Squirrel Gui Fish is a traditional famous dish in Su Gang Cuisine. When this dish is ready, it is shaped like a squirrel, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, orange in color, sweet and sour, and has a pine-red flavor.?
The predecessor of squirrel guppy is squirrel fish. It is also known as "Mandarin Fish" (鴛花鱼), and is often called "Gui Fish" (桂鱼), which is the name given to the fish in the south of the country, in reference to the meaning of the Toad Palace (蟾宫), and is also known as "Mandarin Fish" (鴛花鱼).
It is said that when Emperor Qianlong traveled to the south of the Yangtze River, there was "squirrel fish" in Suzhou, and this squirrel fish was not made with Mandarin fish, but with carp, which Emperor Qianlong tasted and praised for its deliciousness. Later, the dish evolved into "squirrel fish" made with Mandarin fish.
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Legend has it that when Emperor Qianlong traveled to the south of the Yangtze River, he made a private visit to the ancient city of Suzhou, and suddenly felt hungry, so he went into a restaurant called Songhelou, and when he saw that there was a dish called "Squirrel Guiqi Fish" on the restaurant's water board, he ordered the dish on the spot.
Dish on the table, Qianlong because half a day without eating is a little hungry, and then this dish is really done outside the caramelized, sweet and sour taste, so that the emperor used to eat the imperial food of the Palace of the Emperor's great taste.
After eating, I don't know what money is the emperor, I don't know to buy things to pay for dinner, open-legged to go out, SongHe Lou's hall how to know that he is today's long-lived master, blocking the doorway not to let go, this walk a blocking on the fight, attracting crowds of onlookers. At this time it is just Suzhou governor led three classes of government officials patrol the streets, saw this ridiculous scene, busy sending the head of the class to the SongHe Lou shopkeeper to send a silver ingot of 10 two, only to calm down the dinner does not pay the matter.