Nantong is the first city in modern China and the capital of longevity in the world, with its high-quality natural environment, characteristic food culture and colorful folk culture that make people linger. Nantong is known as the "Gateway to Jianghai", rich in cultural and tourism resources, and distinctive characteristics of Jianghai. Nantong is the gateway city of the northern wing of the Shanghai metropolitan area, one of the first 14 coastal cities in China to open up to the outside world, one of the 27 cities in the central area of the Yangtze River Delta, and an economic center, a modern port city and a national historical and cultural city in the north wing of the Yangtze River Delta. East to the Yellow Sea, south to the Yangtze River, and Shanghai, Suzhou lights invited, west and north with Taizhou, Yancheng border, "according to the jianghai meeting, strangle the throat of the north and south", known as "north Shanghai".
Getting to know a city through gastronomy is the most enjoyable and relaxing way. The people take food as the sky, and food customs are an important part of folk customs. Understand the food customs, let Nantong cuisine return to the most authentic atmosphere and artistic conception, and eat the taste of culture.
A few days ago, sponsored by the Nantong Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism, and undertaken by Shanghai Convention and Exhibition Co., Ltd., the Yangtze River Delta table "Taste Nantong Top Ten Cultural Famous Dishes" Nantong special live broadcast activity was held in the Shanghai Tower's 17th floor viewing terrace "Shanghai Tourism Live Broadcast Room" at the confluence of the Huangpu River and Suzhou Creek. From 19:00 to 21:00 in the evening, the live broadcast will be carried out on the "Dianping" platform with food as the mainstay, and the "Shanghai Tourism Live Broadcast Room" will be broadcast synchronously to display Nantong specialties, tell the allusions of Nantong famous dishes, and spread Nantong food culture. By the end of the event, nearly 240,000 people had watched online.
This live broadcast specially invited mr. Wang Yuming, a national second-level director who has worked for Nantong Television, a member of the Chinese Folk Writers Association, a member of the Jiangsu Folklore Society, an honorary chairman of the Nantong Folk Writers Association, an honorary chairman of the Nantong Arts and Crafts Association, an honorary chairman of the Nantong Arts and Crafts Society, a consultant of the Nantong Intangible Cultural Heritage Research Association, the winner of the "Outstanding Contribution Award" of the Chinese Culinary Masters in the National Hotel Industry, the "Top Ten Famous Chefs in the Yangtze River Delta" in China, and the Top Ten Craftsmen in the Catering Industry in Jiangsu Province. Nantong Chongchuan Top Ten Craftsmen, Chairman of Jiangsu Cooking Master Studio, Nantong City has "Outstanding Contribution of Senior Technicians", Nantong Intangible Cultural Heritage Nantong "Eight Bowls Eight" Production Technique Project Inheritor, "Family Affection China • Charm Jiangsu" Chinese Food Culture Promotion Ambassador, 70th Anniversary of the Founding of New China Jiangsu Catering Vocational Education Advanced Individual, 70th Anniversary of the Founding of New China Jiangsu Catering Industry Meritorious Figures, "Family Affection China • Charm Jiangsu" Chinese Food Culture Promotion Ambassador Professor Zhang Jihua, Nantong Morning Sea Fish Market Restaurant Chain, Good stove head restaurant chain, morning sea fish market restaurant chain executive chef Shao Weijun chef, Nantong time-honored restaurant brand Shao Dongjia's xia bainian chef to introduce Nantong on the tip of the tongue to the online audience.
Taking Jianghai ingredients as the meridian and cooking techniques as the weft, the ancestors of Nantong and generations of culinary masters have created a large number of Jianghai cuisines with good color and fragrance, and cooked a nantong taste that makes people dream and cannot be conceived for a long time.
Yangtze River Delta table (Nantong cuisine promotion)
Although Nantong's cuisine is not a family, but the use of unique resources and their own ingenuity, tolerance and wisdom, tolerating and eclectic, creating many firsts: as early as 1,000 years ago, Wen Clams had the reputation of "the world's freshest"; Dong Xiaowan's "crab fish round soup" was known as "the world's first soup"; "frog-style yellow fish" was praised by the culinary circles as a deified work; "undersea pine stewed silver lung", "fried jade", "hibiscus sting skin", "coral shrimp", "chicken fire sting skin" became fried, fried, braised, The production of stewed jellyfish is classic; the famous points of Nantong Jia cuisine are beautiful.
Specialty: The world's freshest (clams)
Nantong Wen Clam has the reputation of "the freshest in the world", and in ancient times it was listed as a tribute to the imperial court. The people of Nantong have a long history of making various famous dishes and delicacies with clams, with a variety of varieties, including stir-frying, braising, simmering sauce, making cakes and other food methods, of which clam cakes have long been famous. Wen clams can be used as snacks, but also can be used as dishes, in the local folk known as "eat wen clam cake, all kinds of taste is not working" good story, regard the clam cake as people's favorite crown of taste.
Bamboo clams are simmered in Hong Kong
Bamboo clams are also known as sabers. Bamboo clams. It is a seafood shellfish, which is a superior product of clams and is particularly precious. For example, the Eastern Bamboo Clam and the world's first fresh clam can be called the double wall of seafood, the double freshness of the sea, and the crown of the world. In 2012, it was rated as a famous dish in China, and in 2014, it was rated as one of the "Top Ten Famous Dishes in Nantong".
Puffer fish in white juice
Puffer fish is the first of the "three fresh fish of the Yangtze River". Hai'an cuisine occupies an important position in Huaiyang cuisine, river fresh, river fresh, seafood are their own characteristics, And various fish such as knife fish, anchovy, puffer fish and other fish farmed by China Ocean Group are the "highlights" of Hai'an catering industry. Puffer fish delicacies are famous throughout the country and even around the world, and many celebrities in history have come to Hai'an to taste this delicacy, leaving many good stories. As a popular dish in Chinese puffer fish banquets, the white-juiced puffer fish is famous in the puffer fish food world for its unique flavor.
Yellow braised wolf pheasant
In 2000, wolf pheasant was included in the list of national livestock and poultry resources protected varieties. In 2009, the former General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China listed "Rudong Wolf Mountain Chicken" as a national geographical indication protection product and a national geographical indication certification trademark. In 2014, "Rudong Wolf Mountain Chicken" won the famous trademark of Jiangsu Province. In 2019, "Rudong Wolf Mountain Chicken" was selected as a regional public brand of agricultural products in the China Agricultural Brand Directory in 2019. In 2014, it was rated as "Nantong Top Ten Famous Dishes".
Eight precious lion heads
Nantong's traditional classic old dish Eight Treasures Lion's Head is a big dish in Nantong's famous banquet "Gong Gong Banquet". In ancient times, meatballs were called meat balls, also known as sixi balls. The shape is round and rolling, mainly taking the (circle) word meaning (reunion), (consummation). (Circle) harmonic (yuan), with the meaning of "reunion round", is often used in the festive "eight bowls and eight" feast, taking its auspicious meaning. In addition, because the eight treasures of the big meat are round and soft and sticky, the bite in the mouth is full of meat, and the more you chew, the more flavorful. It is a delicacy that the elderly and children especially like.
Braised Seagate lamb
Braised Haimen lamb has the characteristics of tender, juicy, delicious, meat essence, less fat, easy digestion, light fishy taste, etc., and has the effect of replenishing weakness in warmth and appetizing fitness. Finally, it has become a local specialty of China that has become a popular among the population
Frog-style yellow croaker
Frog-style yellow croaker was rated as a famous dish in Jiangsu and "Top Ten Famous Dishes in Nantong", this dish was mr. Zhang Xiao's inspection of Japan in 1903, soberly saw the backwardness of China's fishery, and deeply realized the importance of developing marine fisheries to safeguard national territorial sovereignty and fishermen's interests.
Seabed pine stewed silver lung
"Undersea pine stewed silver lung" is a dietary health dish tailored by the famous Confucian physician Jin Zhizhi of Nantong for the late Qing Dynasty And famous industrialist Zhang Xiao. Made with the head of the Local jellyfish and the pig's lung stew, the finished product has the effect of tonifying lung qi, suppressing cough and phlegm, this dish has been passed down through The ZhangFu folk, and has since become a health delicacy highly respected by the people.
Nantong head dish
The first dish is also known as "chowder", "three fresh", "family portrait", commonly known as "assorted smorgasbord", and is also "Nantong Top Ten Famous Dishes". This delicious delicacy, which was introduced from the Imperial Diet of the Ming Dynasty to the people, has become a often noodle dish in the festive feasts of Tongcheng. "Chowder", as the name suggests, is a dish cooked with a mixture of raw materials, which is mostly named after the "harmonic sound" of the ingredients, which is the meaning of blessing people's well-being, good life, perfection and so on.
White crab yellow croaker round
"Baipu Ancient Town" crab yellow fish round, also known as "crab fish round", crab yellow fish round soup is "the world's first soup". It is made from the top of the freshwater fish, "blue fish", with crab yellow inlaid into the meat balls. The production process is complicated and trivial, which shows the skill of the knifeman. Crab yellow is rich in amino acids and other substances, coupled with the unique practice of fish balls, so that crab yellow fish rounds have become a traditional famous dish in Jianghai and a famous dish of Rugao longevity. It means that there is more than one year, there are fish in the rich, there are fish, reunions, family reunions, and a happy life.
Author: He Yi
Editor: Liu Liyuan