West Lake District, three sides of the cloud mountain and one side of the city. It has been absorbing the essence of the heavens and earth of alpine sunshine and rain for many years, and the accumulation of history and culture has bred a unique taste of west lake.
Recently, sponsored by the CPC Hangzhou Municipal Party Committee and the Hangzhou Municipal People's Government, the "100 Counties and Thousand Bowls" Canal Food Festival series of activities of the "Most Jiangnan Hangzhou Flavor" Grand Canal Cultural Tourism Festival opened in Shenglihe Food Street in Xiawan Lane.
30 dishes of food in the West Lake District participated in the exhibition, 10 dim sum, 10 cold dishes, 10 hot dishes together for the public and tourists to present a gourmet feast, together to feel the "Song Yun on the tip of the tongue" ~ ~ ~
Among the 10 hot dishes, the most famous is probably the West Lake Longjing fried shrimp.
Legend has it that when Qianlong traveled south to Hangzhou, it was Qingming, and when he came to Longjing Tea Town, it suddenly rained heavily, so he had to take shelter from the rain at the nearest village girl's house, and the village girl was hospitable and gave up her seat to make tea. The tea was brewed with a newly picked longjing, a mountain spring made of charcoal fire, Qianlong drank a good tea with a fragrant and mellow taste, and he was overjoyed, so he wanted to take a little back to taste, but he was not good enough to speak, and he did not want to expose his identity, so he took advantage of the fact that the village girl did not pay attention, grabbed a handful, and hid it in the dragon robe inside the civilian clothes. When the rain has passed and bid farewell to the village girl, continue to travel in the mountains and rivers until sunset, thirsty and hungry, take a seat in a small wine shop by the West Lake, order a few dishes, one of which is fried shrimp. After ordering a delicacy, he suddenly remembered the Longjing tea he had brought, and he wanted to brew it to quench his thirst. Therefore, while calling the shop Xiao Er, he picked up the swallow clothes to take tea. When Xiao Er received tea, he saw Qianlong's dragon robe, was startled, and rushed into the kitchen to tell the shopkeeper who was in charge of the spoon. The shopkeeper was frying shrimp, and when he heard that Shengshang had arrived, he was extremely panicked and made a mistake in his busy life, so he sprinkled the Longjing tea leaves that Xiao Er brought in as green onions in the fried shrimp. Who knew that this dish was brought to Qianlong's eyes, the fragrance was fragrant, tasted a bite, suddenly felt fresh and delicious, and then looked at the dish on the plate, only to see longjing verdant, shrimp white and tender crystalline, can't help but praise continuously, "Good dish!" Good dish! In the future, this dish that has been lost in the busy future has been summed up by several generations of culinary masters, officially named Longjing shrimp, and has become a well-known delicious dish.
West Lake Longjing tea fragrant meat, which was selected as a thousand bowls of gold medal food (hot dish) in 100 counties along with West Lake lettuce fish ball soup and Wen Choking River Prawn, is naturally not to be missed.
The best pork belly in the two ends of the wuzhong is cooked with the West Lake Longjing, the sauce is fried after burning, and the meat aroma is integrated into the fragrance of the tea leaves, the oil is not greasy, the fragrance is not fat, the crisp is not rotten, the entrance is melted, sweet and delicious, and the aftertaste is endless.
In addition to Longjing shrimp, the West Lake District also presented the Song Sister-in-law flavored fish soup that Gaozong had eaten, the most prestigious classic West Lake live vinegar fish, the tender and spicy Hangzhou pepper stir-fried beef wicker, the abalone classic Dongpo meat named after the great poet Su Dongpo, the traditional famous dish crispy hand-fried bell, and the mountain shoot duck pot that originated when the Qianlong Emperor toured the south of the Jiangnan, all of which are well-known delicacies.
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Among the 10 cold dishes, everything is as good as the persimmon is one of the thousand bowls of gold medal food (cold dish) in 100 counties.
Pick fresh, plump tomatoes, dig a hole in the bottom and stuff it with cream, and spread it with a layer of chopped nuts, which is sweet and crispy in one bite.
The great poet Fan Zhongyan ate the jiangnan drunken giant shrimp that was said to be good.
During the Song Dynasty, the great poet Fan Zhong drowned in Yan Prefecture and passed through Lingshan. In the afternoon, when everyone was feeling hungry, they suddenly smelled a smell of wine. Looking closer, I found that the owner of a small restaurant was reprimanding the little grandchild, it turned out that the boss was cooking shrimp, and the naughty grandson was playing next to him, knocking over a bottle of the soil shochu brewed at home, and it also flowed into the pot that was burning shrimp, and the boss was angry about ruining a pot of giant river prawns. Fan Zhong saw it and hurriedly walked up to relieve the siege: "Boss, don't reprimand your grandson, we ordered this plate of shrimp." After Fan Zhongyan sat down to eat, he accidentally found that this dish was surprisingly delicious, and praised it one after another: "Delicious!" delicious! Therefore, the boss gave this dish a nice name, called "wine country swamp prawn", and passed down to this day!
In addition, the classic vegetarian roast goose from the Hangzhou temple, the aromatic and oily Hangzhou-style brine sauce duck, the traditional famous West Lake glutinous honey root, the refreshing and appetizing mother cauliflower stem, the tender and sweet Hangzhou-style brine duck, as well as the mother radish peel, Hangzhou-style live smoked fish, salt baked crispy chicken, also appeared on the scene.
The West Lake District, which is famous for its tea, naturally cannot be without its good partner - dim sum.
Everything is as expected glutinous square cake, everything is dedicated to the beautiful snow beauty, Mr. Yang brown sugar twist flower, court koi mung bean cake, Mr. Yang xian bean cake, West Lake Youlan osmanthus cake, Hangzhou-style osmanthus mushroom cake, Mr. Yang nut crisp, non-heritage meat pine snowflake crisp, Jiangnan glutinous rice small twist flower, a bite will reveal the filling and touch the crisp! Everything is a classic, how many have you eaten?
Among them, the West Lake Youlan Osmanthus Cake from [Mr. Yang's Twist] was selected as a thousand bowls of gold medal food (dim sum) in 100 counties.
Mix glutinous rice flour, sticky rice flour and powdered sugar, add a little water and stir well. Sift the mixture that has just been grasped well. Prepare a mold, gently scoop up the freshly sifted paste with a spoon and scrape the surface flat. Steam in a steamer for about 15 minutes. Remove and let cool and cut into chunks. Then drizzle with sugar osmanthus flowers and add some dried osmanthus flowers to decorate.
Having seen so many West Lake district delicacies, can't wait to know where to eat them?
The first to recommend are Lujing Xixi Hotel and Mr. Yang Pastry Restaurant.
Lujing Xixi is located at No. 808 Wener West Road, Xixi No. 1, the designer will be the famous persimmon elements in the Xixi wetland into all corners of the hotel, small from the desktop furnishings, large to the art installation, full of harvest taste, not only the beauty of the environment, food is tempting taste buds.
Mr. Yang's pastry restaurant is located in Hezhu Street in Xixi Wetland, which interprets the traditional culture of Hangzhou's local pastries in multiple dimensions, and the small twist flower flavors of the shop are as many as 13 kinds, and the tourists who come to the shop can be said to be "a bag of hands". Taking advantage of the clear weather in recent days, it is better to find a day to find the beauty of the West Lake and feast on it by the way
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