The West Lake Fishing Pavilion, which opens its doors on the third day of the Chinese New Year every year, has been delayed until today (March 7) this year due to the epidemic.
As soon as it opened, the foodies in the city who loved to eat lake fresh simply rushed to tell each other.
Why is the status of the West Lake Fishing Pavilion in the lake fresh world so high?
West Lake fishing pavilion, Hangzhou people know. First opened on Nanshan Road, in September 2011 Louwailou took over, the West Lake Fish store was first opened in Maojiabu, and later moved to dongshan Lane Farmers Market, which has since stabilized.
The fish sold here are the fish caught every day in the West Lake, and they are exclusive!
The person responsible for fishing every day is the West Lake fishing team, and the "fishing boss" is Lao Dong, and I have been dealing with him for more than ten years. He has a clear temper with the fish in the West Lake, and when to eat what fish, he will not be wrong to ask him.
On the first day of the opening of the West Lake Fishing Pavilion, the fishing team only rushed back three people, so the amount was not much, crucian carp, silver carp, step fish, grass carp, snail green... Full count, 200 pounds.
In the new year, the price is still the same as before, and the step fish looks at the size, 80 yuan to 120 yuan a catty. Silver carp 6 yuan a catty, Wang thorn fish 40 yuan to 70 yuan a catty, flat fish 20 yuan to 40 yuan a catty and so on.
I asked Lao Dong, on the first day of opening, what fish do you recommend to me? Old Dong "Hahaha, old look, step fish." ”
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Lao Dong said that the step fish, especially the step fish in the spring, taste fresh!
There is a spring shoot fish, or one of the 36 famous dishes in Hangzhou.
In 1956, the then Hangzhou Catering Company convened ten top chefs in Hangzhou's catering industry to organize a Hangzhou cuisine appraisal meeting and selected 36 famous dishes in Hangzhou.
Spring shoot fish is among them, and the West Lake vinegar fish, Dongpo meat, Longjing shrimp, called flower boy chicken and so on.
There are still quite a few famous step fish in the West Lake. It is more, and more than half of the credit should be attributed to the "leek grass" in the water - bitter grass.
This grass grows fast, and in the water of Maojiabu it has the largest spread of land, piece by piece, swinging around in the water. Among the leaves, small fish and shrimp and rice drill in and out in groups.
Lao Dong said that this grass is the favorite of the step fish, not to eat, but to like to put the home in the grass.
The step fish is quite regular, every year in March it begins to show its head, April and May will be more, and once May passes, the amount will be less. Why less? They are all busy reproducing.
One by one, the fish hide in the bitter grass, and the roe falls on the aquatic grass, so that they grow up slowly. There are more aquatic weeds, more homes, Lao Dong said, the step fish is getting more and more every year, all relying on the aquatic weeds to grow better and better every year.
Since 2011, in order to purify water quality, the West Lake has planted water and grass little by little, and now it has long grown into an "underwater forest", which has been calculated to 317,000 square meters.
Especially In Maojiabu, Yuhu Bay, Turtle Pond, this area of the west of the lake, aquatic grass plants are the earliest, the most varieties, the best growth, has long grown into a group of communities, is the place with the most small fish and shrimp.
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What fish can be caught in the West Lake in various seasons? Old Dong has a small ledger in his heart, and you can go to the West Lake Fish Market Specialty Store in Dongshan Lane Farmers Market according to the season.
All year round is Baotou fish, the price is cheap, many people like to buy a fish head home stew soup. It's a bit tastier than silver carp.
Winter, silver carp. The price is also not expensive, less thorns.
Winter, grass carp. Grass carp are rare to catch, and only occasionally seen in winter.
Winter - early spring, carp. In the north, there is a saying that "carp jumps the dragon gate", so it is more eaten. However, the South eats less.
November-February, crucian carp. Because there is a saying that "wild crucian carp is more supplemental", there are more people who buy wild crucian carp.
March-April, brook fish. Shaoxing people are also called foreign flower fish.
March-May, step fish. The fish begin to show up in March, there will be more in April and May, and once May passes, the amount will slowly decrease. Old Dong said: "People who can eat, specially choose these months to inquire." "The step fish in the West Lake are very small, generally as long as the index finger of an adult; those that are stronger will have about a thumb and middle finger opening so "one span" long.
In June, the snail was green. Also called blue fish, the largest, thirty or forty pounds is very common, the larger seventy or eighty pounds have been fished up.
May-July, bream. There are two types of bream, one is called triangular bream and the other is called tuantou bream. The flesh of the triangular bream is thinner and tastier, so some people in the market also mix the two kinds together and sell them, and the average person can't tell the difference. Teach you a method, look at the mouth of the fish, the thick is the triangular bream, the thin is the tuantou bream.
May-July, Wang Thorn fish.
May-July, river shrimp. In the summer, you can catch three or four pounds a day, and then there will be less.
In July, lake crabs. "June Yellow", also known as butter crab, is generally listed at the end of May and the beginning of June in the lunar calendar every year. The meat of "June Yellow" is not as good as other lake crabs, but fortunately, yellow is enough. Make your own home, preferably steamed or boiled, to maintain the original umami taste.
Summer, white strips. "Crucian carp in winter, white strips in summer". The large can grow to more than 10 pounds, but unfortunately the amount is very small and not easy to see. In the winter, it is cold, some white strips are frozen, and the activity is slow, so it is very easy to catch.
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In order to purify the water quality, the West Lake Water Management Office stocks a batch of fish fry into the West Lake every year.
Stocking fry is generally twice a year, called "summer flowers" in summer and "winter flakes" in winter.
"Summer flower" is released from May to July every year, generally selecting small fry of about 4 cm, equivalent to small fish in kindergarten. "Winter slices" are from November to February of the following year, with a larger fry equivalent to elementary school. The quantity is less than in the summer, but the size is large, and the quality wins.
West Lake, every year is put on the "winter film". Generally speaking, crucian carp is the most, there are also many silver carp, silver carp, and then mandarin fish, bluefish, etc., more varieties of fish species in the West Lake.
Entering the West Lake, these fish live by eating snails, small fish, small shrimp, small crabs, etc., and it is difficult to say how much it grows in a year, but it is certainly much slower than artificial farming. Generally speaking, it takes at least three years for the fry to grow and be caught.
Fishing in the West Lake is a rule, when there are tourists, cruise ships, fishing boats can not move, so the slender and long small fishing boats can only enter the field in the dark, only two times a day, one is two or three in the morning to leave, come back at 7 am; one is 5 pm into the lake, 8:30 pm back.
Reporter Liu Yun