walk! Departing from Nansha District, Guangzhou, "Poetry and Far Away" is around, and the four special foods cannot be less.
In the blink of an eye, the May Day holiday is over, there is little left of this year's public holiday, you go to work, my vacation has just begun, I can't help but sigh: "It's really fast, 2020 has passed 4 months." In the time when the epidemic is still not paralyzed, poetry and far away are around, from Guangzhou to take advantage of the subway line 18 "Bay Area Blue" to conveniently and quickly come to the beautiful Nansha "facing the sea, spring and warm flowers".
The first time to Nansha, first from its history to understand, Nansha is the starting point of the "Maritime Silk Road", it is the key to protect Guangzhou, there is a deep historical and cultural heritage: fort bunkers, temples and ancestral halls, pre-Qin ruins, ancient wells and ancient houses, mural inscriptions and so on.
There are human activities in Nansha dating back about 4,000 years! This was excavated in the deer neck ruins. In recent years, Nansha cultural relics documentaries have swept the country with "If National Treasures Can Talk", "National Treasures", etc., nansha is vigorously building intangible cultural heritage local brands, such as Guangzhou saltwater song, Nansha Mazu faith customs, yanjia cuisine.
The most famous local specialties in Nansha District are Xinken Lotus Root, Banana Gate Red Sweet Potato, Hengli Sweet Corn, Guiwei Lychee, Dajing Guava, Wanqing Sand Banana, Papaya, Sunflower Chicken, Reclamation Green Crab, Small Tiger Shrimp and so on.
In addition to humanistic tourism in Nansha, these four special foods can not be missed!
1. Newly reclaimed lotus root
The lotus root is short and thick with 4 or more knots per root, and the length is evenly proportioned between 40 cm and 50 cm, and the skin color is yellowish and there are slight rust spots. Starchy multi-taste pine powder, rich lotus flavor, slightly slaggy. Named because it is produced in the Xinken area of Wanqingsha Town, Nansha District, Xinken Lotus Root was certified as a green food by the Ministry of Agriculture in 1999, and in 2010, the former General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China approved the implementation of geographical indication product protection for "New Ken Lotus Root".
Summer to Nansha, the new ken lotus root stuffed mung beans are must eat, the soaked mung beans into the fresh new ken lotus root, simmered in a casserole for 1 hour, and then put into the pork belly pot for 1 hour, drink soup to eat lotus, there is heat and detoxification, blood stasis effect.
2. Oiban Stone Grenade
Dajing guava, also known as Wanqing sand guava, is a large full, crisp taste, smooth appearance, bright color, fruity flavor, white and tender flesh, crisp and sweet and juicy. The growing environment of Nansha Wanqing sand guava is pollution-free, the light time is sufficient, the land is fertile, it is very suitable for the growth of guava, and it is rich in vitamin C. Eat Fado and wash the original flavor as fruit. Garme powder pickled or mixed with salad, can also be beaten into juice, it is a low-sugar fruit, how to eat it is refreshing.
3. Sunflower chicken
Sunflower chicken is not a new breed of chicken, but is fed with fresh sunflower plates, leaves, stalks, etc. as feed and so on, and even the water that chickens drink is juiced from sunflower stalks. Due to the whole process of green pollution-free breeding, the original ecological farm goes to the ground, generally raised to 120 days to grow to 1.6 pounds. Sunflower chicken has the characteristics of yellow skin, crisp bones, sweet and tender meat, and a strong sunflower flavor in the bone marrow. It is the only chicken in Guangzhou to be awarded the "China Green Food Certification", with ten times the vitamin E of ordinary chickens and a sunflower fragrance all over its body.
Sunflower chicken is prepared in three ways: stewed sunflower chicken, snowflake sunflower chicken, and white cut sunflower chicken. Among them, white cut sunflower chicken is the most popular among diners, it does not add any coloring and sauce, but also can maintain the aroma of chicken.
Fourth, small tiger shrimp
Small tiger shrimp is a famous aquatic product produced by Xiaohu and Shazai in Huangge Town, Nansha District, Guangzhou, and was included in the "3998" project of agricultural industrialization in Panyu District in 1999.
The body of the shrimp is light brown to brownish yellow. After cooking, the tail limbs of the shrimp are bent to the abdomen, showing a small arc, bright red color, oily and shiny, the meat is crisp, delicious, and the protein content is high. Popular with consumers.
Image from Chen Xiaotie and the Internet