Wuyuan in ancient times has the reputation of "hometown of books" and "hometown of tea", and it is also the hometown of green tea in China. For a long time in history, Wuyuan was under the jurisdiction of the ancient Huizhou government. Therefore, a large part of Wuyuan's food culture was influenced by the ancient Huizhou, and it inherited some traditional characteristics of Huizhou cuisine with distinctive features. Let's introduce some of them first.

1. Paste tofu

There is a local saying in Wuyuan that "no vegetables can be pasted, and no meat can be steamed". Paste tofu is one of the representative dishes in Wuyuan paste. Strictly speaking, paste tofu is made with stock as the base, cut tofu into bean size, put it in stock, stew for a few minutes, and add lard (cooked), shrimp, diced mushrooms and bamboo shoots. Moisturized by the broth, fresh tofu not only keeps the original smooth and tender taste, but also becomes very fragrant. If you taste it carefully, there is a faint umami flavor from shrimp.

2. Steamed pork with flour

Steamed vegetables are also essential in Wuyuan. For the sweaty Wuyuan people, "no banquet can be made without flour". Steamed vegetables are necessary in the New Year, birthdays and birthdays, and even weddings and funerals are indispensable. It is in this kind of atmosphere that the steamed pork in Wuyuan came into being. The pork belly with thick skin and shiny oil was selected, but it tasted oily but not greasy, and it was full of fragrance, which was largely attributed to the delicious local rice noodles, which were fragrant and appetizing.

Third, Qingming Fruit

You can tell from the name that this is a delicious food that Wuyuan people ate before and after Qingming Festival. It is a snack made of wild wormwood, which is a bit like jiaozi. When you bite it, it is full of toughness, and the whole mouth is filled with the smell of wormwood.

4. Steamed grass carp heads

Eating grass fish heads in the Mid-Autumn Festival is also one of the customs of Wuyuan. Some local villagers will dig a small fish pond in front of their homes, draw water from nearby streams, and then put grass carp in it, so they call it pond fish. It is said that local people like to eat grass carp around the Mid-Autumn Festival, because the Mid-Autumn Festival is the most fertile time for grass carp.