Beijing has roast duck, Hangzhou has Dongpo meat, and other cities that have been called "gourmet deserts" also have their own famous cuisines, but they are still unfortunately on the list.
what foods are holding you back? We have found the "targets" in the internet catering industry from the sound of a large piece of spit.
The most serious things that netizens spit out are traditional snacks from all over the world. These "hidden delicacies", which often need to be found in the broken alleys of Syrian style in the food raiders, often make tourists from afar feel overwhelmed.
Snacks that people spit out are usually divided into two categories. One is a disqualified snack, such as Regan Noodles without sesame sauce. One is local food that can't be accepted by foreign tourists, such as old Beijing's favorite bean juice and tripe.
At what moment, you found it was a "gourmet desert"
By analyzing netizens' complaints about the two cities of Beijing and Hangzhou, we can actually sum up people's complex emotions about the "gourmet desert".
Taking Beijing as an example, people focus on certain foods, such as braised pork, roast duck and Zhajiang Noodles. Although in the eyes of Beijing natives, these foods can be regarded as local representatives, but in the eyes of foreigners with different tastes, these foods are not convincing.
Liu Chun, a media person, also discussed Beijing snacks in Weibo from the perspective of a foreigner. In the comment area of Weibo, fried liver, preserved fruit, pea yellow and other foods have become the targets of criticism.
(Source: Weibo)
Taking Hangzhou as an example, everyone's criticism of "Hangzhou Cuisine" focuses on the lack of understanding of the taste of the cuisine. For example, some hot words such as hangzhou dishes, light, sweet and sour, etc., from which we can see some speeches full of * * * *, "I don't want to lose weight, but Hangzhou is really terrible" and "How can I eat sweet and sour food?"
Sure enough, the reasons for being fat in this world are the same, but there are countless versions of the reasons for being thin. Just being forced to be hungry and thin is particularly miserable.
judging from the comments of netizens, when they arrived in Hangzhou from a long distance, they found that the more popular the place, the more difficult it was to eat delicious food. Because everyone has repeatedly mentioned the time-honored New White Deer Restaurant and the lakeside with three steps and one street shot.
This description full of scenes makes people feel a little chest tightness.
And in the keywords of Beijing and Hangzhou, we also found the scene of "takeaway". The word "gourmet desert" is not only the evaluation of a city by foreign tourists, but also the deep sorrow of people living in this city every day.
migrant workers who are hollowed out by their daily work always want to rely on a delicious meal to get their blood back. However, whether it is the tangled meal selection process or the last meal that is not delicious, it is inevitable that people feel that the food in this city is really not friendly enough to the people living here.
This also leads to all holidays, which is the reason for them to travel or go home to explore delicious food. Life in the distance is life, and life in the immediate future is just working.
In the comment area, we also found many local residents who lashed out at a city. "I have no desire for life", "The most ordered takeaway is salad" and "Takeaway is IQ tax" ... The disappointment brought by a city is probably to write the most painful life sentiment with the most understatement.
We can also read people's expectations for food and the contrast brought by reality.
When young people are attracted by the beautiful propaganda film of a city, they find that it can't satisfy their simplest food desire, so they can only call the city "food desert", which is their most helpless cry.
what is the criterion of "gourmet desert"?
In fact, in the process of discussing "gourmet desert", we also found a new problem-everyone has different definitions of gourmet desert.
Lou Jian, a media scholar, is a native of Hangzhou who lives in Beijing. According to our above selection, he has been eating in the "desert" for decades. But he raised a question-when we discuss the gourmet desert, are we talking about local food or local food that can be eaten?
This contradiction is obvious in two big cities, Beijing and Shanghai.
In this gourmet desert selection, Shanghai ranked fourth. When people praise the city's food culture, French food, Italian food and Japanese and Korean food are the best choices. However, in Weibo, the local cuisine and steamed buns are also the targets of criticism.
Beijing, which has many excellent Beijing Office cuisines, why is it still ranked first in the gourmet desert?
another contradiction when we discuss the food desert lies in the price problem brought by the cuisine. In the posts discussing Hangzhou cuisine (really delicious), many people mentioned Jinsha Hall, a high-end restaurant with a family price of 743 yuan.
Wang Xuanyi, the author of State Banquet and Family Banquet, was born in a noble family in Zhejiang. Hangzhou cuisine is graceful in her impression, and its value lies in showing the sincerity of its host.
In her article, she wrote, "An eggplant is steamed and fried by scallops, crab meat, water chestnuts and other materials and methods, simmered, braised, soaked in gravy and seafood, and then presented in an inconspicuous manner. When serving, only a plate of eggplant can be seen. The host proudly said, Please eat.
However, such sincerity is usually based on high prices. Compared with today's popular tastes, Hangzhou and Benbang cuisines, which pay attention to sincerity, seem a little too aloof.
However, a city that flaunts its delicacies, if it always takes some cuisines with a per capita income of several hundred yuan as its facade, it seems too Leng Yan. If you really want to please tourists and please young people, you still need cheap food that can meet the tastes of the public.