In order to further promote the local food culture and deeply explore the connotation of Gulang's characteristic food culture, from April 23rd to 25th, Gulang County carried out a county-wide selection of special food, gathering popularity, expanding domestic demand, promoting consumption, and benefiting people's livelihood with food, continuously improving the influence of Gulang County's characteristic food culture, and boosting the high-quality development of the county's catering economy.
Specialty food selection activities
Specialty food selection activities
Since the launch of the selection activities, the relevant units of Gulang County have fully organized, catering enterprises have responded positively, and all walks of life have strongly supported, with a total of more than 60 catering enterprises, individual industrial and commercial households, and more than 100 dishes have actively participated in the evaluation, bringing together the delicacies of major hotels and famous restaurants.
"In order to ensure the fairness and impartiality of the selection of special cuisines in our county, and in line with the procedures, the notary will supervise the whole process of this selection activity, effectively ensure the objectivity, truthfulness, openness and transparency of the selection process, and enhance the credibility and influence of the activity. Song Xueying, deputy director of the Gulang County Notary Office, said.
This selection activity is mainly based on the local characteristics of Gulang, divided into two types: "Gulang Characteristic Food" and "Gulang Characteristic Famous and High-quality Snacks", covering 10 kinds of delicacies based on local ingredients such as sheep, chicken, pig and special snacks such as Gulang noodles, Gulang stewed vegetables, yellow rice thick rice, etc., aiming to select a number of the most delicious, distinctive and representative food brands belonging to Gulang, and further improve the popularity and reputation of Gulang catering tourism.
Gulang specialties
Relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and relying on the water to eat the water is the food code engraved in the bones of the Chinese. The rich regional environment and industrial base in Gulang County have created delicious dishes with local characteristics. Hand-grasped mutton, Gulang firewood turkey, stir-fried local chicken in Mawan, braised mutton...... A series of special dishes were served on the table, and the participating merchants took out their housekeeping skills to cook signature dishes with full color, flavor and flavor, and the judges gathered around the dishes and carefully tasted them one by one in terms of color, flavor and other aspects.
"Through the review in the past few days, I have felt the rich Gulang special food, in which the taste and practice of mutton have deeply influenced me. After reviewing many dishes, Liu Longsheng, a judge of the Gulang County Special Food Selection Activity, said, "The quality of the Gulang lamb selected in these dishes is very good, and the tenderness and no smell are the biggest characteristics of Gulang lamb, which is also the reason for the high evaluation of the dishes. ”
Gulang specialties
Gulang specialties
The door-to-door selection is the biggest highlight of this event, allowing the participating businesses to take into account normal business and reduce the cost of participating in the selection while participating in the selection, which truly provides a platform for participating chefs and catering enterprises to learn from each other and exchange experiences, and excavates the characteristic restaurants and dishes rich in Gulang local characteristics and cultural heritage.
"The judges came to the door to give us a home advantage and showed off our skills completely. Talking about his thoughts on participating in the food selection activity, Shi Xin, the person in charge of the participating enterprises, said, "I have learned a lot through making food on the spot and communicating face-to-face with the judges, and I will make every dish a good one, so that everyone can fall in love with the taste of Gulang." ”
"Participating in the selection activities has benefited us a lot!" said Chen Yurong, the person in charge of the participating merchants, "We will pay more attention to the layout and ornamentality of the dishes, pay more attention to the color, and constantly improve the production level, so that everyone can eat satisfied." ”
Gulang specialties
Gulang specialties
The holding of the selection of Gulang County's special food will have a far-reaching impact on promoting Gulang food culture, excavating the connotation of catering culture, cultivating characteristic food culture brands, prospering tourism and cultural undertakings, and promoting food and cultural exchanges.
"This selection activity has played a good role in promoting the inheritance of Gulang County's cultural catering skills, and has evaluated the style of Gulang cuisine, and the dishes have many commendable points, fully demonstrating the diversity of Gulang cuisine. Shan Deyuan, a senior Chinese culinary master, senior Chinese cooking technician and judge, said.
"We will continue to deeply explore Gulang special cuisine, strengthen the construction of catering brands, promote Gulang characteristic food culture, stimulate catering consumption demand, continue to create and promote delicious dishes with Gulang characteristics, promote the deep integration of traditional cuisine and tourism industry, turn food culture into food economy, and let 'Gulang taste' boost the high-quality economic and social development of our county." Zhang Pei, deputy director of the Gulang County Bureau of Commerce, said.
Reporter: Wang Junchao
Source: Gulang County Rong Media Center