China has many schools of cooking. In it, the most influential and representative schools were recognized by the whole society as dishes of Shandong, Sichuan, Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan and Anhui.
The formation of a school with a long history can not be separated from the unique and unique cooking. At the same time, it is also affected by geography, climatic conditions, resource specialties, eating habits ...
Some people have personalized way about the eight schools of this dish as follows: the food of Jiangsu, Zhejiang are any other beautiful; Jiangnan delicacies; dishes of Shandong, Anhui is a rustic rustic man page; The food of Guangdong, Fujian is courteous as a generous diner, and Sichuan dishes, Hunan is no different than a talented artist.
China has the proverb "The most hydrothermal way of life," the food of any local characteristics of the locality. Proverbs with the phrase "There is heaven in heaven, the world has Suzhou Hangzhou," this landscape is picturesque, rich products, the food in this region is also rich.
Jiangsu cuisine is famous for its "Pinguiao tofu", not only the late Prime Minister Zhou Enlai likes to eat, but even the Qing Dynasty King also love this dish. It is said that Qianlong king of Jiangnan, when the king's dragon boat passing through Binh Kieu, an ancient town of Huai'an, then was enjoying the "Tofu Binh Kieu" and compliment the rules. Since then, "Tofu Binh Kieu" has been famous Jiangsu and Huai'an, became the famous traditional food in the Jiangsu food school.
The late Prime Minister Zhou En Lai was Hoai An, raised by Jiangsu cuisine, has a strong affection for the home dish. In childhood, late Prime Minister Zhou Enlai learned to make tofu at home nursing, later he went to study in Paris, because of the lack of funding to study in Europe, he and his schoolmates to talk to On the one hand, it is possible to introduce the culture of food processing from the kinds of beans in foreign countries, on the other hand can solve the cost of living and studying overseas students. As a result, they established the "Chinese Tofu Factory" in Paris Paris. At that time, the French did not understand the way to eat and the characteristics of tofu, the late Prime Minister Zhou Enlai to the cafeteria and hotel guide cook home tofu "Binh Kieu tofu." He's a side dish guide, on the other hand introduces the unique taste and nutritional value of Jiangsu Chinese food. Europeans are very picky about nutrition, enjoy the very good taste, from which "Tofu Binh Kieu" famous in and out.
Binh Kieu Tofu is famous, but the processing method is not very complicated. Use chicken broth to cook raw materials including fish fish, lard, onion, ginger ..., wait for the water to boil, the tofu sliced thin and diced pomegranate and shrimp pan. When boiling for a little flour to match, wedge little powder is delicious food.
Shandong Province is one of the ancient cultures of China. The province is located downstream of the Yellow River. Here, the warm climate, waves of Bohai Bay and the Yellow Sea embrace this peninsula. Mountains in Shandong are high-quality, many long rivers flowing, fertile land. Shandong province is well known as the wheat bowl of China, the vegetables in Shandong variety and high quality.
Shandong dishes include Jinan, East, Confucian dishes. Shandong dishes are very spicy, if a dish of soy sauce will not add more sugar, each dish a different taste. The variety of food, the Shandong people like to use the cottage, corn, sweet potato, beans, sorghum, millet ... to make noodle dishes in different flavors.
Shandong people like to make flour from flour, some days do not eat curry powder or noodles is feeling very uncomfortable, have to eat a dessert to feel good to work. In addition, Shandong people eat rice also has a characteristic, when eating rice like to eat a bowl of soup, winter usually goats meat soup, summer is usually millet gruel. This goat meat soup is not like the Cantonese soup, in the goat's goat soup is nothing else. Shandong people in the North, cold winter weather, need to eat food to warm people.
Peppers and broccoli are the main flavors of Sichuan cuisine, as well as spicy and sour. Sichuan people like to eat spicy because of geographical environment of Sichuan Province. Sichuan is a pan-shaped, year-round, foggy four-seasons, hence being dubbed the "Urban Mist." So Sichuan climate is damp, people have to eat peppers to release moisture in the body.
Nowadays, not only are Sichuan people enjoying Sichuan dishes, most people in the country like to eat Sichuan dishes, especially Sichuan spicy hot pot, which is also very welcome in Vietnam. The climate of Vietnam is also hot and humid, so Sichuan hot pot is widely welcomed. Winter eat hot pot warm body, summer hot pot spicy hot pot, as a detoxification detoxification. But keep in mind that the stomach and intestines are not good to eat spicy or eat less, because chili is very stimulating food and intestines.
On the issue of spicy food, Chairman Mao Zedong said, "People eat hot peppers with revolutionary spirit." During the war, President Mao liked to eat chili, not only for eating with wild vegetables, but also for eating chili to raise the fighting spirit, to celebrate revolutionary enthusiasm. The food that Mao liked most was the "meat store", after which the Hunan named the meat dish "Mao meat store". The "Mao Mao Meat Store" is well known throughout the country.
Hunan culinary tradition is classified into Huong Giang basin cuisine, regional dishes of Lake Dong and mountainous dishes Hunan. Huong Giang is a typical representative of Hunan food school.
The characteristic of this dish is the dish has many ingredients and processing is very delicate. The basic dish of this dish is high in fat, thick, spicy, spicy and light. Other features are cheap and everyone can enjoy.
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Zhangpuzhen, Kunshan, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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