Hang bang dish, really can't get into your appetite? Hunan people: it is not accustomed to eating, it is better to come to a bottle of chili sauce.
Wherever you go, you always want to try the local specialties, and you can't afford to go for a trip. Hangzhou is no exception, no matter how to come to Hangzhou must eat a meal of "Hangzhou gang dish". Walking through the Binjiang District, West Lake District looking at the "Hangzhou Gang Cuisine" sign of many restaurants, according to the locals introduced the real authentic "Hangzhou Gang Cuisine" few, it is inevitable that some people eat the unauthentic "Hangzhou Gang Cuisine", but blame the "Hangzhou Gang Cuisine" is not delicious, so that the "Hangzhou Gang Cuisine" inexplicably back the black pot.
As early as the Liangzhu period, Hangzhou people already understood the diet of "rice soup fish", they used rice to cook, fish to make soup, which should be the earliest "Hangzhou gang dish".
Don't get me wrong, Hangzhou cuisine is not a single Hangzhou cuisine, it also includes Ningbo cuisine, Shaoxing cuisine, etc., by Zhejiang many places together constitute the traditional Zhejiang cuisine, is an important part of Zhejiang food culture.
"Zhiwei stops and smells the incense and gets off the horse." If you want to know my taste, you will know what you know. "The characteristics of Hangbang cuisine are to highlight the original taste of the ingredients, mainly "light", and follow the light taste healthy eating habits of light oil and light pulp advocated by modern light eaters. It is neither as sweet as Suzhou cuisine nor as thick as Shanghai cuisine.
However, for people with heavy tastes in Hunan, Chongqing and other places, it may be no problem to eat a second Hangzhou gang dish, but eating 2 more meals is estimated to be unaccustomed, and it is better to take a bottle of chili sauce to deal with.
Not long ago, a few of us Hunan people went to Hangzhou to travel together, in the West Lake Manjuelong Village saw a small shop to eat "Hangzhou Gang cuisine", I proposed to try it, 3 people in the same industry felt that the taste was too light to choose to eat beef hot pot, I and 2 other companions felt that no matter what the taste, we also had to taste it, and the result was disappointed.
Fortunately, we only ordered 4 dishes and 1 snack, so let's go and see what the dish is?
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First course: Fairy chicken
Fairy chicken is the signature dish of this restaurant, and visitors must order it. Looking at it from the outside is a bit like roasting chicken, which is usually a smaller chicken to be used so that it can be burned thoroughly. This fairy chicken seems too dull to us, with neither salty nor other accessories.
If it is said that the original taste of the chicken is maintained, it can be concluded that the chicken is a typical feed chicken, the meat is loose and tender, and slightly experienced people can taste the short breeding time and feel the chicken flavor. A chicken so small, the 3 of us only ate half of it, you can imagine how unappetizing it tasted.
Second course: Braised pork
Braised pork is a classic dish in China, seemingly simple, if you want to make a good taste, you need to work hard, the practice is not the same everywhere. The braised pork of Hangbang cuisine is derived from Dongpo meat, invented by Su Dongpo, and is characterized by bright red color, fat but not greasy, soft and moderate.
And this braised pork we ordered, obviously the method is not authentic, the color is darker, the lean meat is too chai, and eating 1 piece is tired. Not as good as home-made braised pork.
Third course: stinky tofu roasted edamame
I thought it was a very light vegetarian dish, but it turned out to be completely subverted to our imagination after being served. Stinky tofu is not a stinky tofu fried in Hunan, it smells smelly and delicious. The stinky tofu here is softer, and the appearance is no different from ordinary white tofu, but the taste is very strange, the first smell does not feel bad, and it is difficult to swallow in the mouth, which is disgusting.
It is estimated that it takes courage to eat this dish, although it is similar to the hunan stinky tofu fermentation principle, but the two odors are completely different, so this stinky tofu fried edamame we only tried a small bite, no one wanted to move chopsticks, wasted in vain.
Fourth course: Taro stir-fried cabbage
This common vegetable was the most popular of the 4 courses we ordered. Refreshing and fragrant, cabbage is very fresh, but also with a sweet taste, should be no fertilizer farm dish. Taro is more powdery, it is cooked in advance and then fried with cabbage, thus maintaining the freshness of cabbage, this dish is the only disc.
The last fried Lantern belongs to dessert, the surface is also wrapped in a layer of chaff, the outside is crispy and the inside is soft and sticky, the taste is not bad, but this kind of dessert can not be eaten more, it is easy to be full.
Out of this shop, my companion directly called out that I will never eat Hangzhou gang dishes again, it is simply too difficult to eat, it is better to directly give me a bottle of chili sauce.
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In fact, the authentic Hangzhou cuisine tastes good, highlighting the true taste of the ingredients, and there are not many elements of "grabbing the taste", focusing on the unity of fresh and salty. It is cooked on the basis of absorbing the essence of dishes from all over the north and south, and it is no wonder that even Su Dongpo praised "the grandeur of the world's wine banquet, not as Hangzhou City." It can be seen that since ancient times, Hangzhou cuisine has been sought after by everyone.
Therefore, to eat Hangzhou cuisine, you must eat authentic food in order to taste its truly unique taste. Like West Lake vinegar fish, Song Sister-in-law fish soup, Dongpo meat, Longjing shrimp, dried old duck pot, dry fried bell, West Lake lettuce soup, Hangzhou chrysanthemum chicken shredded, Eight Treasure Tofu, etc. are typical representatives of Hangzhou cuisine, very famous in the local area.
Take the "Song Sister-in-law Fish Soup" this Hangzhou cuisine, also known as Sai Crab Soup, one of the four famous dishes in Hangzhou, according to legend, the dish originated from the Southern Song Dynasty Chunxi period, 800 years ago, is a famous dish of the Southern Song Dynasty. The dish is made by steaming mandarin fish or sea bass, peeling and crushing the meat, and adding shredded ham, shiitake mushrooms, minced bamboo shoots, chicken broth and other condiments. When baked, it is shiny in color and tender and smooth in the mouth, as delicious as crab meat.
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