Jiangmen Wuyi, the hometown of overseas Chinese, is known as the land of fish and rice and the land of food, and the people of Jiangmen Wuyi even call themselves gourmets. Jiangmen Wuyi has its own flavor food: Jiangmen's snake banquet, seafood from the outer Haihe River, the outer sea, hemp round cat and dog meat, and ritual and rat meat; Seafood in Xiachuan, Taishan; Enping's fish porridge, snail in the pit, stone clam, salted chicken, le Cai, nest dish, crispy meat carp feast and ai cake; Kaiping garlic, fermented bean curd and dog meat; The delicacies and game of Heshan. Kaiping dog meat Wuyi people like to eat dog meat, especially Kaiping people. Tourists visiting Jiangmen may wish to try some local special snacks:
Goose Roasted in Gujing
Goose Roasted in Gujing in Dayan Moutain Scenic Area is a well-known specialty of Xinhui, which is famous all over the world. It has the characteristics of crispy skin and sweet meat, and is deeply loved by diners. It is said that the roast goose in Gujing was made with the secret recipe of the Southern Song Dynasty court. The history of roast goose in Xinhui Gujing dates back to the late Southern Song Dynasty. According to legend, a court chef fled to Yinzhou Lake in Xinhui and opened a roast goose shop to support his family with the court's secret roast goose craft. Its roast goose is full of color, fragrance and taste, rich in gravy, sweet and crisp, and salty in sweetness, so it is well-known and has been passed down to this day.
Gujing's roast goose production has its own uniqueness, from goose selection to roast goose. First of all, we should select local strong geese that are three and a half months old, and the geese in this period are the most suitable; Secondly, it must be barbecued with an open flame, and charcoal, electric stove and microwave oven can't barbecue authentic roast goose; The firewood used is also exquisite, and only some fire-resistant firewood with less smoke and less resin, such as thoroughly dried litchi trees, longan trees, dried cinnamon branches and dried citrus branches, can be used as fuel; Before entering the furnace, all raw geese should be filled with dozens of precious materials such as Fenjiu, cinnamon, fennel, dried tangerine peel, etc., coated with honey, wheat teeth and other materials, and inflated with a gas pump, and their mouths should be locked with iron bars. Because the skin and meat of roasted geese are separated after inflation, the skin is crispy and tender.
cold melon feast
the cold melon, a specialty of Jiangmen duruan, has the characteristics of thick and crisp meat and sweet bitterness. Local restaurants like to peel off the cold melon skin and make dishes such as salted cold melon, fried beef with cold melon, and cold melon skin with lobster sauce.
Dried tangerine peel, a famous specialty in Jiangmen, Dayan Moutain Scenic Area, has special fragrance and medicinal value. Locals have used dried tangerine peel as a cooking material to make dishes such as duck soup with dried tangerine peel, dried tangerine peel and dried tangerine peel ribs, which are delicious.
Reservoir Fish Banquet
Jiangmen has a good ecological environment. There are many large reservoirs and fish ponds in the area. Many seafood stalls in Jiangmen have their own characteristics, and eating fresh fish is the best choice.
ricefield eel rice
Although ricefield eel rice is common, it needs to be made well. Choose the plump eel with thick fingers, first remove the bones and get the meat, then cook a pot of delicious soup with eel bones, and then use these soups to cook rice; The eel meat is shredded and seasoned, and when the rice is about to be cooked, it is cooked in the rice noodles, so that the umami taste can penetrate into the rice grains. The prepared rice of Monopterus albus is sweet, fragrant and delicious, which is memorable.