It is still elegant today. Song Dynasty. Every day at meal time, a philosophical question worth pondering appears in my mind: "What to eat?" I attribute this philosophical question to the fact that food gives us too many choices. We should be grateful that our ancestors left behind a dietary tradition of "three meals a day", otherwise people with a selective disorder like me would really be able to taste all the delicacies that I want to eat in my mind.

Go back to the Song Dynasty when the eating habit of "three meals a day" began. Let's take a look at what made the people of the Song Dynasty change from "two meals a day" to three meals. Are you like me, too delicious? Can't eat too much or suffer from food selection disorder.

Fish noodles on the streets

North and South delicacies gather in Bianjing

The Song Dynasty was definitely a very developed economy, culture, and technology in the history of China During the dynasty, a country contributed 60% of the world's GDP, and it was rich.

As the economic level improves, food can no longer be limited to food and clothing. People began to pursue the "excellence" of food, so cooking techniques such as frying, deep-frying, boiling, and boiling were all used, and everything that flew in the sky, ran underground, and came from all over the world was served on the table. The structure of urban cuisine in the Song Dynasty, represented by Bianjing, became increasingly clear, and was eventually divided into southern cuisine, northern cuisine and Sichuan cuisine.

People from the Song Dynasty were thinking about what to eat every day

Just like the streets of Beijing, the capital now, you can find hotels representing the eight major cuisines, fusion cuisines, and Western snacks that everyone wants to eat. , restaurants, there were also Southern Restaurants, Northern Restaurants and Sichuan Restaurants on the streets of Bianjing in the Song Dynasty.

What to eat in the north and south of Bianjing?

The so-called "Southern Restaurant" at that time was somewhat different from the current concept of the southern region. It mainly refers to the food in the Lingnan region or the southeastern coastal area, and the ingredients of the dishes are mainly seafood and fish.

People from the Song Dynasty loved to eat from ?Shang? In addition to the business scope of Nanshi Restaurant, there are also Nanshi Restaurants, including Yudouzi, Tongpi cooked noodles, and fried fish rice. Although some delicacies are now difficult to verify, it can be seen from the literal meaning that their main ingredients and flavors are mainly "delicious".

Rice is mainly grown in the south, so fried rice is more common in southern restaurants. Grains are grown in the north, so the staple food in northern restaurants is mainly pasta. For example, the "馉饳儿" mentioned in "Tokyo Menghualu" and "Menglianglu" is a typical northern pasta, similar to today's of wontons. Compared with southerners who like to eat seafood and pork, northerners prefer beef and mutton due to the influence of region and climate.