In fact, there has always been a shortage of delicious food in Henan. Moreover, there is a lack of an ever-increasing publicity plan or even a hype propagandist. To promote the current Henan cuisine and change the prejudice and blackening of Henan cuisine in history.
There are many Chinese dishes, such as Cantonese cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, Shandong cuisine, huaiyang cuisine and so on. However, due to the relatively little publicity of Henan tourism culture and historical prejudice, people often ignore the "seven plates and eight bowls" of Henan cuisine.
The banquet of Henan cuisine includes cold dishes, hot dishes, salty taste, sweet taste, pasta, soup and so on. Chicken, duck, fish and delicacies are available. But it is different from Sichuan cuisine, and it is less spicy; The difference between it and Cantonese cuisine is rare game; The difference between Shandong cuisine and Shandong cuisine is rare seafood; It differs from huaiyang cuisine in many ways. Henan cuisine generally has nine dishes, nine plates, nine bowls, two soups and one pastry, adding up to thirty. But not necessarily, there are also eight and six. Nine are the most grand ones, which are usually used when getting married, eating happy noodles and receiving VIPs. Why nine? This is the remarkable feature of the Central Plains culture, the ninth five-year plan!
Henan cuisine takes a long time to eat. Generally, the banquet is held at 12 noon and eaten until around 4 pm. Small dishes and dishes on the plate are mainly cold dishes for drinking, so no wine is enough! Guests who don't drink can also eat there. Often, some guests are full before hot dishes are served! Cold dishes and hot dishes are generally mixed with muddy vegetables, with more muddy vegetables and less vegetarian dishes. Muddy vegetables are generally more pork and less fish and shrimp. Vegetarian dishes are indispensable, such as gold needles, fungus, mushrooms, yam, lotus vegetables, etc. These are all rare delicacies! Serve hot dishes in a big bowl, eat one bowl and then wait for two bowls, ten to twenty minutes apart at a time. When dessert is served, everyone has to rinse the spoon and chopsticks. Sweet rice is essential.
Of course, there are Huimian Noodles in Zhengzhou, Daokou roast chicken in Anyang, cold rice noodles in Puyang, water mat in Luoyang, Hu spicy soup in Xiaoyao Town, braised mutton in Xinxiang, steamed chicken soup packets in Kaifeng, Huaifu donkey meat, fried bean jelly, Wuzhi oil tea and so on, all of which are Henan characteristics.
In fact, there has always been no shortage of delicious food in Henan, but a lack of tourist attractions that match the delicious food. There is no doubt that tourist attractions drive local specialties. Compared with the ancient rhyme south of the Yangtze River and the south of mountains and rivers, Henan's tourist attractions lack publicity and fascinating soul. You must have heard that groups of friends from all over the country have traveled to Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, and in the circle of friends, social networking sites such as Tik Tok, Aauto Quicker and Weibo have positioned themselves to bask in various local characteristic buildings, various delicacies and various landscapes. So how many people have you seen visiting Henan?
The hit location of "Everything's Fine" instantly became a punching place for the public and online celebrity people. Therefore, Henan should vigorously promote its own tourism characteristics. Obviously, the whole of Henan has not done a good job in tourism promotion. Although it is not as good as the ancient rhyme Jiangnan and the southern landscape, Henan certainly has its own thousand-year-old cultural heritage and tourism characteristics. Therefore, the local area should combine local characteristics, vigorously cater to the development of the times, the development of trends, and the preferences of young people to promote development by leveraging the celebrity effect. After all, there is an old saying that "he who wins the Central Plains wins the world"!
Therefore, what Henan lacks is not delicious food, but a vigorous propaganda behavior to promote the development of delicious food through tourism.
It's not that there is no good food in Henan, but that the diet in Henan is more popular, especially the snacks. There is no distinctive feature in the cooking style and food handling of the cuisine. It can also be said that although the taste is universal, it lacks prominent multi-elements, so that Henan cuisine is vulnerable to the impact from other cuisines.
Every place has delicious food, and Henan is no exception. Snacks in Shaxian County, Sanming, and soup dumplings from all over the country can be traced back to Henan's historical diet, and even the etiquette and customs of Hakka people now can find the shadow of the past lifestyle of the Central Plains. But now the dishes in Henan, to be honest, really can't find a fist dish.
Some people say that Henan cuisine is the mother of Chinese cuisine, some people say that its development has been interrupted by the historical turmoil, and some people say how it is. If we have to say what causes the lack of famous cuisine in the Central Plains, the only reason is that the food style in the Huanghuai Valley has been naturally influenced. Areas that love noodles will naturally not be deeply cultivated in the cuisine, while areas that love rice need side dishes, and the cuisine will develop horizontally, deeply and diversified.
But Shandong cuisine in the eight major cuisines is an exception. Shandong also likes pasta, but Shandong cuisine has developed to now. Do you see if it still has market influence? In most cases, Shandong cuisine is a symbolic meaning. The same is true of Shaanxi cuisine, including the western part of Henan province. The cuisine has not changed much in the development process.
Although Henan cuisine can't compete with the eight major cuisines, the Central Plains has an extremely prominent feature, that is, the export of agricultural and sideline products is relatively rich, such as Nanyang yellow cattle meat, which is the best beef ingredient in China, far better than grassland yellow cattle and southern buffalo. For example, the eggs of the Central Plains are transported to all parts of the country through convenient transportation channels. Vegetables such as iron stick yam are also exported to the East China market.
We must talk about the well-known Henan cuisine, because the water mat is a local dish, which is not very universal. As for carp, it is not very popular in the south of the Yangtze River. The braised dishes in Henan cuisine are really good, such as Daokou roast chicken, which are all braised dishes, ready-made fried dishes, but they are not so rich that they have disappeared into many cuisines.
In fact, the living customs in the Central Plains have undergone tremendous changes, and the living standards have also been significantly improved. Compared with before, the dishes in people's daily lives are much richer, but the commercialized dishes are generally made more extensively, which means that the dishes are not rich enough and are extremely captured by other cuisines.
People often say that Xi 'an is the capital of pasta, so Zhengzhou is the capital of Huimian Noodles. The provincial capitals have concentrated the national cuisine resources, and people may feel that the cuisine is extremely rich, but apart from the self-styled cuisine, the pasta-based areas are really not good at cooking, although the taste is good.
Chu materials are not used for Chu, that's brain drain, which is decided by local humanities. However, Henan cuisine needs deep cultivation, and economic strength cannot determine the charm of one dish. A region's living and eating habits due to natural conditions determine whether the dishes in this place can blossom inside the wall and smell fragrant outside the wall!
aren't there many delicious foods in Henan? Huimian Noodles, people all over the country know about spicy paste soup, right?
No, there are countless delicious foods in Henan, and the food culture in Henan is profound. For example, many Shaxian snacks are from the Central Plains. For example, Huimian Noodles, noodles with noodles, braised noodles, noodles with minced meat, vermicelli, Hu spicy soup, Luyi mother paste, zongzi, egg cake, Dengcheng pig's trotters, mutton soup, beef soup, roast chicken at Daokou, Huaiyang Fangji tofu skin, Huaiyang burnt fish soup, Xiangcheng chicken steamed buns, and a lot of dog meat!
To say that there is no good food in Henan is an ignorance of Henan.
In fact, the food in Henan is very particular. It used to be said that the food is not too big.
The so-called vegetables are not more than an inch long, which means that cutting vegetables and changing them into vegetables are generally not more than an inch long.
Also, Henan cuisine is not as distinctive as other cuisines. It can be said that the lack of characteristics is the biggest feature.
Henan cuisine used to be mainly Kaifeng cuisine, that is, KFC, which is often seen in busy downtown areas of major cities. Strange, haha.
In addition, almost all Henan dishes are some common ingredients in the local area, with emphasis on salty flavor. This bucket chicken in Kaifeng is the most representative.
Don't get me wrong, the picture is not a famous bucket chicken, but a Bianjing roast duck, one of the top ten famous dishes in Henan cuisine. It is said that Beijing Quanjude studied here in those days. Just because of the capital, more people are pursuing it. If the Northern Song Dynasty had not perished, it is estimated that Bianjing roast duck would have been popular all over the country.
Carp baked noodles, you can taste basically the same taste in the West Lake vinegar fish, which was brought to the south by a large number of craftsmen and people after the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty. However, southerners don't like noodles, so they omit this baked noodle.
Fried eight pieces. To be honest, after you have tasted this dish, KFC and so on can only be regarded as junk food. This dish pays attention to the outside and tender inside, which is very delicious.
in fact, the most complicated work in Henan cuisine is set of four treasures, but it is not among the top ten famous dishes.
To cover four treasures is to cut a small hole in quail, pigeon, chicken and duck first, and remove the bones completely by the chef's knife skill, and it can also be done without leaking water, which takes a lot of effort. This dish is really delicious, too
it's called fried grilled herring head and tail. I've eaten it once. To be honest, the chef's cooking is not very good. I'm a little sorry for the name of the top ten famous dishes in Henan cuisine.
Eggs in an iron pan are also a special feature of Henan cuisine.
Many of these have been to China or CCTV on the tip of the tongue, so it can't be said that there are no famous dishes in Henan.
As for the familiar soup-filled steamed buns, they are not vegetables, but can only be regarded as staple food or snacks. Like Huimian Noodles and Hu spicy soup.
Of course, in recent years, Henan cuisine, represented by Xinyang cuisine, western Henan cuisine, represented by Luoyang Shuixi cuisine, and Daokou Shaojiu in northern Henan, etc., is still very popular all over the country.
As a walking foodie, how can I let go of this treasure land of Henan? When it comes to Henan cuisine, people may think of all kinds of Huimian Noodles most, but in so many cities in Henan, every achievement has its own unique cuisine. Here is a general list of the places I have been to, and I dare not talk nonsense if I haven't been there. . .
1. Zhengzhou-Huimian Noodles
2. Kaifeng-soup dumpling, spiced rabbit meat, peanut cake
3. Luoyang-water mat
4. Pingdingshan-tofu dish
5. Anyang-flat noodle dish, airball (Tik Tok seems to be very popular recently)
6. Xinxiang-. Luohe-Beiwudu Hula Soup
Henan Province has a long cultural history, which has left us a splendid cultural wealth-Henan cuisine. There are more than 5 cooking methods of Henan cuisine. Grilled, roasted, fried, stir-fried, fried and baked have their own characteristics, and the scallion and pepper are unique and concave.
Because Henan people are conservative, they don't tell anyone.
It's not rare, it's not rare.
Henan cuisine is that mothers and mothers will compete for fame more than their children.
There are delicious foods in Henan, but you just didn't pay attention.