On this driving tour of Zhejiang, I ate a couple of dishes that surprised me near the old town of Xinshi in Deqing County, Huzhou City: whitefish, white shrimp and silverfish. I was puzzled:

This full set of "lake food" species, which I had previously eaten in Suzhou, were known as the "three whites of the Taihu Lake". And I remember very clearly that the waiter at the restaurant proudly introduced "this is our Jiangsu specialty". But ...... Xinshi Ancient Town is the "territory" of Zhejiang Province, how can we arrange so many "Jiangsu specialties"? And we ate the few restaurants are the hallowed three white listed as "new city specialties". In other words:

The new city of Jiangnan thousand-year-old town, in Zhejiang "Hangzhou Bay", eat is "Wu Su" fish .

This thing ...... it's a lot to talk about.

In fact, ...... is no surprise.

This Huzhou City is located in the territory since ancient times is "three Wu" part of the then Wu as "Spring and Autumn" of the five hegemony (the same period of the vassal states) "big hegemony", its belonging to the "five hegemonies" of the "five hegemonies" of the "five hegemonies" of the Spring and Autumn" (the same period of the vassal states) "big hegemony". To the Taihu Lake basin as the center, the radiation surface is very wide ...... this thing to say up that there is no end to it. In a word: Huzhou and Suzhou, even Hangzhou, Shanghai are counted, this is a family. Not to say that this "postal district" in the eyes of many people in the north stupid not clear it. The first thing you need to do is to get a good understanding of how to use the Internet and how to use the Internet.

The new town of Deqing County, Huzhou City, is located in the geographic location or quite clever: in the junction of Zhejiang, Anhui and Jiangsu. Although in Zhejiang "territory", but its location is close to the southern shore of Lake Taihu, even the name "Huzhou" originated from the Taihu Lake.

From the map, the old town of Xinshi is closer to the misty peaks of the West Mountain in the middle of the Taihu Lake (in a straight line) than the West Lake Scenic Spot in Hangzhou, the capital of the province. So Deqing's county planning is always changing, really ready to not be able to one day to Hangzhou to go ......

In my feelings, the new city town is a low-key, modest, silent, but very tasty Jiangnan town, is not very famous, we do not know because of what, in fact, the town is quite good to shop. This place is a dense network of rivers, waterways in all directions, backwards three or five hundred years, this place in the Grand Canal in Jiangnan was also a number of brilliant famous dock. And Deqing is located in the Hangzhou-Jiaxing-Huzhou Plain from the Three Kingdoms that time is China's largest "imperial grain output place. So -

Thanks to the natural advantage of the low altitude of the Yangtze River Delta, the Liangzhu culture in Huzhou (and neighboring cities and counties) sprouted early. The history of human habitation here is extremely long, the people live a rich and stable life, live and work in peace and happiness, food, many, picky tastes ...... is too difficult, Finally got to the point: the more this multi-cultural gathering, streams convergence of the "Golden Triangle

For example, the Taihu Lake three white, is a common dish on the dinner table of the people in southern Jiangsu and northern Zhejiang. In a sense, it is also an ancient "tourist dish".

From ancient times to the present, the literati like to swim in the mountains, two like to play with the water, especially in the Tang Dynasty, you do not write two poems about the green mountains and green water, are embarrassed to be in the thousands of people in the "big group" to mix. Throughout the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties "travelogue body" poetry gossip, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai is this group of literary and artistic youth ...... middle-aged "Poetry Road base camp". Tang Dynasty poet Wang Changling has "Taihu Autumn Sunset" said: "water sleeps in the smoke and rain cold, cave frost fall micro", written night sleeps in Taihu Lake when swinging the boat leisurely floating on the water to enjoy the moon that a different mood.

The beauty of Taihu Lake, the beauty of Taihu Lake, the beauty of the water, and to this day, boating is still the only option for tourists on Taihu Lake. Over time, in order to attract business, boaters have ingenious, diverse services and exquisite dishes in the lake has become the Lake Taihu (and the surrounding cities and counties) tourism "must card" experience.

In Changzhou, Suzhou and Wuxi, there is a famous boat dish, the main ingredient of which is the "Three White Lakes of Taihu". The ingredients of this famous dish are taken and digested from the original place, the flavor is extremely delicious, and the practice is not quite the same as the traditional dishes in ordinary restaurants. Along with the fish and shrimp, other fresh seasonal dishes such as duck in sauce, steamed meatballs and other gourmet snacks have also been passed down, and this time, it is a thousand years.

Another long time, "Taihu Lake flavor" into its own, and with a radius area of more than 100 kilometers radiated to the surrounding cities, counties and villages. And this many "near the water tower first get the moon" in the people, including the destination of our article: the new city town.

For more than a thousand years, the flavor of Taihu Lake has been blended with the local characteristics of Xinshi, forming the "Xinshi specialties" commonly found in local restaurants.

There are a lot of ways to make Taihu Three White, such as pan-frying, stir-frying, cooking, deep-frying, steaming, stewing, boiling, and both coarse and fine processing. Generally speaking, according to the change of seasons, "lake fresh" listing order will also be adjusted: spring to eat silverfish, summer to eat shrimp, fall steamed white fish, winter taste soup.

This trip to the old town of Xinshi, we tasted all these dishes.

The white shrimp is small and curly, not for its size, but for its taste. This feature gives people the feeling that it is very "Taihu Lake", very "Gusu", always feel like eating the whole person to eat up the orchid finger, and then Wunong softly to a section of the Yueju opera on the match ... ...

Because of the year-round life in pure freshwater rivers and lakes, white shrimp pigment cell content is small, showing a crystal clear appearance, the whole body as warm jade as white, which is also the biggest reason for its name. But when cooked, white shrimp is beautiful, pink and tender, soft, easily digestible meat, very high nutritional value.

White shrimp is rich in magnesium, especially for people with cardiovascular problems, but also a good choice for the elderly and children.