Elephant News reporter Li Chang
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After Gu Ailing won the championship, he sent out a celebration video: after biting the gold medal, he immediately bit the next half of the bun. American snowboarder Sean White, taking netizens to visit the canteen can't help but sigh: here is really everything. The athletes at the Winter Olympics not only brushed the screen on the field, but also incarnated as "eating and broadcasting" after the game, and took the food of the Olympic Village "out of the circle". How delicious is this Winter Olympics? On the afternoon of February 10, the reporter connected with Wang Dan, general manager of the ancient poplar tree venue group in Zhangjiakou Competition Area, to see how the Henan "god of food" could make the food in the Olympic Village safe and delicious!
Winter Olympic athletes "race to bend the waist" for Chinese cuisine
How delicious is this Winter Olympics? Let's take stock of the athletes who are bending their backs for food.
Janice Spitery, the only participant in the Malta Winter Olympics, fell in love with bean buns, eating six a day, and couldn't help but pull out the bean buns between games to take a bite.
Cross-country skier Julia Marino is obsessed with dumplings. He claimed to eat dumplings after training, and he ate about 200 of them after coming to the competition.
American snowboarder Tessa Maud, obviously an omnivorous player, flapjacks, kung pao chicken cubes, "grapes with stems" all made her intoxicated shout "Oh my god (my God)"...
For these players who enjoy the food, some netizens sourly sent "blessings": "Eat well and drink well, I wish you 'snow melting' when you come, and 'ice piers' when you leave!" ”
It is reported that the Winter Olympics have a total of 678 dishes, including at least 8 kinds of rice alone, including boiled quinoa, boiled brown rice, sticky rice, and steamed buckwheat. Although according to IOC practice, every sauce, drink, fruit... All of them are counted as a separate dish, but there are also about 400 actual finished dishes.
50 Henan chefs settled in Zhangjiakou Winter Olympic Village
In order to reserve catering talents for the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, Zhangjiakou in Hebei Province has been preparing to recruit a team of chefs since three years ago. Wang Dan, general manager of the Winter Olympic team of Shanghai McKindy Group, told Elephant News that the requirements for chef recruitment are very strict, "at least intermediate technicians or above, with more than 10 years of culinary experience."
Under such conditions, the Zhangjiakou Division has recruited more than 200 chefs, including about 50 chefs in Henan. "The chef team from all over the country has basically never returned home since settling in the ancient poplar tree venue in Zhangjiakou a year ago." Wang Dan said: "I went back once during the eleventh holiday last year, and then I never went home even during the Spring Festival. ”
The chefs are strictly screened and the menus are extremely vetted. "The menu developed by the head chef of the Beijing Hotel was confirmed with the International Olympic Committee for five rounds before the final menu was finalized." Wang Dan said that in the three Winter Olympic villages of Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou, on the basis of meeting the dining needs of 5,000 people, the service standards of catering must be synchronized. "The dosage and steps of each dish should be strictly consistent. For example, if you have a tomato stewed beef brisket, the beef should be configured according to the standard of 200g per capita, and the spices such as tomato, salt monosodium glutamate, vinegar and so on must be rationed - you need to weigh it in grams like Chinese medicine. ”
Food safety is the number one priority in food service
In addition to the synchronization of food service standards, each dish in the Winter Olympic venues will be equipped with a small card with information such as calories, nutrients, allergens and so on.
In particular, the ingredients of athletes must be carefully reviewed. Many common ingredients are dangerous to athletes, such as peppercorns, fragrant leaves, lotus seeds, yams, etc., all contain trace amounts of neuro-stimulating substances, which may show positive in drug tests.
"Safety is the first priority, so food such as tofu and cream cake in the stadium is less available because of the shorter shelf life." Wang Dan revealed that in order to maximize food safety, the ingredients for the Winter Olympics are all from designated suppliers screened at all levels, and its Chinese-made ingredients account for up to 95%, "These ingredients must be centrally purchased, tested in advance, and can only be distributed to the central kitchen after passing."
Foreign guests should try hot pot and spicy hot pot by name
According to the requirements of the Winter Olympic Organizing Committee, the proportion of Chinese and Western food in the Olympic Village dishes is 3:7. Although Chinese food accounts for a relatively low proportion, it basically includes eight major cuisines. In addition, the details of the menu arrangement are also in place, Wang Dan introduced: "Taking an 8-day cycle avoids the tedium of eating the same food on the same day of every week. ”
"Considering that many foreign athletes are not accustomed to spicy food, there are almost no spicy dishes in the venue. But in fact, many foreign guests also want to try hot pot, spicy hot pot, these Chinese favorite meals. Wang Dan said, "In the existing dishes in the venue, guests also prefer traditional sweet and sour dishes, such as gollum meat, fish and meat shreds."
"Our attentive service has finally received high praise from our guests." Wang Dan recalled: "During the Spring Festival, the international family members and international technical officials we served specially sent red envelopes to the chefs in accordance with traditional customs. What is particularly touching is that since the opening of the Winter Olympics, we have received more than 100 thank-you letters from guests from all over the world, who are very satisfied with the dishes and services of the Olympic Village! ”