Tan cuisine is one of the most famous official dishes in China. It was created by the family of Tan Zongjun, a bureaucrat in the late Qing Dynasty. It combines Cantonese cuisine with Beijing cuisine to form its own style. Tanjia Cuisine is a family banquet of Tan Zongjun, a bureaucrat in the late Qing Dynasty. Because it was the second best dish in the second year of Tongzhi, it is also known as the "No. 2 dish". It has taken root in the capital due to its unique color, aroma, shape and other characteristics. The cooking methods of Tan's cuisine are mainly roasting, stewing, simmering, cooking and steaming. Tan's cuisine is "good at making dry food" and "good at cooking sea delicacies with high soup and long fire". Tan's cuisine is the only famous official cuisine that has been preserved and is exclusively operated by Beijing hotels.

Tan's cuisine is salty and sweet, suitable for both north and south. The seasonings pay attention to the original flavor, and the preparation pays attention to sufficient heat and ingredients. The dishes are soft and rotten, so they are delicious and tender in texture. Tan's cuisine has nearly two hundred kinds of delicacies, and its seafood dishes are the most famous, especially "braised shark's fin" and "bird's nest in clear soup" which are unique.

——Historical Allusions to Tan’s Cuisine——

Tan’s Cuisine was created by the family of Tan Zongjun, a bureaucrat in the late Qing Dynasty. In 1874 (the 13th year of Tongzhi), Tan Zongjun, a native of Nanhai County, Guangdong, won the first and second Jinshi (second place) in the imperial examination and entered the Imperial Academy of the Capital as an official. He lived in Siyangrou Hutong in the west, and later served as an inspector of schools in Sichuan, and later as a deputy examiner in Jiangnan. Tan Zongjun loved delicacies all his life, and he was also hospitable to his friends. He often held gatherings in the West Garden at home, personally supervised the cooking, cooked dragons and steamed phoenixes. This was the birth of the only "dish" in Chinese history created by Hanlin. He and his son ate deliberately and paid a lot of money to hire famous chefs from the capital to acquire their cooking skills. They combined Cantonese cuisine with Beijing cuisine to create their own style.

According to legend, there is another condition for eating Tan’s cuisine, that is, the host of the Tan’s family must be included in the treat. Regardless of whether the diner is acquainted with the Tan’s, the host must be given extra With a seat, the owner of the Tan family always wants to come and have a few bites. There is an unwritten rule when it comes to eating Tan's cuisine, that is, no matter how powerful the diners are, they must enter the Tan's house to eat Tan's cuisine. Many celebrities once entertained guests in the capital, hoping that the chef of the Tan family could go out for a "party", but they were all rejected.

Tan's cuisine pays great attention to gourmet food and beautiful utensils, and also pays great attention to the environment. In particular, it must be decorated with elegant flowers and flowers to make people feel a simple and elegant atmosphere. Precisely because Tan's cuisine is so unique, some people once praised it as "this is the pinnacle of human dietary civilization."

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