Only after living in Guangdong for a period of time and going out to eat, will you find the food in Guangdong dazzling. Different ingredients have different methods, different temperatures and different steps. Besides, Guangdong glutinous rice chicken, with these complicated steps, is it a little admirable for Cantonese cuisine! First of all, eating in Guangdong, taste in Sichuan, has been circulating in Jianghu society 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 gather. Therefore, all the foods that can be eaten all over the world and all over the country are imported from 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 is in Guangzhou" is inherently inflammatory. Secondly, it doesn't need to be said 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. Guangzhou, whose capital has been built for thousands of years, has been visited by many people all over the country and even the world, and Cantonese cuisine itself is a big food gathering in the country and even the world. However, according to my experience in living in various parts of Guangdong in recent years, the Guangzhou people I met hardly say this, and even they don't seem to care much. 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 and is the best in the world. But Guangzhou is very inclusive, and most of the delicious food from all over the country and even around the world can be eaten in Guangzhou. Moreover, Guangzhou people are "foodies" and are willing to try. Guangzhou people themselves like a light diet, that is, one side raises the other. But I never refuse spicy Hunan cuisine, spicy Sichuan cuisine and sweet Zhejiang cuisine. In Guangzhou, I can even eat original Indian food from 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 travel, 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 have 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 is also concerned about where there are many delicious foods, where there are many scenic spots and where there are many interesting places. It happened that the ancients left me a sentence "Eat in Guangzhou, wear in Suzhou, play in Hangzhou, and die in Liuzhou", all from the life experiences 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": "There are delicious foods in the world in eastern Guangdong; All the cuisines in eastern Guangdong may not be available in the world. " It is said that there are many kinds of ingredients in Guangzhou. During Guangxu period, Guangzhou was called "seventy-two lines", and there were more than a dozen lines involved in 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 enrichment of the catering industry in Guangzhou.
There are not only many kinds of food in Guangzhou, but also dare to eat with Guangzhou people. This is because in ancient times, Lingnan 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 the characteristic game became the signature dish of Cantonese cuisine. Guangzhou's food culture has a long history. It can be said that people who fly in the sky, run on the ground and even hide in the ground can eat it, with a wide variety and excellent taste. Therefore, the ancients did not lie to me. "Eating in Guangzhou" does make sense.
Wear it in Suzhou
This mainly refers to Suzhou silk. We all know that China is the first country in the world to grow 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. From then on, Zhang Qian's road to the Western Regions was also 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 high-grade silk products came from Suzhou. Therefore, in ancient times, it was everyone's wish to put on Suzhou silk. Moreover, Suzhou also has Suzhou embroidery, the four major embroideries of China, which is also a tribute of the royal family. Suzhou's embroidered mother is famous all over the country. That's why the phrase "Suzhou wear" came into being.
Play in Hangzhou
Hangzhou has a history of more than 2200 years since Qin established the county. It was once the capital of Wu Yueguo and the Southern Song Dynasty, and it is 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 for its beautiful scenery and suitable environment and climate. Hangzhou has both small bridges and flowing water, as well as the magnificent scenery of Qiantang River. It has won in the southeast and is the metropolis of Sanwu. 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 "Sanqiu devil, a lotus in ten miles" and was unforgettable, so he moved to the Yangtze River and captured Hangzhou, showing the beauty of Hangzhou's scenery.
Died in Liuzhou
"Die in Liuzhou" means that Liuzhou has the best wood, which 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 folk specially ordered a good nanmu coffin in the local area and transported his body all the way 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, 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 Longzhou became famous. Mr. Jin Yong once wrote in Duke of Lushan that "Liuzhou is rich in wood and its coffins are world-famous."
Bian Xiao has something to say: after reading the above explanation, do you think the ancients still enjoyed it, and also summed up the experience and told future generations. As time goes by, dynasties change, but the saying "eat in Guangzhou, wear in Suzhou, play in Hangzhou and die in Liuzhou" has been handed down, which gives us a glimpse of 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 intention, "eating in Guangzhou" means that Cantonese cuisine is exquisite and delicious, and the food is the best in the world, which is a great enjoyment; Wearing in Suzhou is famous for Suzhou silk at home and abroad, and it is comfortable, gorgeous and beautiful to make clothes with;
"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". Steaming, boiling and instant boiling are more commonly used. Raw materials are fresh.
When it comes to Guangzhou's delicious food, people who have been to Guangzhou may be most impressed, as well as the soup made 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, and I don't know what it was for. Someone told me that it is used to make soup. There are many small earthenware pots in these large water tanks. They are heated together in the large water tanks, and then stewed slowly in the tanks for a long time. The stewed soup is of course particularly delicious.
People in Guangzhou eat with good intentions. First, there is a wide range of things to eat, second, there are many ways to eat and new patterns, 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, when it is almost dawn, they will also 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 cuisines 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 "a bay with green water and red litchi on both sides". 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 for morning tea. Tangli Garden is on the picturesque Liwan Lake. Once a famous garden in Xiguan, it is now 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, the eight national cuisines can be eaten all over 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. The clothes made of Suzhou silk are comfortable, gorgeous and beautiful.
Play in Hangzhou: Hangzhou scenery is the first, Hangzhou 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. Coffins are the best since ancient times, so the ancients said that they died in Liuzhou.
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Guangzhou people's love and ability to eat is world-famous, 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, superb skills, clear but not light, fresh but not vulgar, tender but not raw, oily but not greasy. Good at stir-frying, it is required to master the heat 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 and exquisite materials. Animals and birds, delicacies, Chinese and foreign cuisine, 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 "eats from time to time". Eating fish, there are "spring snapper autumn carp Xia San plough"; Eating snakes is "three snakes in the autumn wind, and eating snakes is a blessing at this time."
Eat shrimp, "Qingming shrimp, the fattest"; When eating vegetables, you should choose "seasonal vegetables", that is, seasonal vegetables, such as "the north wind is sweetest" In addition to 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, cool and fragrant", and pursues the original flavor and fresh fragrance of raw materials. There are many kinds of Cantonese condiments, including sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, salty and fresh. However, only a small amount of ginger, onion and garlic are used as "materials", 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 China cuisines, and draws lessons from the strengths of western recipes. Guangfu cuisine has a wide range of materials, fine selection of materials, superb skills, good at change and diverse varieties. 1956 "Guangzhou Famous Cuisine Exhibition" introduced 5447 Lai products.
There are 8 15 snacks related to vegetables and hundreds of snacks. Guangfu cuisine is the main body and representative of Cantonese cuisine. There are as many as twenty-one cooking methods of Guangfu cuisine, especially frying, frying, stewing, frying, boiling, stewing and buckling. They pay attention to the temperature, and the dishes they cook pay attention to color, fragrance, taste and shape. The taste is mainly 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. Guangzhou's more common dishes are boiled chicken, boiled shrimp, open-hearth suckling pig, hanging roast duck, snake soup, oil-soaked shrimp, braised big skirt wings, steamed seafood, melon seeds 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." In other words, the girls in Suchuan are beautiful, and it is a pleasure to snuggle 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 famous Laimei, and there are many teahouses and restaurants. You can eat whatever you want, so it's certainly comfortable to eat in Guangzhou. This national popular folk proverb says that "food in Guangzhou" is famous at home and abroad! China is a developing country, but its food civilization and food level are not worse than 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 cooking kingdom in the cooking kingdom" and a unique "gourmet paradise" in China and even 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, providing 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. Today, Guangzhou's diet is second to none in China and enjoys a high reputation abroad, regardless of the quantity and quality of products, the number and scale of restaurants and restaurants, and the food environment and service quality. According to the statistics of relevant departments, the number of restaurants in Guangzhou has grown to more than 20,000, with more than 6,543.8+0,000 seats and nearly 6,543.8+0.5 million 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, tea houses and restaurants, Guangzhou people attach great importance to and pay attention to food, and are famous for their daring to eat, being good at eating and being clever at eating. The average cost of eating out in Guangzhou is 1.752 yuan, accounting for nearly 40% of the food expenditure, which means that 40% of the food expenditure of Guangzhou people 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 have money to eat. Guangzhou people are delicious and have money to eat out, which has created the prosperity of the catering industry. Guangzhou catering industry has always maintained a high prosperity index in all industries in Guangzhou, and even led to the rise of other industries.
Second, there are many restaurants, with high density, many grades and Chinese and foreign flavors. 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, flavors and forms of food to choose from. As early as the second year of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty (1822), it was written: "(Xiguan, Guangzhou) 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. It's no wonder that many people from Guangzhou immigrated from the countryside, even if they are on short-term business trips, they will miss their hometown, especially the colorful food in their hometown. 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. /kloc-in the summer of 0/956, 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 at home and abroad at that time. After more than 40 years of development, there are far more than these now, so no chef has ever dared to boast that he can cook all the famous Cantonese dishes. The strong vitality of Guangdong cuisine and Guangzhou cuisine lies in its endless innovation and diversity. In Guangzhou, people can often see many restaurants attracting diners with new raw materials. Banners such as "The Latest Mussels Arrived in Canada, Arctic Shellfish", "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 will often be 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, elegantly decorated, or with the classical beauty of China, or with the romantic style of Western Europe, or with national characteristics. The display of restaurants and restaurants, the naming of dishes, the costume design of waiters and the 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, Guangzhou hotel buildings account for 4: 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 restaurants in China on five continents, for example, there are 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; There are no fewer than thousands in Japan. Among them, Cantonese restaurants run by Cantonese people account for more than 60%, and some simply hang up the signboard of "Eating in Guangzhou" to show the authenticity of Cantonese cuisine and snacks.