Guangzhou has been an important town in southern China since ancient times. After Qin Shihuang unified Lingnan, Chinese and Vietnamese cultures and customs quickly merged, and Guangzhou became the center of Lingnan culture.
The ancient Guangzhou area is criss-crossed, with abundant rainfall and pleasant climate. It is surrounded by hills in the west, east and north, with lush forests and lush grass, rich fruits in Lingnan and many birds and animals. The south faces the sea, and the beaches are vast, producing many salty and fresh water products and amphibians, which makes ancient Guangzhou one of the regions with the richest food resources in China.
Cantonese cuisine has a long history, and a large number of Central Plains immigrants to Lingnan made Guangzhou's food culture deeply influenced by the Central Plains. As early as the Han and Wei Dynasties, Guangzhou's snake dishes, roasted geese and fish soup had already influenced it. At the end of the Song Dynasty, Emperor Song fled south with his kitchen, and many court delicacies spread to Guangzhou folk. After the Opium War, missionaries and businessmen from Europe and the United States flooded in, and thousands of businessmen gathered in Guangzhou, which provided a wide market for the development of the catering industry.
Guangdong cuisine draws on the strengths of Central Plains cuisine and western food, and then absorbs the advantages of local dishes in Guangdong. Just like Guangzhou's culture, it blends ancient and modern, connecting China and the West, forming a unique food culture in Guangzhou, which is different from other parts of China and has won the reputation of "Eating in Guangzhou". It is famous at home and abroad, and countless tourists come here to taste delicious food and feel this unique Lingnan food culture.
The most obvious feeling in Guangzhou is that there are many restaurants and restaurants. As long as you want to eat, you can eat rich and varied foods anytime and anywhere.
The tea market is the most attractive feature of Guangzhou's diet.
In the past, there was only "morning tea" in Guangzhou, but now it has developed into three tea markets: morning, noon and night.
Almost all restaurants have tea markets. As soon as the guests are seated, the waiter immediately comes to greet them: "How many? What kind of tea to drink? " The tea market provides all kinds of salty, sweet and dry snacks, such as buffet, to suit your needs, and the price is very affordable, which can be consumed by the general public.
Guangzhou tea market has become an important social occasion for friends to meet and exchange ideas, an important way for family members to get together and enjoy family life, an effective buffer for modern tense and fast-paced life and work, and an important way for some people, especially the elderly, to relax. One morning paper, two cups, sit for hours, eat, watch and chat, family affairs, state affairs and the world.
Cantonese cuisine has a wide variety of ingredients. Snakes are dragons, chickens are phoenixes, cats are tigers, mice are deer, and almost all of them are cooked.
Cantonese cuisine pays attention to freshness, smoothness, lightness in summer and autumn, and richness in winter and spring. It uses unique spices and uses techniques such as boiling, roasting, soaking, frying, boiling and simmering to cook delicacies with unique local flavor.
The "raw seafood" of Cantonese cuisine has its own characteristics. Many restaurants and restaurants have not decorated their halls properly. First, the seafood pool at the entrance should be designed to display dozens of raw seafood to attract customers.
Boiling hot and drinking herbal tea in Cantonese cuisine is a pioneering work for Guangzhou people to adapt to the geographical and climatic environment and adapt to local conditions. "What is boiling hot today?" It is a necessary topic for housewives to meet and chat, and there is a lot of knowledge in it.
Cantonese restaurants have a variety of dishes. Every once in a while, restaurants will create new dishes with new raw materials and different combinations, so as to enhance their competitiveness, and new food trends are often set off in the market, which is the strong vitality of "Eating in Guangzhou".
analyzing the natural landscape and human environment of "eating in Guangzhou" has rich cultural connotations.
first, it is open.
Guangzhou is located in the coastal area with convenient transportation, and has been an important port for economic and cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries since ancient times.
The open environment endows Guangzhou people with an open way of thinking, which is reflected in an "all-you-can-eat" open mind in diet. There are restaurants and restaurants with local flavors all over Guangzhou, and almost all the major cuisines in China and the flavors from all over the world can be found.
the second is compatibility.
an open culture must be compatible.
Lingnan culture has the characteristics of eclecticism and accommodating all rivers, which has also been fully reflected in Guangzhou's diet.
the third is pioneering.
Guangzhou people dare to eat anything, and are good at exploring traditional local flavor foods and eating methods, constantly transplanting and transforming, and bringing forth the new.
There is an ancestral motto among Cantonese chefs: "Tradition is not authentic.
"embodies the courage and pioneering spirit of Guangzhou people.
In addition, people in Guangzhou don't waste enough to eat, and they can't finish eating and "pack" it back, which reflects the virtue of Guangdong people who cherish food and are thrifty.
Guangzhou cuisine has raised eating and cooking to the artistic level, and has become an important part of Lingnan culture. It has greatly enriched the connotation and characteristics of Lingnan culture, and has a far-reaching impact on the food culture in China and the Asia-Pacific region.
With the development of economy, the progress of society and the continuous expansion of opening to the outside world, Guangzhou's food culture is constantly developing and changing.
On the one hand, Guangzhou's food culture is impacted by foreign cultures, such as western fast food culture represented by McDonald's and Kendeji, which has occupied the market of many young people and children, and brought about new changes in many people's living habits and cultural concepts.
On the other hand, the continuous improvement of people's living standards has laid an economic foundation for the development of food culture in Guangzhou, and "food in Guangzhou" is also facing good development opportunities, showing the following development trends: First, the combination of food and tourism.
The setting of restaurants and hotels should be in line with the development of tourist attractions, attach importance to the protection and construction of time-honored brands, and promote each other with the overall planning of tourism products; The tourism department holds the "Guangzhou International Food Festival" every year, which attracts visitors from all directions, widely promotes Guangzhou food culture, and effectively combines food and tourism.
second, dining is convenient.
In view of the fast festival of modern work and life, all kinds of food, semi-finished products and fast food have developed rapidly and are widely welcomed.
Third, food nutrition is scientific.
People in Guangzhou have changed from "eating well" to "eating well", and have gradually paid attention to the scientific collocation of nutritional structure, food supplement, dietotherapy and medicated diet, and the study and research on nutrition is in the ascendant.
fourthly, the raw materials are naturalized.
People in Guangzhou pay more and more attention to environmental protection and sustainable development. Safe vegetables and meat have become a common concern of the public, and the market demand for green food and pollution-free food is expanding day by day.
fifth, the food is interesting.
Restaurants and restaurants in Guangzhou pay more and more attention to decoration, with elegant style and comfortable environment. The hall furnishings, the naming of dishes and the costumes of waiters all reveal the taste of food culture.
Coupled with melodious music, or set up dance art, fashion show, or karaoke, so that diners can enjoy themselves in the beautiful artistic atmosphere.
This combination of diet and culture and art has continuously improved the taste of Guangzhou cuisine, and diners will enjoy more and more rich food culture.
The colorful food culture is an important window to reflect the economic and social development of Guangzhou.
I believe that with the construction and development of Guangzhou as a modern central city, the potential of "food in Guangzhou" is unlimited, and the future prospect will be more brilliant.