Food is more than just satisfying the appetite
It is also a bridge that connects people's hearts and minds
Every table of family dinners
It's all a collection of stories
Every dish
All carry the memory of home and the temperature of emotion
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Yesterday (May 13th), dozens of well-known chefs from Yueyang Family Banquet, Xiji Impression, and Tianlong Jiufu in Xiji Town gathered together to open a food event that brought together tradition and innovation, skills and emotions in Yueyang Family Banquet in Xiji Town - "Enjoy the Nostalgia" The 4th Xiji Family Banquet Food and Culture Activity in Xiji Town.
This year, on the basis of the increasingly mature brand of family banquet, Xiji Town will combine the development of agriculture, culture and tourism to carry out more systematic and extensive promotion. It is understood that this Xiji family banquet has designed four family banquet packages in spring, summer, autumn and winter according to the agricultural products produced in different seasons in Xiji Town, and at the same time appeared in major catering enterprises and homestays in Xiji Town, so that citizens can taste authentic farm dishes when they come to Xiji at any time.
Innovation: A set of "family banquet menu" supports the four seasons of Xiji
Speaking of "Xiji Family Banquet", friends who have been to Tongzhou Xiji will not be unfamiliar. Xiji Town has been an important town since ancient times, and the delicacies from all over the world gather here, with thick oil red sauce, sweet and light, salty and fresh, and the delicacies on the canal have nurtured the ancestors on the shore for generations. As a branch of Beijing's local cuisine, Xiji Family Banquet is a comprehensive of the traditional "28 seats" characteristics in Beijing, combined with Xiji's local high-quality agricultural and sideline product resources, and rich in modern elements, and has become a representative of rural cuisine in Tongzhou, known as "the largest table in Tongzhou".
This Xiji Family Dinner places special emphasis on the concept of "home", encouraging participants to create an extraordinary table experience with the most common family ingredients. Braised fish with sauce and paste, farmhouse cake...... Dozens of well-known chefs from Yueyang Family Banquet, Xiji Impression, and Tianlong Jiufu in Xiji Town gathered together to study the food culture connotation of "keeping thoughts and finding a sense of belonging", and integrated Xiji seasonal high-quality agricultural and sideline products into the dishes, and launched four types of packages: spring scenery, summer yin, autumn fruit, and winter rhyme of Xiji Family Banquet.
The oldest thing in the menu is the Farm Warm Nostalgia Xiji Tofu! According to the on-site chef, tofu is a must-have dish for every old Tongzhou family for the New Year, also known as "let tofu" and "Hongwu tofu", which has a history of more than 600 years. In "Winter Warm Nostalgia - Xiji Tofu", the tofu is not only the inheritance of traditional skills, but also an innovative work that integrates the local flavor of Xiji.
As the dishes are served, the enticing aroma of the food comes to the nose. After the event, everyone tasted food while cooking at home, and a strong sense of happiness overflowed the whole scene. According to the person in charge of the event, the Four Seasons dishes will be launched to the market during the Xiji Cherry Festival held in the future, Yueyang Family Banquet, Xiji Impression, Tianlong Jiufu and other experience restaurants, Tianli Huajian, Xiangbei, Majia and other experience B&Bs, which will take everyone to experience the "taste of home" that belongs to Xiji.
Traceability: Fresh ingredients are eaten and made
This family banquet activity pays more attention to "traceability".
Five farms from Xiji Town each brought their own high-quality produce, and there are nearly 10 kinds of tomatoes alone. Beijing Xinnonghe Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. also brought new and exotic products grown by its own family, among which banana zucchini is particularly eye-catching because of its bright yellow appearance. Liu Yanhong, the person in charge of the farm, said: "This is a kind of zucchini that can be eaten as a fruit, with low sugar, juicy and crisp taste, especially suitable for people who need to lose fat." ”
During the event, there were not only mouth-watering food displays, but also in-depth cultural activities, making this family banquet not only a taste enjoyment, but also a cultural baptism.
Jingdong drum "Tongzhou Flavor" brings us to the past and future of Tongzhou, and feels the charm of Tongzhou's civilization. In addition to bringing seedling trays that can be planted on the balcony, the Oriental Purple Garden Agricultural Professional Cooperative also made on-site intangible cultural heritage dough sculptures, and the expressions of the characters on display were vivid. "In the upcoming Xiji Cherry Festival, we will also bring edible cherry dough sculptures on site."
Start again: combined with the development of agriculture, culture and tourism
Xiji family banquet to a "new level"
In recent years, Xiji Town has relied on the positioning of "ecological leisure town" and rural revitalization as the fulcrum to create an integrated development model of "agriculture, culture, tourism, sports, business and catering", and further transform ecological advantages into development advantages. Wu Xiaolong, deputy mayor of Xiji Town, said that in the past few years, Xiji Family Banquet focused on building family banquet brand IP, chefs, etc., which has developed to be relatively mature, and this year has formed a systematic menu and menu, combined with the development of agriculture, culture and tourism, and will be unveiled in major catering enterprises and B&Bs in Xiji. He is very confident in the promotion of the family banquet, he said that the Xiji family banquet focuses on the taste of home, as long as you feel at home in your heart, this brand can be promoted.
Beiqing Community Newspaper Sub-Center Edition
Text: Liu Ruitao
Photo/Liu Ruitao
Editor-in-charge/Zhang Xin