The eight bowls in Hunan cuisine refer to which eight dishes respectively!
The first thing to come to the table is a large bowl of chowder, the contents of which are egg rolls, meat and meatballs, tiger eggs, bamboo shoots, etc., the more varieties in the bowl, the higher the pile will be the more polite. Jinggang people call this dish "seven-story building". Chowder just pad belly, the second shredded meat or squid fried bamboo shoots on the table, and then, chicken on the table. Authentic local chicken makes the whole bowl surface with a layer of golden yellow oil, dozens of pieces of floating. Not waiting for you to wipe the oily mouth, red silk made into a happy or longevity character of the eight treasures fruit rice let you see on the full. Where the drinker is most looking forward to is the fifth bowl, fried belly slices or popping waist flower, this bowl is the best wine dishes. Sixth bowl, pay close attention to, never "out of fish". This taboo, not only Wangcheng, Changsha area can be said to pay attention. This sixth bowl or sweet and sour spare ribs or fried other pig organs can be. Whole fish, a metaphor for "year after year", only until the seventh bowl served, and the eighth bowl of buckled meat or steamed tiger elbow. Good a "buckle" word, that is, notice "eight bowls" to the end of the end.