Anhui cuisine, also known as "Hui Gang" and "Hui Cuisine", is one of the eight major cuisines in China. Huizhou cuisine originated from Huizhou Prefecture in the Southern Song Dynasty (now composed of Huangshan City, Wuyuan County, Jiangxi Province and Jixi County, Xuancheng City, Anhui Province), which is a local feature of ancient Huizhou.
The difference between Anhui cuisine and Sichuan cuisine is spicy, while Cantonese cuisine is original. It is "salty and lewd" and pursues the ultimate in color, fragrance and taste of dishes. It should be beautiful in appearance and high in salt content. The main characteristics of Anhui cuisine are: being good at cooking, stewing and steaming, frying less, heavy oil and color, and heavy fire.
Mandarin fish, also known as mandarin fish, barrel fish, barrel fish and pickled fish, is a traditional famous dish and one of the representatives of Anhui cuisine. Fresh mandarin fish (mandarin fish) has a foul smell after being salted. This flavor of mandarin fish smells bad, tastes sweet and the meat is tender. It is used in wooden barrels.
Crispy sesame seed cake Crispy sesame seed cake is a traditional flavor snack in Huizhou. The crispy skin made of the above flour and vegetable oil is skin, and the tender dried plums and pig fat are stuffing, wrapped into cakes, coated with sesame seeds and stuck on the inner wall of a strong wind furnace, roasted and chewed, crisp and refreshing.
Fang La fish, also known as Huangshan Fang La fish, is one of the traditional dishes in Huizhou. This dish is made of mandarin fish and shrimp by different cooking methods, such as frying, sliding and steaming. It is fragrant, salty, slightly sweet, slightly sour and has a unique flavor. This dish is made of fresh mandarin fish, especially the famous mandarin fish in Huangshan mountain stream in southern Anhui, through various cooking methods. After cooked, it has a peculiar shape and is a special dish in Huangshan area.
Yipin pot has always been a food for Huizhou merchants regardless of cost. The best food in Huizhou is the taste of those home-cooked dishes, such as Yipin Pot, which is also commonly known as hodgepodge. Chicken, duck, radish, vegetables and other ingredients are added into a two-foot-long pot, cooked and served hot, which is simple and grand.