Only after living in Guangdong for a period of time and eating out, will you find the food in Guangdong dazzling. Different ingredients have different methods, different temperatures and different steps. Let's say glutinous rice chicken in Guangdong. With these complicated steps, do you admire Cantonese cuisine a little? First of all, eating in Guangdong, taste in Sichuan, has been circulating in Jianghu for a long time. Guangdong is a coastal province and an open province, so it is a province where tourists and businessmen from all over the country and all over the world gather, so what can be eaten all over the world and all over the country is imported into Guangdong by tourists and businessmen, so the types of food that Cantonese people can eat are the first in the world.
First of all, who said that "food in Guangzhou" was inherently inflammatory. Secondly, it goes without saying at all, but when you come to Guangzhou, you can find delicious food from all over the country and taste rich and varied Cantonese cuisine. As the capital of thousands of years, Guangzhou has been visited by many people all over the country and even all over the world, and Cantonese cuisine itself is a big gathering of national and world cuisine. However, according to my experience in living in various parts of Guangdong in recent years, the Guangzhou people I met hardly speak this kind of words, and even they don't seem to care much about it. As long as they eat happily and comfortably, it seems that this is a slightly higher level food to some extent.
Eating in Guangzhou does not mean that Cantonese food is popular with everyone. It is the best in the world. It's that Guangzhou is very inclusive, and most of the food in the country and even the whole world can be eaten in Guangzhou. Moreover, Guangzhou people are very "vegetables" and are willing to try. Guangzhou people themselves like a light diet, which means that one side nourishes the other. But I never refuse spicy Hunan cuisine, spicy Sichuan cuisine and sweet Zhejiang cuisine. In Guangzhou, I can even eat Indian food created by Sam and Thai food from Southeast Asia. Cantonese cuisine also constantly absorbs the characteristics of these cuisines and constantly brings forth the new.
As the saying goes, "Eat in Guangzhou, wear in Suzhou, play in Hangzhou and die in Liuzhou". What does this mean?
Whether in daily life or traveling, food, clothing, housing, eating, drinking and having fun have become the basic elements in our lives. In the early years, the country was not good anyway, and the consumption level of residents was also very low, so the most concern was whether they could eat enough and wear warm clothes. However, with the development of society and the progress of people's lives, people no longer need to worry about eating and dressing. When they meet their basic physiological needs, they have more important spiritual needs, so they begin to pay attention to play, not just to eat enough, but to pursue good food; Not limited to wearing warm clothes, but pursuing good clothes. Going out to travel as a raiders also pays attention to where there are many delicious foods, scenic spots and interesting places. It happened that the ancients left me a saying "Eat in Guangzhou, wear in Suzhou, play in Hangzhou and die in Liuzhou", all of which came from the life experience of the ancients. Next, let's look at the reasons for these four things.
Guangzhou's delicious food
If you only develop Guangzhou after the reform and opening up, it is all wet. In fact, as early as the Tang Dynasty, the imperial court had set up a trade department and a customs office in Guangzhou, and Guangzhou became the earliest foreign trade city in China. The poet Qu Dajun recorded in "Guangdong New Language": "The world's food is in eastern Guangdong; All the delicious food in eastern Guangdong may not be eaten all over the world. " It is said that there are many kinds of ingredients in Guangzhou. During Guangxu period, Guangzhou was called "seventy-two lines", of which more than a dozen lines involved catering. After the Opium War, Guangzhou became an important city of China's foreign trade and began to do business with foreign countries. Therefore, delicacies from all over the country and all over the world have entered Guangzhou, thus contributing to the richness of Guangzhou's catering industry.
Guangzhou's food is not only varied, but also dare to eat with Guangzhou people. This is because in ancient times, Lingnan area was economically poor, the relatively developed Central Plains and Jiangnan were relatively backward, and there was a lack of food types. Therefore, due to the difficult living conditions, Guangzhou people began to eat game, and later featured game became the signature dish of Cantonese cuisine. Guangzhou's food culture has a long history. It can be said that people flying in the sky, people running on the ground and even people hiding underground can eat it. There are many kinds and the taste is excellent. Therefore, the ancients did not deceive me. "Eating in Guangzhou" really makes sense.
Wear it in Suzhou
This mainly refers to Suzhou silk. We all know that China is the first country in the world to plant mulberry, raise silkworms and make silks and satins. As early as the Western Han Dynasty, when Zhang Qian went to the Western Regions, he brought soft and colorful silk to China. Since then, Zhang Qian's road to the Western Regions has also been called the "Silk Road". By the Tang and Song Dynasties, Suzhou had become the national silk center. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, most of the royal silk fabrics came from Suzhou. Therefore, it was everyone's wish to put on Suzhou silk in ancient times. Suzhou also has Suzhou embroidery, one of the four major embroideries in China, which is also a tribute of the royal family. Suzhou's embroidered mother is famous all over the country. This is why the saying "wear it in Suzhou" came into being.
Play in Hangzhou
Hangzhou has a history of more than 2200 years since the county was founded in Qin Dynasty. It was once the capital of Wu Yue State and Southern Song Dynasty, and one of the eight ancient capitals of China. As the saying goes, "There is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below". As early as the Tang Dynasty, Hangzhou was famous all over the country for its beautiful scenery and suitable environment and climate. Hangzhou has not only small bridges and flowing water, but also magnificent scenery like Qiantang River. It won the victory in the southeast, and it is a metropolis of three Wu. Qiantang is famous since ancient times. It is said that after listening to Liu Yong's "Watching the Sea", Yan Hongliang, the gold owner, was deeply attracted by the "Ten-Li Lotus Sanqiu Guizi" and was unforgettable, so he crossed the Yangtze River and captured Hangzhou, which showed the beauty of Hangzhou scenery.
Died in Liuzhou
"Die in Liuzhou" means that Liuzhou has the best wood that can be used to make coffins. This stems from a historical allusion: according to legend, Liu Zongyuan was demoted to Liuzhou as an official and finally died in a foreign land. In order to commemorate him, Liuzhou folks specially ordered a good nanmu coffin in the local area and transported his body back to his hometown for burial. Liu Zongyuan is from Hedong. It's a long way from Liuzhou to Hedong, so he spent several months on the road. Unexpectedly, when he returned to Hedong, he opened the coffin and reburied the body, only to find that Gong Liu's body was still intact and lifelike, so the Nanmu coffin in Liuzhou was famous all over the world. Mr. Jin Yong once wrote in the The Duke Of Mount Deer: "Liuzhou is rich in wood, and Liuzhou coffins are world-famous."
Bian Xiao has something to say: After reading the above explanation, do you think the ancients still liked it? They also summed up their experience and told future generations. Time flies and dynasties change, but the saying "eat in Guangzhou, wear in Suzhou, play in Hangzhou and die in Liuzhou" has been handed down, allowing us to see the prosperity of that era through the dust of history.
Why eat in Guangzhou?
"Eat in Guangzhou, wear in Suzhou, play in Hangzhou, and die in Liuzhou." This is a folk proverb. From the original meaning, "eating in Guangzhou" means that Cantonese food is exquisite and delicious, and the food is the best in the world, which is a great enjoyment; "Wear in Suzhou" is famous for Suzhou silk at home and abroad, and clothes made of Suzhou silk are comfortable, gorgeous and beautiful.
"Playing in Hangzhou" means that the West Lake in Hangzhou is as beautiful as the West Lake, with beautiful scenery and relaxed mood. "Die in Liuzhou" means that Liuzhou has good wood and can make coffins.
There are many schools of cooking in China. Among them, Shandong, Sichuan, Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan and Huizhou are the most influential and representative cuisines recognized by the society, that is, the "eight major cuisines" in China.
Guangzhou is a gourmet metropolis and the birthplace of Cantonese cuisine. Cantonese cuisine is characterized by lightness, paying attention to "color, fragrance, taste and shape". Methods such as steaming and boiling, that is, boiling in water, are used more. The raw materials are very fresh.
When it comes to Guangzhou's delicious food, people who have been to Guangzhou may be most impressed, as well as the soup cooked by Guangzhou people. Cantonese cuisine pays attention to soup, and all kinds of materials seem to be used to make soup.
I once saw a big water tank in front of a restaurant. I don't know what it is for. I was told that this is used to make soup. There are many small crocks in these big tanks. They are heated together in the big tanks and then stewed slowly in the tanks for a long time. The stewed soup is of course very delicious.
Guangzhou people are really "well-intentioned" when eating. First, there is a wide range of things to eat, second, there are many ways and new tricks to eat, and third, it takes a long time to eat. Many people in Guangzhou have breakfast before dawn, which is called morning tea. In the evening, at dawn, they still eat midnight snack, which is called night tea. Basically, they can enjoy all kinds of delicious food all day. Of course, this lifestyle of Guangzhou people also benefits from the variety of snacks.
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As the saying goes: "Food in Guangzhou, taste in Xiguan". Xiguan used to be the most prosperous food center in Guangzhou. There are hundreds of kinds of food here, which bring together the most traditional and classic dishes in Cantonese cuisine. "Xiguan", also known as Liwan, is named after "Litchi Bay" and has the reputation of "green water and red Liwan on both sides of the strait". Xiguan is the core area of Guangzhou food culture and the birthplace of the most authentic Cantonese dim sum.
Therefore, when you go to Guangzhou, you must come to Xiguan to have morning tea. Tangli Garden is on the picturesque Liwan Lake. It used to be a famous garden in Xiguan, and now it is a delicious place where Xiguan garden culture and food culture are integrated.
What is the next sentence of "Eating in Guangzhou"?
Eat in Guangzhou, wear in Suzhou, play in Hangzhou and die in Liuzhou.
Food in Guangzhou: Guangzhou's food culture is famous all over the country. From morning till night, it can be eaten in eight major cuisines all over the country and around the world.
Wear in Suzhou: Suzhou is located in the south of the Yangtze River. Silk is famous in ancient and modern times, and Suzhou embroidery is exquisite. Clothes made of Suzhou silk are comfortable, gorgeous and beautiful.
Play in Hangzhou: Hangzhou scenery is the first, including West Lake, Lingyin Temple, qiantang bore and Lin 'an Ancient City. The West Lake in Zhangzhou is as beautiful as Xizi, with beautiful scenery and relaxed mood.
Died in Liuzhou: Liuzhou is famous for its wood. Since ancient times, coffins are the best, so the ancients said they would die in Liuzhou.
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Guangzhou people are world-famous for their love and ability to eat, and Guangfu cuisine is also the representative of Cantonese cuisine. Guangfu cuisine covers the Pearl River Delta, Shaoguan, Zhanjiang and other places, with rich materials, fine selection of materials, exquisite skills, clear but not light, fresh but not vulgar, tender but not raw, oily but not greasy. Being good at cooking requires mastering the temperature and oil temperature just right. It is also compatible with many western food practices, paying attention to the momentum and grade of food.
The biggest feature of Cantonese cuisine is its extensive materials and skillful ingredients. Animals and birds, delicacies, Chinese and foreign food, everything, can be described as the best in the country. There are many raw materials available for Cantonese cuisine, so naturally there is no problem. Cantonese cuisine pays attention to the seasonality of raw materials and "does not eat from time to time". Eating fish, there are "spring bream and autumn carp Xia San plough"; Eating snakes is "three snakes are fat in the autumn wind, and eating snakes at this time is a good blessing."
Eat shrimp, "Qingming shrimp, the fattest"; When eating vegetables, we should choose "seasonal vegetables", that is, seasonal vegetables, such as "the north wind is sweetest" Besides choosing the best fattening period of raw materials, Cantonese cuisine also pays special attention to choosing the best parts of raw materials.
Cantonese cuisine pays attention to the taste of "clear, fresh, tender, smooth, refreshing and fragrant" and pursues the original flavor of raw materials. There are many kinds of Cantonese condiments, such as sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, salty and fresh. However, only a small amount of ginger, onion and garlic is used as the "material", and less spicy spices such as peppers are used, which will not be salty and sweet.
Cantonese cuisine is represented by Guangfu cuisine. Guangfu cuisine combines excellent folk cuisines from all over our province, constantly absorbs the essence of major cuisines in China and learns the advantages of western recipes. Guangfu cuisine has a wide range of materials, fine selection of materials, excellent skills, good at change and diverse varieties. 1956 "Guangzhou Famous Cuisine Art Exhibition" introduced 5447 Lai products.
There are 8 15 kinds of snacks related to dishes, and hundreds of snacks. Guangfu cuisine is the main body and representative of Cantonese cuisine. There are as many as 21 cooking methods of Guangfu cuisine, especially frying, frying, stewing, frying, boiling, stewing and buckling. They pay attention to the heat, and the dishes they make pay attention to color, fragrance, taste and shape. The taste is mainly clear, fresh, tender and crisp, paying attention to clear but not light, fresh but not vulgar, tender but not raw, oily but not greasy.
Strong seasonality, light in summer and autumn, heavy in winter and spring. The common dishes in Guangzhou are boiled chicken, boiled shrimp, open-hearth suckling pig, hanging roast duck, snake soup, fried shrimp, braised skirt wings, steamed seafood, shrimp and so on.
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Why is food in Guangzhou?
Cantonese cuisine has long been famous all over the world. I don't know whether it started in the Qing Dynasty or the Republic of China. There is a humorous folk proverb that sums up the ideal of life: "born in Suchuan, live in Hangzhou, eat in Guangzhou." That is to say, the girls in Suchuan are beautiful, and it is a pleasure to snuggle up here in childhood, so it is good to be born in Suzhou; Hangzhou has beautiful scenery, living between lakes and mountains, which makes people relaxed and happy. The former residence is Hangchuan Temple. As for Guangzhou, it is rich in the famous Lamei, and there are many teahouses and restaurants. You can eat whatever you want, so eating in Guangzhou is of course very comfortable. This popular folk proverb tells us that "food in Guangzhou" is famous at home and abroad! China is a developing country, but its food civilization and food level are not inferior to those of developed countries, or even worse. As early as the beginning of the last century, Sun Yat-sen, a modern revolutionary in China, proudly said: "The progress of diet still lags behind that of civilized countries." China is internationally known as the "culinary kingdom". Guangzhou cuisine is called "the gourmet kingdom in the gourmet kingdom" and a unique "gourmet paradise" in China and even in the world. Guangzhou is located in the subtropical zone, bordering the South China Sea, with evergreen seasons and rich products. There are many kinds of edible animals and birds, rich in fruits and vegetables, which are fresh all year round, which provides a broad world for food and cooking. In the Tang Dynasty, Guangzhou was famous for its rich and varied ingredients. Cooking technology has also formed the characteristics of diversification and refinement. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Pearl River Delta was rich and the central city of Guangzhou was more prosperous. The fashion of paying attention to diet makes Guangzhou's diet more colorful. The prosperity of modern commerce and frequent exchanges between China and foreign countries have broadened the space for the food market in Guangzhou. In the long years, Guangzhou people not only inherited the tradition of Central Plains food culture, but also absorbed the essence of foreign cooking technology, and constantly absorbed, accumulated, improved and innovated according to local tastes, hobbies and habits, thus forming the characteristics of prosperous dishes, exquisite cooking skills, high quality and delicious taste, and becoming the most representative food culture in China and the most influential in the world in the past century. Up to now, no matter the quantity and quality of products, the number and scale of restaurants and restaurants, or the food environment and service quality, Guangzhou's food is second to none in China and enjoys a high reputation abroad. According to the statistics of relevant departments, the number of catering stores in Guangzhou has grown to more than 20,000, with more than 6,543,800 seats and nearly 6,543,800 employees, with an average daily reception of nearly 2 million people and an annual turnover of over 50 billion yuan. Everyone who comes to Guangzhou for the first time will be deeply touched by the characteristics of "eating in Guangzhou":
First of all, the most obvious feeling is that Guangzhou people eat well and the catering industry is extremely prosperous. Regardless of family dining, teahouses and restaurants, Guangzhou people attach great importance to and pay attention to food, and are famous for their daring, good eating and skillful eating. The average cost of eating out in Guangzhou is 1752 yuan, accounting for nearly 40% of food expenditure, which means that 40% of food expenditure in Guangzhou is spent on restaurants every year. This ratio is much higher than other big cities in China. It can be said that Guangzhou people are delicious and rich. Guangzhou people are delicious and have money to eat out, which has created a prosperous catering industry. Guangzhou catering industry has always maintained a high prosperity index in all industries in Guangzhou, and even led other industries to rise.
Second, there are many restaurants, with high density, many grades, Chinese and foreign flavors, and it is convenient to serve around the clock. You stand anywhere in Guangzhou, within 500 meters of Fiona Fang, there are at least a dozen different grades, tastes and forms of food to choose from. As early as the second year of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty (1822), it was written: "(Guangzhou Xiguan is a land of wealth and goods, with meat forests and wine seas, no cold and heat, no day and night." In a word, the convenience and prosperity of Guangzhou cuisine are unmatched by China and most cities in the world. No wonder many people in Guangzhou emigrate. Even if they are away on business for a short time, they miss their hometown very much, especially their colorful food. In a word, eating in Guangzhou has infinite charm.
Thirdly, Cantonese cuisine has the largest variety of dishes, and new dishes are introduced almost every day to satisfy picky diners. 1956 Summer, Guangzhou held the "Famous Cuisine Beauty Exhibition". At that time, there were 5457 kinds of dishes, 825 kinds of snacks and hundreds of snacks on the market. The diversity of styles amazed colleagues from home and abroad at that time. After more than 40 years of development, Cantonese cuisine is far more than that now, so no chef has ever dared to boast that he knows how to make all the famous Cantonese dishes. The strong vitality of Guangzhou Cantonese cuisine and Cantonese cuisine lies in its endless innovation and diversity. In Guangzhou, people can often see many restaurants attracting diners with new raw materials, and banners such as "mussels and arctic shellfish newly shipped to Canada", "Australian king crab, deep-sea lobster" and "American cowboy meat" are often hung outside the hotel. Every once in a while, chefs will create some new dishes with new ingredients and different combinations, and some new food trends are often set off in the market. Lai cuisine, which appeared not long ago, was quickly replaced by other dishes. This situation is endless.
Fourth, the diet in Guangzhou pays great attention to the environment, style and cultural taste of the diet. Most restaurants and restaurants in Guangzhou are beautifully decorated and elegant, or have the classical beauty of China, the romantic style of Western Europe or national characteristics. Restaurant and restaurant furnishings, naming of dishes, clothing design of waiters, and special couplets at the door all reveal the noble taste of Lingnan food culture. At present, it has been listed in the History of World Architecture (British Edition). Among the 37 buildings in China, there are 4 hotels in Guangzhou: Guang Chuan Mineral Spring Villa, Dongfang Hotel, Sanjiu Liquor Store and White Swan Hotel. Overseas, "eating in Guangzhou" is not only a compliment, but also a banner to attract diners. According to incomplete statistics, there are China restaurants on five continents, such as nearly 10,000 China restaurants in the United States; There are more than 5,000 in Britain; France and the Netherlands each have two or three thousand people; There are no fewer than thousands of people in Japan. Among them, more than 60% of Cantonese restaurants are run by Cantonese Chinese, and some simply hang up the signboard of "Eating in Guangzhou" to show the authenticity of Cantonese cuisine and Cantonese snacks.