Not just a plate of boiled chicken, what is the essence of Guangzhou cuisine?

China culture has a history of 5,000 years. As an important part of China culture, food culture has a long history. In the long river of history, the change of dynasties, the rise and fall of schools and the change of climate have led to the gradual formation of unique cultures and eating habits in various places.

China has a vast territory and rich natural resources. There are countless local specialties, but generally speaking, we divide them into eight major cuisines: Shandong cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, Guangdong cuisine, Jiangsu cuisine, Fujian cuisine, Zhejiang cuisine, Hunan cuisine and Anhui cuisine. Guangzhou cuisine is a typical representative of Cantonese cuisine.

When it comes to food in Guangzhou, many people think of boiled chicken for the first time. Guangzhou's white-cut chicken is very careful in both material selection and practice. The material selection is the famous Sanhuang chicken, which is even more unique, almost unique in the country. Boiled chicken has reached an optimal state. Too much cooking is too firewood, and too little eating is not ripe.

At this time, the white-cut chicken is the most tender and smooth. The dip made of ginger, onion and soy sauce not only ensures the original flavor of chicken, but also won't make chicken taste too light and tasteless. Smooth chicken, with just the right salty dipping sauce, makes people linger.

Boiled chicken can be said to be the essence of Guangzhou cuisine, but the essence of Guangzhou cuisine has never been just boiled chicken.

Eat in Guangzhou, wear in Suzhou, play in Hangzhou and die in Liuzhou.

"Eating in Guangzhou" is an old saying of China. Many people may laugh it off and disagree. But there is a reason for this. It's really not just talk. Guangzhou is located in the south, with dense rivers, dense jungles and close to the coast. All kinds of delicious food are available and inexhaustible. When Shenzhen was a small fishing village, Guangzhou was already a famous food city in the north and south of the Yangtze River.

Due to its geographical location, Guangzhou was an important trading port in the Qing Dynasty. People from all walks of life gathered in Guangzhou to trade, which promoted the development of Guangzhou's commerce and also promoted the development of Guangzhou's cuisine invisibly.

People from all over the world brought all kinds of goods, as well as their eating habits and cooking skills. Guangzhou's food culture can gather the strengths of hundreds of families and meet the wonders of the world. It not only brings together the delicious flavors of Guangdong and Guangxi, but also absorbs the cooking characteristics of Sichuan cuisine and Hunan cuisine. It can be said that the food in Guangzhou is "strange", "simple" and "fresh".

If Cantonese people dare to eat anything, then Guangzhou people hold up half the sky of Cantonese people.

Snakes, I believe many people will avoid them as soon as they hear them, but people in Guangzhou are fascinated. Turn this inevitable thing into a fascinating food.

The more people, the more poison.

The history of people eating snakes in Guangzhou can be traced back to thousands of years ago. At that time, Guangzhou belonged to the barbarian land of China, with dense jungles and rivers. Clever Guangzhou people use local materials, and all kinds of snakes are put in plates and become food in their mouths.

Eating snakes in Guangzhou is not only delicious, but also worthy of the name. Long Hudou is the most famous person who called snakes dragons. This dragon and tiger is not a real dragon and tiger, but a snake and a cat.

The origin of "Long Hudou" also comes from an interesting story. It is said that in the Qing Dynasty, Kong Yin, a scholar from Shaoguan, Guangdong Province, was an official in Beijing. This man is not very keen on his career. He devotes himself to studying food. He not only likes to taste all kinds of unique foods all over the country, but also likes to cook by himself.

One day, while he was relaxing, a series of meows came to his ears by chance. Out of curiosity, he followed the sound to find the cat and found that the cat was bared its teeth and there was a snake in front of it. They were fighting.

After observing for a long time, Kong Yin suddenly had a whim. He mixed snake meat with cat meat, added some mushrooms and fungus, and cooked them together. When it was done, he thought it was delicious. At that time, there were folk sayings that "snake" means "dragon" and "cat" means "tiger", so he named this dish "Long Hudou" himself.

As soon as the word "Long Hudou" spread, local restaurants scrambled to imitate it, and the meat was fragrant and the soup was sweet, which made a sensation.

Although the "Long Hudou" in Guangzhou has gradually disappeared, it once attracted tourists from all over the country and was a smash hit.

Besides eating snakes, Guangzhou also has the custom of eating mice. I'm afraid the mouse is not in Guangdong, so it should be difficult to find someone who likes to eat. People who don't understand stay away from mice, but people in Guangzhou have made thousands of counterexamples and made mouse meat into various delicacies.

Guangzhou is located in the delta, with fertile land and countless fertile fields. It's just that the bumper harvest of grain has also brought headaches to mice, which are very harmful to grain. In order to catch mice, the local people smoked the mouse hole and forced the mice out, thus catching the mice. After that, the captured mice were used for pickling or air drying. After all kinds of processing, it was found that the meat of mice was actually fresh and tender, and it was more fragrant after cooking, which had to be said to be extremely rare and delicious under the condition of lack of food at that time.

The poisonous snakes and mice that people stay away from have become Chinese food in Guangzhou, which shows that there are many kinds of food in Guangzhou, ranking first in the world.

Jane, the essence of Guangzhou cuisine, is forbidden to eat wild animals in order to protect the natural environment and wild animals. There is no such strange game on the table in Guangzhou, and these delicacies have been removed from the menu of Guangzhou people. However, if you think there is no good food in Guangzhou, you are all wet.

Braised lion head, shredded pork with fish flavor, kung pao chicken, boiled cabbage, Beijing roast duck and other local specialties can also be found in restaurants in Guangzhou. Moreover, in order to cater to the tastes of Guangzhou people, restaurants in Guangzhou have also made appropriate improvements to make their tastes unique.

The famous white-cut chicken and all kinds of snacks in the streets and lanes of Guangzhou seem to be more grounded. Guangzhou people can set up a few tables on the roadside at will and play a big umbrella, and they can make a living immediately. There are all kinds of snacks, such as lean meat porridge, mushroom chicken porridge, fish porridge, boat porridge and so on. Beef brisket powder, pork powder, rice rolls, etc. There are also clay pot rice, lotus leaf rice, pig's foot rice and so on. Dazzled, I don't know what to choose at the moment.

Tourists seem to like this street open-air environment very much. Accompanied by the cool breeze, three or two friends talked and laughed and felt comfortable. The formality in the restaurant also disappeared at this moment. Say whatever you want. Very casual.

The simplicity of street food stalls does not affect its delicious taste. Guangzhou is a modern metropolis and an ancient city with a long history. There are both bustling high-rise buildings and simple flowing water families here. The food stalls on the street, hidden, are another kind of tenderness in Guangzhou, which slows down the fast-paced pace a little. Here, there is no hard work such as pursuing fame and profit, and some are more peaceful lives.

Street food stalls are available from morning till night. Early in the morning, office workers who are in a hurry will go over and grab something to eat, and suddenly they will be full of energy. In the sunset, tired off-duty people will walk over, eat something casually and fly to the sky in an instant.

The sound and aroma of cooking constitute a unique and beautiful scenic line in Guangzhou, and it is also the unique human touch of Guangzhou fireworks.

Guangzhou is located in the delta, with a unique geographical position, surrounded by the Pearl River and the sea. There are both the endless Pearl River and the endless sea. Thanks to the gift of nature, all kinds of seafood have become commonplace. There are many kinds of seafood and various cooking methods, which are difficult to compare with other places.

Tourists from other places may want to eat the well-known white-cut chicken in China when they come to Guangzhou for the first time. However, when they came to Guangzhou, they were immediately attracted by the "raw seafood" sign on the street. If they don't go in, they will be attracted by all kinds of seafood, such as snapper, puffer fish, squid, sea cucumber, prawn, mussel, mud snail and so on. It doesn't matter if you don't taste it Once you have tasted it, they will find that there is a delicious food in Guangzhou, which is more delicious than the fresh and smooth white-cut chicken.

There are dozens and hundreds of kinds in front of foreign tourists. They have to make a difficult choice, because they really want to taste each kind, but they can't but choose what they like.

The biggest feature of many seafood shops in Guangzhou is that there is no menu, and often seafood is fresh. "Killing now" is their consistent tradition, and it is also a highlight to attract customers.

After painstakingly selecting their favorite seafood, excited tourists will suddenly fall into a difficult choice, that is, which one to choose for these seafood practices?

There are many cooking methods for seafood in Guangzhou, such as steaming, roasting, frying and boiling. While Guangzhou people pay attention to eating seafood, they also want to eat the "freshness" of seafood and pay attention to the original flavor. Therefore, the taste of seafood in Guangzhou is mainly light, maintaining the original flavor of seafood without adding too much seasoning.

Fresh seafood comes out of the pot, with a fragrant smell, white and tender meat, delicious soup, full of color and flavor. There is probably an old and interesting story hidden behind a small dish of seafood, which is probably a masterpiece summed up by generations of chefs who have worked hard to make waves. As soon as the chopsticks are put down, you can feel the meticulous care of the chef.

The times are progressing, and the food in Guangzhou is constantly changing and improving with the pace of the times. Guangzhou cuisine retains the historical customs, but it is also greeted with new faces every day. Become a gorgeous fireworks in China cuisine.