef to make a dish of "five-leaf fish", which is to cut the fish in half with five knives. The knife marks are like flying willow leaves.

When the fish dishes were served, Su Shi was about to use his chopsticks when he suddenly saw the figure of Foyin outside the window. "What a good monk, I came here in time for the meal. I want to eat my five-leaf fish. Let's see if you have the ability." Su Shi decided to test the monk Foyin, so he hid the plate of fish on the top of the bookshelf.