There was once a popular technical post on the Internet, which specifically talked about the survival strategy of crossing into ancient times. Many posts talk about a cruel fact: if you cross the wrong dynasty, you will probably starve to death. Because the ancient people's eating habits, ways and types are very different from those of modern people. If you have to carry a modern stomach, then the best crossing destination is the Song Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, first of all, we could eat enough. Our eating habits of three meals a day began in the Song Dynasty. Secondly, eat well. In the Song Dynasty, the catering industry got unprecedented development, which can definitely meet the requirement of eating 361 degrees without dead ends!
high-end restaurants, pay attention!
bian city in the northern song dynasty and Lin' an in the southern song dynasty can all be crowned? The capital of food? The name of. There are many delicious foods from all over the world, and there are many high-end restaurants. According to the Tokyo Dream Record, there are as many as 72 high-class restaurants in Bianjing (Kaifeng). There are ten volumes of Old Wulin, one of which is devoted to restaurants in Lin 'an. Hotels such as Hele Building, Zhonghe Building and Hefeng Building are also a long list of high-end restaurants in Lin 'an.
Let's take Fan Lou, a online celebrity store that people in the Northern Song Dynasty love to punch in. Take luxury restaurants for example.
the environment is exquisite: Fan Lou is a landmark building in Bianjing. The three floors are high, and the fifth floor faces each other, each with a flying bridge sill, which is connected with light and shade, embroidered with beads and dazzling with lights and candles. ? Climb to the top of Fan Lou, but? Looking down is forbidden? , even the inside of the palace can be seen! Zhou Mi said in "Wild Words of Qi Dong" that Fan Lou? It is one of the wineries in the capital, and there are often more than a thousand drinkers. .
exquisite dishes: as a giant in the catering industry, the store has a full range of delicacies, and it is said that there are more than ten kinds of soup to choose from. The freshest and precious ingredients on the market are often seen here first.
Pay attention to wine: Big restaurants like Fan Lou generally have the right to make wine, where you can taste excellent wines. When new wine comes out, the restaurant will make big advertisements, such as? A famous master winemaker was selected from a library to brew the first-class wine (n? Ng) extremely spicy wine, ranking first? And even hire a beautiful brothel woman as an endorsement.
exquisite utensils: the tableware used in high-end restaurants is especially exquisite, using silverware instead of porcelain. ? In any hotel, if you don't ask anyone, only two people sit and drink, you must also use a pair of bowls, two sets of plates and lamps, five fruit and vegetable dishes, and three or five water and vegetable bowls, that is, nearly one hundred taels of silver. Although one person drinks alone, why do you use silver bowls and the like? .
exquisite service: the bartender is the best bridge between the front hall and the back kitchen. When a customer comes to the door, Xiao Er greets him with a smile. Bring a bottle of tea? , take out the menu,? Who drink soup, call at will, although ten guests each want blindly, but also might as well? . After that, Xiao Er sang the recipe to the kitchen. When serving food, the dish-passer has his hands full of dishes, but he can get wind under his feet and walk freely. If the customer feels that the service is not good, The master of white will be scolded, or fined, or even chased? .
In addition, in order to attract customers, high-end restaurants like Fan Lou also provide entertainment services such as playing, singing, acrobatic singing and dancing, so that guests can enjoy their meals and drinks.
You may be curious, how much does it cost to come to Fan Lou for a meal? There is a poem in Zhao Bosheng's Tea Shop Meets Renzong in the Song Dynasty, which can quite explain the consumption level of Fan Lou:
The restaurants in the city are high in the sky, and the dragons are cooked and the phoenix is delicious. Sun dismounted and got drunk at the smell of incense, and he did not hesitate to spend thousands of dollars on a drink.
song dynasty? Money law? More chaotic, let's calculate it in the usual way: one or two pieces of silver is about the same money, and the consistent money is about 1,111 yuan, and spending ten thousand yuan is twelve pieces of silver! (One or two taels of silver in Song Dynasty is about RMB 1111) With such high consumption, our generation can only look down on the floor and sigh!
street cafes and mobile vendors are affordable!
to punch in at a online celebrity store like Fan Lou, diners need to have certain financial strength. But for the people in the Song Dynasty, there is no need to regret not eating famous dishes, because there are many cheap restaurants for them to choose from.
A comprehensive restaurant frequented by Song people, the larger one is called? Divide tea? , the store supplies wine, meat and other staple foods; Some restaurants have their own main products: such as Cao Popo's Meat Pie Shop, Wanglou Shandong Meihua Steamed Bun Shop, Wanjia Steamed Bread Shop, etc. There are also vegetarian restaurants that specifically meet the needs of vegetarianism; In addition, the hottest beverage shops have also appeared in the market in large numbers, selling all kinds of natural drinks without additives: sweet bean paste, deer pear pulp, plum water, ginger honey water, papaya juice and Mei Huajiu? Cold drink shops are also very popular: on a hot summer day, you can eat ice-cold dumplings, Doo water soaked in snow, Mei Huajiu soaked in snow, and ice cream (handmade ice cream in the Song Dynasty).
In addition to tall restaurants and cheap restaurants, there are many mobile vendors on the streets of Bianjing. In The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival, there are many small vendors shuttling around the street and the bridge. Steamed dates, yellow cakes, steamed cakes and sprouted beans? Just listening to the name makes people drool. Diners, whether they want to satisfy their cravings or their stomachs, can be satisfied by calling a small vendor casually on the street.
Don't underestimate this street vendor. In the Song Dynasty, they could earn money by hard work.
In Yi Jian Zhi, written by Hong Mai in the Southern Song Dynasty, a peddler started his business by weaving straw sandals, and then turned to selling oil. The end of the story is the peddler? Only a few years old, the capital industry has risen, and it is dangerous and huge? .
the night market in the city is lively!
It may be hard for you to believe that before the Song Dynasty, people in China only ate two meals a day. Not entirely because of poverty, but because of curfew.
in the song dynasty, the city layout broke the boundary between Fang and city, and the curfew was gradually released. Song Taizu once made a special decree: It is forbidden to make the night market in Beijing to Sangu come. ? Night market culture became popular at this time. In the city that never sleeps, such as Bianjing and Lin 'an? Street buying and selling around the clock? ，? The night market didn't reopen until midnight? ; Even if it is snowy and rainy in winter, the night market is not closed. Cai taeniasis once described Kaifeng night market in the Northern Song Dynasty: in the bustling place, even mosquitoes disappeared. In this bustling night market, China people's eating habits of two meals a day have quietly changed to three meals a day.
if you go to the night market in the song dynasty, what can you eat? According to "Dream of Tokyo", the most famous night market in the capital is Zhouqiao Night Market, where there are many shops, such as rice, boiled broth and dry goods. There are also meat game such as chickens, ducks, geese and rabbits; Cold drinks are constantly supplied in summer; In winter, you can find nourishing products such as barbecue hot pot; When you are tired of shopping, you can find a small shop to rest and order some appetizers such as apricot slices and plum ginger. The price of food in the night market is also quite close to the people. According to records, snacks such as chicken skin, kidney, and minced chicken are only 15 articles each. With the purchasing power of the Song people at that time, it is probably not difficult to eat from the street to the alley and from hunger to satiety.
the catering competition is fierce!
In any era, the prosperity of an industry will lead to fierce competition, such as the catering industry in the Song Dynasty. In addition to competing for food, various restaurants and restaurants also use various promotional methods.
advertising: big restaurants spend a lot of money to ask people to write poems; Small shops are more willing to increase their popularity with characteristic signs.
special features: in order to cater to the tastes of guests from all directions, food shops will specially make food with local flavor. This period appeared? North food shop? South food shop? Sichuan food is also very popular.
spell service: the small shop facing the street pays attention to the dining environment: hanging paintings and placing illustrations; Put an ice basin in summer to cool down, and set a warm box to warm up in winter; In the event of a holiday, the products are launched and even the facade is redecorated; Catch up with the hotel promotion, customers can also receive the side dishes when they buy wine.
innovation: in order to expand the business scope, restaurants also provide? Takeaway? Service? Call at will, don't miss the customer? . There are many kinds of take-away food, and there are more than 111 kinds of staple foods to choose from. It is said that Song Gaozong and Xiaozong often give up the imperial dining room, preferring to order takeout food.
under the fierce competition, the diners at that time benefited the most. Therefore, the people in Bianjing hardly cook at home, and eat out at every meal!
In p>1998, Life Magazine of the United States selected 111 events that had the most profound impact on human life in the past 1111 years, and restaurants and snacks in the Song Dynasty were selected as the 56th.
the two songs on the tip of the tongue are admired by later generations not only for their delicacies? People eat for the sky? , but also hard work? People eat for a living? .