◆Tianmu Lake casserole is very particular about fish heads. It is not good if the fish is too big or too small. It is better to choose live silver carp with a head of about three kilograms, so that the meat will be fat and tender. And it must be used in Yixing casserole, using Tianmu Lake water as the soup base.

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◆A visit to Tianmu Lake is in vain if you don’t eat fish head soup. The restaurants on the food street outside the archway in the Shanshui Garden Scenic Area are affordable but not authentic enough.

After entering the resort along Yingbin Road, there are three better places to eat fish heads: one is Tianmu Lake Hotel, where the "Zhu Shuncai" recipe fish head casserole soup is; the other is Biboyuan Food Center, where Tianmu Lake Hotel

Opposite, the environment is elegant. The two places are actually the same one, with a single order costing about 200 yuan. The other place is in the Shanshuiyuan Hotel, which has a good environment and economical prices, including fish head soup for 300 yuan per table.

◆Fish head is a skillful dish, and it requires real effort to cook it. It takes effort to make it, and it takes effort to eat it.

The Tianmu Lake fish head soup needs to be simmered in a clay pot for at least 90 minutes; when eating the fish head, all aspects of the fish head must be taken into consideration, and the taste can only be appreciated by savoring it carefully.

◆Tianmu Lake Casserole Fish Head is naturally an undisputed delicacy, but the Liyang cress here is also famous. A plate of mixed celery and stir-fried celery is very refreshing.

■Fish head family history: The fish head used in fish head soup is of course bighead carp (silver carp), which is one of the four major fish species in my country.

The first sentence of the "Fish and Algae" chapter in "The Book of Songs": "When the fish is in the algae, its head is awarded." It means that the fish is in the water, and its head is really big.

Fish head was originally a common recipe of the Riba people, but now its delicacy and health value has been discovered, and it has become increasingly aristocratic.

■The value of fish head: firstly, it is delicious, and secondly, it is nutritious.

Fish head is the essence of fish. Fish brain, fish eyes, and fish lips are rich in phospholipids, which are very beneficial to brain health, beauty, and anti-aging.

According to scientific research, eating fish can put you in a good mood. The special fatty acids in fish are related to the "happy hormone" in the human brain.

People who don't eat fish have lower levels of "happy hormones" and are more likely to suffer from depression.