Huizhou cuisine originated in the Qin and Han Dynasties, flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and reached its peak in the middle and late Qing Dynasty. Huizhou cuisine is a local feature of Huizhou, and its unique geographical and humanistic environment gives it a unique flavor. Due to the rise of Huizhou merchants in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, this local flavor gradually entered the market and spread to Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Shanghai, Hubei and even the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

representative dishes: Huizhou hairy tofu, braised mandarin fish, stewed turtle with ham, braised civet, pickled mandarin fish, stewed pigeon in Huangshan, etc.

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Features of Anhui cuisine: One of the eight major cuisines in China, Anhui cuisine has its own advantages. Heavy oil, heavy color and heavy fire are its three characteristics, and it is popular in the world with its color, smell and shape. It is good at cooking, stewing and steaming. Cooking pays attention to soft and delicious, delicious and meaningful, stewing pays attention to mellow and fresh soup, ripe and crisp, and steaming pays attention to original flavor and is refreshing and pleasant.

Anhui cuisine pays attention to the original taste, and its taste is just flat and harmonious. The main cooking methods of Anhui cuisine are burning, steaming, stewing and stewing. These cooking methods make dishes, on the one hand, the nutrition is not easy to be lost in the cooking process, on the other hand, the nutrition of dishes is most easily absorbed by the human body, which conforms to the modern people's diet concept.

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