Hot pot, as a unique traditional Chinese cuisine, has long been popular across the country and even around the world, with many foreign friends tasting it and praising it. At the same time, because of the development of hot pot in different regions, the formation of different flavors with regional characteristics.
It is said that "Chongqing food" is famous all over the world, but "hot pot" that is an unshakeable position in the hearts of Chongqing, no one can ever replace. Chongqing people love hot pot to what extent? Tongue on the tip of China" in the first phase of the program introduced Chongqing. One out of every few people living in the main city of Chongqing is engaged in hotpot-related work. There is also a joke that it is much easier to find a hotpot restaurant in Chongqing than an ATM. This shows the depth of the city's passionate love for hot pot.
For example, old Beijing's shabu-shabu is interspersed with the strong flavor of sesame sauce, Suzhou and Hangzhou's light and fragrant chrysanthemum hot pot, Guangdong's seafood hot pot, and Chaoshan's beef hot pot, and so on. The hot pots there are so spicy and hot that they are sure to make you sweat after your meal.
No need to say, you must have the answer in your heart. This city is the mountain city of Chongqing, and this hot pot is the nationally famous Chongqing hot pot. Why do people in Chongqing like eating hot pot so much? Let me tell you why. Eating hot pot naturally has its own advantages and benefits, from a health point of view, Chongqing hot pot is warm in nature, it can open the stomach and strengthen the spleen, benefit the qi and nourish the qi, in addition to removing dampness and warming the stomach.
According to expert advice, drinking a cold drink after eating a hot hot pot can increase the intake of antiviral components in the body, which can prevent diarrhea, dysentery and other diseases. And from the theory of Chinese medicine, eating hot pot can also dissipate cold and dampness, promote metabolism, and also help prevent nasal congestion, headache, joint rheumatic pain.
Chongqing people's character
Most of the people in Chongqing are more brash and honest, and love to have a good time. So the noisy and bustling environment of hot pot restaurants is the favorite of Chongqing people. Eating and chatting, drinking and clocking, not drunk, is a common fireworks in Chongqing hot pot restaurant.
The aroma of butter fills the streets and alleys with its oily pots, hot and spicy soup, and a wide variety of scalded vegetables. When friends and family gather, people take off their jackets, roll up their sleeves and fight around the fiery hot pots of the mountain town. In this free environment, people are free, their excitement and enthusiasm can be released, and the pressure and tension of work and life can be relieved with laughter.