Many dishes in Zhejiang cuisine are full of beautiful legends, and strong cultural color is a major feature of Zhejiang cuisine.
Among them, "West Lake Vinegar Fish" is a traditional dish in Hangzhou. It is said that there was a young man named Song by the West Lake in the Song Dynasty, who made a living by fishing on weekdays. Once he was ill, his sister-in-law went fishing by the lake herself and cooked him food with vinegar and sugar. After eating, he recovered Later, the name of this dish changed to "West Lake Vinegar Fish", which is available in all restaurants in Hangzhou. In the past, there was a poem on the outer wall of Gushan Building, which said, "It's a pity that you have this gentle hand, but you know that there was no sister-in-law in Song Dynasty." More and more people came here to taste it. Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty also said that he would try the vinegar fish in the West Lake when he was on a southern tour. It can be seen that this dish was famous all over the country in the early Qing Dynasty.
"Fresh eel owl" is a famous dish in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, and fish owl is the favorite food of fishermen in the southeast coast. It's called "yellow croaker owl" made of yellow croaker and "eel owl" made of eel. According to legend, at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, Fu Cha, the king of Wu, fought against the State of Yue and led troops to capture Yi Yin, which is now Ningbo. Besides beef and mutton, elk meat and pork, the chef also treats the local eel owl as a dish instead of fresh fish. After the king of Wu ate it, he thought it was delicious and delicious, which was different from the carp and crucian carp eaten in the palace in the past. When I returned to the palace, although I ate fish, I always felt that they were not as delicious as those in Yi Yin. Later, he sent someone to the seaside in Yinxian to catch an old fisherman and cook fish dishes for him. Seasoned steamed eel, full of praise after eating Fucha, eel has been worth a hundred times since then. Eels were also very popular in the Qing Dynasty. At that time, the "Taiwan Province Owl" produced in Songmen District, Wenling County, Taizhou, Zhejiang Province was famous all over the country. Yuan Mei once mentioned that "Taiwan Province owls are ugly" in "Suiyuan Food List". It is better to leave Songmen, Taizhou, where the meat is soft, fresh and fat. Tear it open when you are alive, and it can be used as a side dish without cooking. Simmer with fresh meat, and then put the squid when the meat is rotten, otherwise the squid will not digest. Freezing is freezing. Shaoxing people are also legal. " The "fresh eel owl" made in Ningbo every winter and during the Spring Festival can be eaten after a little air drying. "Braised pork with dried vegetables" is a famous dish in Shaoxing. Cook with Shaoxing's unique dried mushrooms and pork belly, and stew until crisp and rotten. At the same time, the meat oil permeates into the dried vegetables, and the fragrance of the dried vegetables permeates into the human flesh, bringing out the best in each other, crisp, fragrant, waxy and soft, and delicious.
Zhejiang cuisine system has a long history, rich varieties of Zhejiang cuisine, exquisite dishes, delicious, tender, crisp, soft and refreshing, with the characteristics of clear, fragrant, crisp, tender, refreshing and fresh, which occupies an important position in many local flavors in China. Zhejiang cuisine is mainly composed of Hangzhou, Ningbo, Shaoxing and Wenzhou, each with strong local characteristics.