China is a big food country, each region has a variety of representative special cuisine, the formation of eight major cuisines, a few years ago, CCTV launched the food program "China on the tip of the tongue" with a lot of forgotten food, but also let us understand what is called Chinese flavor, in fact, as early as 40 years ago, the Japanese filmed a documentary about Chinese cuisine "Chinese Food Culture", although the picture quality is blurred, the colors are not bright enough, but the dishes inside it definitely let you see for a long time!
A pint of tofu, it is a classic specialty dish in China, belongs to the Confucian cuisine, from the name of the dish can also be known related to tofu, now we eat a pint of tofu is probably a piece of tofu drizzled with broth, but 40 years ago, a pint of tofu can have sea cucumber, dried scallops, crab yellow and other eight kinds of genuine raw materials, and tofu is also embellished with Meilan bamboo chrysanthemum these patterns, is really a elegant dish.
Toad abalone, it belongs to the Shanghai cuisine, is a canned abalone, chicken and duck soup, mandarin fish meat as the main ingredients made of food, the finished product and the name of the dish complement each other, the plate is like a toad, looking although the appearance is not too high, but the taste and nutrition that is not to say.
Braised bear paw, people will always say such a sentence when making a choice, "fish and bear paw can not be both", never thought that bear paw can be made into a delicacy, 40 years ago the Japanese photography team recorded the complete method of braised bear paw, it is said that the taste is soft and tender, delicious taste, of course, this dish will definitely not be eaten later, because now eating bear paw is illegal!
Goldfish Lying Lotus, "Jiangnan can pick lotus, lotus leaf He Tiantian, fish play lotus leaf between, fish play lotus leaf east, fish play lotus leaf west, fish play lotus leaf south", this dish makes the skin eggs we often eat into the shape of a goldfish, surrounded by lotus flowers, it is really a good image.
Eating Kunming Lake fish alive, it is said that the cooking process of this dish is only about 4 minutes, when the fish is served to the table, the mouth of the carp can still be opened and closed 81 times, of course, such a dish and braised bear paw have long become a "legend", and few people have seen and eaten it.
Over the past five thousand years in China, the variety of cuisines has been increasing since ancient times, and with the changes of the times, many delicacies have gradually disappeared or been replaced, and Chinese cuisine under the lens of the Japanese 40 years ago. It is also a true record of the style of that era.
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