Yangzi Evening News Network, January 18 (reporter Wan Lingyun) founded in 1890 in Jiangsu Zhenjiang Yanchun Restaurant, using a famous Confucian Wu Jiheng's pair of embedded head joint: "Feast open peach and plum garden also in the garden also Yi Yi Yong" "Spring in jinjiao mountain yi rain Yiqing" The first two words named "Yanchun Restaurant", so far has a history of 129 years, the Ministry of Commerce of the people's republic of china first awarded the title of "China Time-honored Brand".
In Zhenjiang, the Yanchun Restaurant is well known to women and children and has become a "cultural symbol" of Zhenjiang City. The pork in Zhenjiang Yanchun Restaurant is a delicacy in the world. In Zhenjiang, if it is "a friend from afar", a plate of meat on the banquet is "standard". At this time, a plate of meat is not only a delicacy, she is also a kind of respect for the guests by the host, a great gift, and a welcome from the bottom of the heart.
And every New Year's holiday or major happy event at home, a plate of meat is also essential. At this time, a plate of meat is a kind of formality, a solemnity, a kind of joy and happiness that cannot be hidden.
Therefore, in Zhenjiang, there is a saying that "no meat, no feast". In the meantime, the meat is the famous product of Zhenjiang Yanchun Restaurant, a century-old restaurant - crystal hoof, and she is also known as the famous "Three Monsters of Zhenjiang" along with Zhenjiang balsamic vinegar and pot lid noodles.
Crystal hoof, has a history of more than three hundred years, as early as the Yuan Dynasty "Must Use at Home Complete Collection" recorded that there are "crystal stew", "crystal stew" dishes based on pork skin frozen silk; folklorists have also studied the Ming Dynasty There are records of Zhenjiang diet meat. For more than three hundred years, "crystal hoofs" have mostly been traditional handmade in the style of workshops. After liberation, it was relatively concentrated in the Yanchun Restaurant, and for a while famous teachers gathered, and the restaurant also became the "dragon boss" in the production of Zhenjiang crystal dishes.
As the only traditional dish exclusive to Zhenjiang for many famous dishes in Huaiyang cuisine, "Crystal Dish" was included in the "Chinese Recipe" in 1963.
Wu Rongsheng, chairman of Zhenjiang Yanchun Restaurant and president of zhenjiang catering and cooking association, told reporters that there are as many as eighteen crystal hoof (Zhenjiang cuisine) production processes, and its process flow is also very exquisite, especially in the selection of materials. "It should be noted that the raw materials for crystal hoof must be made of the front hooves of pigs, and if they are made of meat from other parts of the pig, they can only be called crystal dishes."
The writer Wang Zengqi recounted in "Flesh Color Not Contemptuous Zhenjiang Cuisine Hoof": "Zhenjiang dish hoof, salted, enlarged basin, pressed with huge stones, until the fat and lean meat is plated, taken out, cooked, dried off the water vapor, cut thick slices, plated." The lean meat color is yin red, the fat meat is as white as mutton fat jade, and the entrance is not greasy. ”
In fact, the century-old Zhenjiang Yanchun Restaurant is far more than the reputation of the meat, and the crab yellow soup bun is also its characteristic product of the great reputation. In 1990, the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China awarded the "Golden Tripod Award for Quality Products in the National Catering Industry", and in 1997, the China Cuisine Association awarded yanchun crab soup bun the title of "Chinese Famous Snack", and its production techniques were listed in the "Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Project" of Zhenjiang City and Jiangsu Province respectively.
The crystal hooves and crab yellow soup buns are delicious in the world, and together they have become the "absolute double pride" of Zhenjiang Feast Spring Morning Tea, and the only "peak" of the ancient town of Jiangsu.
"The scenery is infinitely golden, and I love Jingkou meat even more." Not greasy slightly crispy aroma overflowing, Yan red tender frozen crystal dish. "The Spring Festival is approaching, and the crystal hooves and crab yellow soup buns of Zhenjiang Feast Spring are becoming the table choices of too many Zhenjiang people, as well as the "generous gifts" for visiting relatives and friends. In the endless purchase crowd of Zhenjiang Yanchun Restaurant, there is no shortage of people in surrounding cities.
The Yangtze Evening News reporter also learned that Yan Chunzheng was selling Zhenjiang local specialties such as crystal hooves and crab yellow soup buns to all parts of the country through online stores, satisfying the wishes of Zhenjiang people in other places to taste the taste of their hometown.