Nanjing, May 21 (Reporter Shen Ran) The annual Chinese Dragon Boat Festival is coming, at the "Nanjing Time-honored Entering daguan garden - Dragon Boat Festival", the century-old culinary chef of Nanjing Catering launched the "Red Chamber" food restoration plan, hoping to let the public re-taste the different taste of traditional Jiangnan cuisine.
As a famous historical and cultural capital in the Yangtze River Delta region, as well as a gastronomic capital, Nanjing is full of literary and artistic atmosphere and fireworks in the world. Yuan Ming, a great scholar of the Qing Dynasty, carefully wrote down Nanjing cuisine, leaving a "Suiyuan Food Menu" that has been passed down to this day; Cao Xueqin's "Dream of the Red Chamber" is an extremely long depiction of a porridge and a meal in the prosperous land of Jinling.
Chen Jianyue, the xiangling actor in the 87th edition of "Dream of the Red Chamber", recalled the Dragon Boat Festival in the "Dream of the Red Chamber" at the event. Photo by Li Mingyi
According to Chen Kang, general manager of Nanjing Gunanda Group, "Some of the 'Red Chamber' cuisines that have been launched and restored this time have been studied by the major celebrity chefs in the Group's Technical Research Institute, including the eggplant that has surprised Grandma Liu and the majority of readers, as well as the Steamed Duck, Sour Bamboo Shoot Chicken Skin Soup, Tofu Skin Buns, etc. with Nanjing flavor, the cooking technology has matured, and I believe that in the near future, it will be possible to refrigerate the nine mature forms of express delivery to thousands of households." ”
"Nanjing's research and restoration of the recipe of 'Dream of the Red Chamber' has unique advantages and historical origins." Zhu Baoding, a celebrity of Nanjing catering culture and a national-level culinary master, told reporters that according to the years of research by people in the catering industry, most of the cooking methods and eating habits in "Dream of the Red Chamber" come from the Jiangnan region, especially in Nanjing, "The book includes steamed crab, ruyi cake, duck porridge, ham fresh bamboo shoot soup, chestnut roast pheasant, osmanthus sugar steamed new chestnut powder cake, diamond flour cake and other dishes and snacks, which are still home-cooked food around Nanjing people." ”
It is reported that after years of efforts, Gunandu Group has restored a number of century-old restaurants in Nanjing, such as Luliuju Restaurant, Ma Xiangxing Restaurant, Yongheyuan Restaurant, Sichuan Restaurant, etc., and has also "rescued" a large number of jinling traditional famous dishes and snacks.
"For example, Ma Xiangxing Restaurant was founded in 1845 during the Qing Dynasty and is famous for its halal cuisine; Yongheyuan Restaurant was founded in 1901, and legend has it that Zhu Ziqing's famous work 'Qinhuai River in the Shadow of Pulp Sound' was inspired by his famous snack 'Crab Shell Yellow Cake'; Founded in 1912, Green Willow House is a vegetarian dish." Zhu Baoding believes that "the gastronomic elements of Nanjing are as old as the history of the city. The old brand is the link and living archive that inherits this gastronomic history, with the continuous revival of the old brand, the traditional dining culture of Jinling will also be re-'alive' on the people's table. (End)