All-media reporters Zhang Yuqi, Wang Xinrui, Shen Yinghui, correspondents, Ding Zixia
Spring is at the right time, and food celebrates "May Day". On April 29th, at the first "Chaoyang Cup" Food Festival and Farmhouse Signature Dishes and Local Snacks Competition in Ant Bee Town, Yicheng District, Zhumadian City, chefs from various hotels and farmhouses in Ant Bee Town took out their housekeeping skills and carefully cooked delicious dishes. Mud geese, chicken stewed mushrooms, fried vermicelli, fried grasshoppers...... This food feast not only shows the profound food culture of Ant Bee Town, but also conveys the opportunity of the integrated development of culture and tourism to promote rural revitalization.
In the competition field, the chefs of 26 farmhouses in Ant Bee Town gathered together, selected locally planted and bred cooking raw materials, processed and produced them with local traditional methods of Ant Bee, and used traditional techniques and the signature dishes of the town store to compete in cooking skills, showing local food culture in the same stage competition.
As the competition began, the contestants put on chef clothes and hats and showed off their skills. Chop the vegetables, garnish the vegetables, heat the oil, and place the seasoning...... A variety of ingredients are rolled up and down in the hands of the contestants, changing shapes. Different cooking techniques and simple dishes perfectly demonstrate the exquisite knife skills and skillful skills of the contestants. With the freshly baked dishes, attractive aromas, and exquisite plating, the contestants' "housekeeping skills" won the applause and praise of the audience.
Experts from the Municipal Catering and Lodging Industry Association comprehensively judged the dishes according to the five aspects of taste, texture, perception, nutrition and hygiene, and cultural connotation, and determined the competition ranking from high to low scores, and awarded the "Gold Award for Signature Dishes of Farmhouse", "Gold Award for Local Snacks", "Top Ten Signature Dishes" and "Top Ten Famous Snacks" awards. In the end, the squirrel fish of the neighboring villagers won the gold medal of the farmhouse's signature dish, and the farmhouse hot tofu of Jindingshan Miyue Villa won the gold medal of local snacks.
The farmhouse signature dishes and local snacks competition focuses on excavating, inheriting and promoting the national food culture, promoting local economic development, and promoting the integration of ant bee economy and food culture through the exchange, communication and display of local farmhouses and snacks, so as to show everyone an open, civilized and charming ant bee. (Edited by Zhan Yunqing)