What kind of dishes do Quanzhou people eat at their birthday banquet?

Hastily eating salt and talking about honey

——Talk about the delicacies of the world and the flavor of hometown

People in the old town of Quanzhou have a "pleasure" complex, "pleasure" It's the name of the restaurant. It sounds like the "Longmen Inn" in ancient times, but "Yelai" doesn't live in the restaurant but only cooks food, and the food it cooks is still Fujian cuisine.

First of all, let me state that this article is not profitable. I don’t know the owner of “Yue Lai” and I don’t know its business model. This is purely based on what an ordinary Quanzhou person has said about “Yue Lai” over the years. "Come", and the "Yue Lai" that I had eaten before, and talked to everyone.

It is said that when "Yue Lai" lived in Jiuyi Road, the place was cramped, but because the dishes were affordable and delicious, people in the old town of Quanzhou did not want to go there when there was a birthday party, full moon party or mountain banquet. For a luxuriously arranged banquet, people in the old city are willing to go to "Yelai". Although the store is small, the food is really delicious, which gives the host a decent reputation.

My daughter’s full-moon banquet, birthday banquet, first-year-old banquet, and sixteen-year-old banquet are all held in "Yelai". Many of my relatives and friends also have birthdays, birthdays, etc. They all like to have banquets at "Yelai".

If you ask a person in the old town of Quanzhou, have you ever eaten "Yelai"? Those who have never eaten it are mostly newcomers who have just settled in Quanzhou, while for people in the old city, it is a question of whether they often eat it or not, not whether they have eaten it or not.

A quick calculation shows that Yuelai has been in business for more than thirty years. During this time, "Yelai" has grown bigger and bigger. The old store on Jiuyi Road has become history. On Xinhua Road, opposite Fangcaoyuan, tall-sounding buildings have been built with magnificent facades.

It is no longer as cramped and cramped as it used to be, and it can host high-end wedding banquets in a grand manner, but ordinary people still go there when it is their birthday or birthday.

Having said so much, what are the dishes in "Yelai" that make people in the old town of Quanzhou like it and make them linger so much. I will take you to a birthday banquet today.

This is a family dinner for my mother-in-law. We have a large private room. My brothers, sisters and my old mother gather together to celebrate my birthday. It’s a great time.

Let’s take a look at what dishes are served at "Yue Lai".

I arrived first, accompanied by the trembling old Mrs. Xu, and the waiter served two drinks, one with peanut sauce and the other with passion fruit juice.

The side dishes on the table are Quanzhou people’s traditional salted preserved meat, preserved vegetables and peanuts.

Let’s focus on the Quanzhou people’s salted breasts and cut hairtail into small pieces, pickle them with salt and then fry them, especially with rice and wine.

Such a small dish, I can drink beer and finish it. Before the brothers arrive, I am already tipsy.

A family dinner is better than a banquet. Quanzhou people have a bad habit. When there is a banquet, everyone has to wait until almost eight o'clock in the evening to arrive. Even if you are so hungry that your chest is pressed against your back, you have to wait. Banquets are really a last resort.

But the family dinner is different. While talking and laughing, the brothers and sisters all arrive and serve the food.

I once wrote an article about boiled octopus. If you are interested, you can read it, "Boiled octopus, can you really do it?" Without this step, it won’t be delicious no matter how you cook it.”

The octopus must be eaten with a head shot and ink, so that you can enjoy the meal.

Today's swimming crabs are at their peak, with firm meat and not particularly plump paste, but tender and fragrant like June yellow, which is even more delicious.

It can be said that it is not a southern Fujian dish, and this dish is not well cooked. It is very tough and my old lady Xu cannot bite it at all.

The lobster was very fresh, and the highlight was that my eldest nephew peeled off a lobster head completely and lamented that he didn’t take any photos.

It was probably because of the family dinner, so the dishes were not served in order, otherwise it would have been birthday noodles at this time.

Matsutake mushrooms are very popular these days. The unique mushroom flavor of matsutake mushrooms will make a soup very delicious.

Served together with the matsutake and sea clam pork ribs soup is Quanzhou Cai Kueh, an authentic Quanzhou delicacy.

Today’s dish deserves a thumbs up, it’s very good!

It is highly recommended to try this fatty sausage at "Yelai"!

Compared with Shandong cuisine's nine-turn ileum, Cantonese cuisine's crispy large intestine, Sichuan cuisine's spicy fat intestine stew, etc., Quanzhou's large intestine head and sea cucumber stew is definitely the best.

The wonderful thing is that the oil from the fatty intestines still remains on the intestinal wall, making it fragrant and tender. Those who dare not eat should avoid it, but those who dare to eat must try it!

You have to eat birthday noodles on your birthday, which is a standard birthday treat for traditional Chinese people.

Today’s birthday noodles are made from Quanzhou braised noodles, which is an authentic and pure Southern Fujian dish.

I once said that the most important thing to test a southern Fujian chef’s skill is cooking Quanzhou Braised Noodles. If you want to know more about Braised Noodles, you can see my articles " Braised Noodles on Quanzhou People's Dining Table " and " Quanzhou's Braised Noodles, the Greatest Gift among Great Gifts ".

"Yelai" is very famous for its braised noodles, and many people come here because of its reputation.

It feels like Cantonese cuisine is made in southern Fujian, because the squab is braised in southern Fujian. The squab is braised and then deep-fried, with crispy skin and rich juicy meat. It is said to be the specialty dish of the "Yue Lai" chef.

Quanzhou’s colorful soup is very good and can be said to be a unique feature of Quanzhou cuisine.

Does this dish feel like riding a wave?

Win in style!

Quanzhou peanut soup with cake!

Quanzhou peanut soup is also a favorite of Quanzhou people. Quanzhou people call peanuts "potatoes", and the local dialect of peanut soup is "potato soup".

If you want to know how to make it, please see my article "Potato Kernel Soup, This Potato Is Not That Potato".

Of course, a birthday is indispensable without a birthday cake, and it is really joyful for our family to sing happy birthday together.

Birthdays should have a sense of ceremony, and this ceremony can only be completed when the whole family is present.

"Yelai" is the most common place for Quanzhou people to hold ceremonies.