Tourism scenery, the scenery of the four seas, the elegance of the world.
Food culture, broad and profound, people all over the world, have their own experience in eating, but to say who has the most experience, the best at this, the Chinese deserve to be the first.
At present, the "World Capital of Gastronomy" awarded by UNESCO, there are 10 cities in the world on the list, and China accounts for 6, which shows that the charm of Chinese food culture has conquered the world, which is the pride of Chinese!
The top 10 "World Capitals of Gastronomy" are Popayán in Colombia, Chengdu in Sichuan, China, Ödtsund in Sweden, Zahel in Lebanon, Jeonju in South Korea, Shunde in Guangdong, Macao, China, Yangzhou in Jiangsu Province, Huai'an in Jiangsu Province, and Chaozhou, Guangdong, China.
By the way, Jeonju, South Korea, it is one of the big cities in South Korea, and it is also a famous ancient city, known as having a long history of 1300 years, and there are local delicacies such as Jeonju bibimbap, soybean sprout soup rice, Han Dingshi, this bibimbap, soybean sprout soup rice, as the name suggests, everyone can also imagine what kind of food it is, in fact, it was poor in the past, and many places in China also had similar ways to eat, and it was difficult to link it with food, and Han Dingshi is a Korean-style set meal, which is equivalent to the Korean version of "Manchu and Han full seats" It is a large meal consisting of 18 side dishes such as kimchi, 6 kinds of seafood, meat, and 6 kinds of vegetables and fruits.
However, for Sichuan people, seeing the kimchi on this table, they may smile slightly.
Jeonju, South Korea, has been known as the "Hometown of Taste" since ancient times, and was awarded the title of "World Capital of Gastronomy" by UNESCO in 2012.
Sichuan - Chengdu
The country of abundance, not in vain, Sichuan is located in the southwest hinterland of the mainland, the unique geographical climate, has created a food culture, Chengdu is the capital of Sichuan Province, the people are abundant, food, almost everyone is an expert.
More than 100 years ago, Chengdu Wanfu Bridge, opened a Chen Xingsheng rice shop, the proprietress burned a good dish, especially tofu, the color and flavor are complete, quite praised by diners, this kind of numb and spicy tofu, known as "Chen Mapo tofu", that is, mapo tofu.
Later, mapo tofu was transmitted to Japan, and the Japanese were amazed and deeply impressed by this delicacy, and became the top class, in today's words, it is an Internet celebrity delicacy, and everyone is eager to buy it.
However, for Sichuan people who love to eat and can eat, mapo tofu is just a drop in the bucket of Sichuan cuisine, take Chengdu as an example, there are too many famous snacks, such as husband and wife lung slices, Shuangliu Lao Ma rabbit head, Dandan noodles, dragon copying hands, etc., there are also big dishes and hard dishes, such as back to the pot meat, Kung Pao chicken, saliva chicken, fish-flavored shredded pork, salty roasted white, Jianyang mutton soup, etc., of course, there is also the famous Chengdu hot pot, there is always one that captures the taste buds of diners.
Guangdong - Shunde
Shunde, Guangdong, can best reflect the taste of Lao Guang, Shunde is located in the hinterland of the Pearl River Delta, belongs to Foshan City, is the hometown of Chinese chefs, the world's food capital, food culture and traditional culture reflect each other, come here, you can see dragon boat racing, dragon and lion dance, fish lantern race and other traditional cultural customs, behind the food, often full of stories, such as Jun'an steamed pig, originated from the Spring and Autumn "Tai Centimeter pork", according to records, the Spring and Autumn Festival two festivals around the country "there are many roast pigs as sacrifices to share the meat, and Jiangwei (now Jun'an Town) is steamed pigs". Later, every time there is a happy event, people will gather in the ancestral hall to eat steamed pig, which is the coexistence of food and culture, which has been inherited for more than 2,000 years.
There are a lot of delicacies in Shunde, so many that you can't eat them, such as the smooth double skin milk, the Lunjiao cake that has been transmitted to Southeast Asia, the sand that looks like a butterfly, the famous Chen Cun noodles, the fried dumplings from the Ming Dynasty, the roast goose that has just been baked, the traditional famous dish chrysanthemum yusheng, the Fengcheng four-cup chicken and so on.
Macau
Macau is a special administrative region, returned in 1999, both the city's architectural style and food culture, have been influenced by the West, in 2017 by UNESCO awarded the title of "World Capital of Gastronomy", the representative delicacies are Portuguese egg tarts, pork chop buns, wood bran pudding, bamboo noodles, Portuguese chicken, water crab porridge and so on.
Jiangsu - Yangzhou
Yangzhou is a national historical and cultural city, known as "Huaizuo Famous Capital", "China's first canal capital", as early as the Tang Dynasty, there is "Yang one benefit two" said, benefit in Shu, probably that is to say Yangzhou first, Yizhou second.
In 2019, Yangzhou was awarded the title of "World Capital of Gastronomy" by UNESCO, as one of the birthplaces of Huaiyang cuisine, Yangzhou has many delicacies, Yangzhou's chefs have high skills, up to the state banquet, can ascend to the elegant hall, the main delicacies are Yangzhou fried rice, Yangzhou boiled dried silk, Yangzhou three-headed banquet, etc., especially the three-headed banquet, which is the grilled whole pig's head, the braised silver carp head, and the stewed crab roe lion's head, which is a famous dish in Yangzhou, which is a great test of knife work and fire, and can best reflect the characteristics of Huaiyang cuisine.
Jiangsu - Huai'an
Huai'an is also one of the birthplaces of Huaiyang cuisine, and has been very well inherited, it is said that there are more than 1,300 kinds of famous dishes in Huai'an, many of which belong to the provincial intangible cultural heritage, and the more famous special foods, including tea dumplings, Wenlou soup dumplings, jade siu mai, soft pocket long fish, braised lion's head, beef tongue cake, Huaishan duck soup, Pingqiao tofu and so on.
Guangdong - Chaozhou
In 2023, Chaozhou will be selected as the "World Capital of Gastronomy", the sixth in mainland China and the second "World Capital of Gastronomy" in Guangdong.
Of the 10 "World Food Capitals" awarded by the United Nations, China accounts for 6, which is enough to illustrate the charm of Chinese food culture.