The rise of China's "cultural craze" happened in the mid-1980s, but Gourmet is indeed an earlier work that thinks about cultural issues in a more profound sense.

It mainly discusses cultural issues, but it is not limited to discussing cultural issues, so it has profound and rich implications.

For the subject of culture in the most profound sense, the people and things in the novel are all representations.

Or a symbol.

To appreciate this novel, you must first realize this.

The novel's choice of material is peculiar.

It mainly writes about the "eating" history, life encounters and spiritual outlook of a person whose profession is to taste delicious food.

However, in the creative process, the author does not just describe "eating" as a life phenomenon and a physiological need, but mainly describes "eating" as a specific cultural form and explores its social and historical significance.

In the novel, "food" is a "cultural symbol", and this symbol has the meaning of symbolizing traditional Chinese culture.

This is obvious.

The writer thinks about the entire cultural issue through the description of the specific cultural form of "food".

Being a gourmet is an enviable profession and a lot of fun.