On the 30th, the 2023 "World Fishing Capital" Food Competition and the first Lianjiang Fuyu Festival kicked off in the Kuilongfang Historical and Cultural District, attracting industry leaders, well-known creative designers, citizens and tourists from both sides of the strait to find "taste".
The three-day event, with the theme of "Future City, World Fishing Capital", launched special activities such as the Star Chef Competition, Lianma Township Banquet, and Food Carnival, helping Lianjiang to build a bridgehead of "Fuzhou on the Sea" and a demonstration area for cross-strait integrated development at full speed, and polishing the brand name card of "World Fishing Capital".
"This is a cultural feast, but also a new attempt at urban planning and development. Wu Zhiqiang, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said that through the event, we can see that Lianjiang, a major marine county in the country, cleverly connects the city's industry with people's lives with local cuisine and innovative Fujian cuisine. ”
The chef cooks the food on site. Photo by Yang Liuzhou
There is popularity: a Fujian flavor star chef competition "Lianjiang Flavor" stands in the C position
This is not only a feast of food, but also a cultural feast where tradition and new trends collide - the star chef competition on the 30th invited 6 local chefs and 6 creative officers to team up in pairs to carry out the innovative integration of Fujian cuisine around "locality, worldliness and creativity", so that everyone can feast their mouths and eyes.
At the event, the chefs and creative officials joined forces to skillfully integrate their understanding of Lianjiang seafood, city impression, and humanistic charm into the dishes, which made the judges applaud. In this competition, we can not only see the collision of Chinese and Western cooking methods, the exchange between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, but also the cross-border dialogue between the city, design and cuisine.
At the scene, Lianjiang seafood "took the lead" and became the absolute protagonist in the major dishes. Fujian cuisine master Wu Tongli and Cui Di of Shanghai Black Pearl Restaurant launched the "Lian Bao Trilogy", which gives abalone a multi-layered taste that hits the taste buds of the judges. "Lianjiang is the hometown of abalone in China, and there are many possibilities in the cuisine because of its good quality and fresh taste. Wu Tongli told reporters, "I hope to show the public the great inclusiveness and openness of Lianjiang with a variety of abalone production methods." ”
Taiwanese compatriot Wang An and Fujian cuisine master Chen Zerui brought creative dishes "Fish Harmony" is eye-catching. The team combined one of the "Five Treasures of Lianjiang" with water chestnuts, eggs and pork to make lucky bags. Our cross-strait cooperation can also be said to be a microcosm of the integration of Fujian and Taiwan, and what we want to convey is that the two sides of the strait are reunited and full of blessings. Wang An shared the team's creative design concept.
After fierce competition, the "Lianbao Trilogy" won the championship, and the team of Wang An and Chen Zerui won the honor of "World Fishing Capital" six-star creative team.
Temperature: 120 meters "Lianma Township Banquet" to seize the "hometown stomach"
Use food as a medium to unite cross-strait feelings. During the event, the "Lianma Township Banquet" with a total length of more than 120 meters warmed people's hearts - chefs from 22 towns and villages in Lianjiang and Matsu jointly performed to make 432 local signature dishes on the 100-meter-long street, and "hometown taste" undoubtedly became a high-frequency word in the event.
"Matsu and Lianjiang are separated by a river, the food Xi are the same, the food culture is the same, and the food serves as a bridge, crossing the strait, evoking the taste of hometown and memories of hometown in the taste buds. Matsu villager Chen Mengju said.
Compatriots on both sides of the strait have a common cultural background and common dietary preferences, and the distance between compatriots on both sides of the strait has also been further shortened because of one cuisine after another. "Eating the 'flowing water seat' with the Matsu folks, feeling the ever-changing Lianjiang and sea flavors together, and welcoming the arrival of the new year together, this friendship and touching will surely become my most precious memory in 2023. Liu Ying, a resident of Lianjiang, said.
"The food of Lianma and Malaysia is gathered in the Kuilongfang Historical and Cultural District, and everyone can enjoy the food on both sides of the strait while enjoying the 'museum' of the ancient houses of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and feast on the taste and eyes. Jiang Peiqi, president of the Fuzhou Association of Taiwan Compatriot Investment Enterprises, said with emotion that the reason why Taiwanese food is delicious is that it integrates the essence of the cuisine of the people in various provinces on the mainland. As a Taiwanese compatriot whose ancestral home is Lianjiang and whose enterprises have settled in Lianjiang, she is very optimistic about Lianjiang's marine industry, as well as health care and medical care industries, and believes that with the deepening of cross-strait integration, Lianjiang, which has rich and diverse resources, will be able to turn the shallow bay and strait into a golden channel to promote spiritual harmony and win-win cooperation.
At the scene, the audience's enthusiasm for participation was also very high, everyone picked up their mobile phones, recorded the wonderful moments, and spontaneously uploaded videos and photos in the circle of friends, showing the amazement and popularity of the "Lianma Township Banquet" more comprehensively.
120 meters "Lianma Township Banquet" attracts guests. Photo by Yang Liuzhou
Strength: "Hailianjiang" braved the wind and waves and was listed among the top ten counties in economic strength
The reporter found the answer from the praise of the on-site judges, citizens and tourists -- the vast sea area of 3,112 square kilometers, the long coastline of 238 kilometers, the unique habitat of "three bays and three mouths", and the integration of seawater and fresh water have created a unique "18 degrees of fresh sea", bringing abundant "fertile land on the sea" to Lianjiang, giving birth to more than 500 kinds of sea treasures, abalone, kelp, fish balls, cloves, The output value and output of special aquatic products such as shrimp skin occupy a pivotal position in the country.
With this advantage, the Lianjiang people who love to fight and dare to win take advantage of the victory to pursue - in order to further stimulate the vitality of the sea, promote the high-quality development of the characteristic industry, and promote the full vitality of high-quality development, the "Hailianjiang" regional public brand came into being.
According to the relevant person in charge of Lianjiang County, in the "Hailianjiang" regional public brand building, "1+N+X" is adopted, that is, the "Hailianjiang" brand + single product brand + enterprise brand model, in accordance with the principle of government guidance, enterprise main body and market operation, through strict quality control, a number of high-quality enterprises are screened into the "Hailianjiang" brand management, and we are committed to building a whole industry chain development system of standardized production, industrialized operation and brand marketing. At present, nearly 20 enterprises have joined the "Hailianjiang" brand and nearly 200 kinds of products have settled in.
At present, Lianjiang is making every effort to promote the construction of the "Fuzhou on the Sea" bridgehead, and 11 deep-sea aquaculture platforms such as the "Dinghai Bay" and "Taiyu" series have been set up in the deep sea, reconstructing the pattern of the marine granary; the construction of the country's third national deep-sea fishery base, and the successful construction of the coastal tourist resort around Mazuao, which is at the forefront of the construction of "Fuma Common Home"; Lianjiang Aquatic Products has been successfully rated as the capital of China's ecological food ingredients (abalone, fish balls, kelp) and the capital of China's gastronomic landmarks, and the strength of the marine economy has jumped in all aspects.
Work hard to win the future. In 2023, the evaluation results of the "top ten" counties (cities) in economic strength, the "top ten" counties (cities) in economic development and the "top ten" districts in urban development in Fujian Province were recently released, and Lianjiang County was listed among the "top ten" counties (cities) in economic strength. (Reporter Lin Wenjing, correspondent Ye Jianlong, Chen Chengzhi)
Source: Fuzhou Daily