Let’s talk about Liaozhai at the beginning, I scared all the fans on the Internet to death

"Mr. Lin, I have to leave Hangzhou."

Thanks to Jiang Ning’s promotion, West Lake Snail Noodles have already become popular all over the country.

Although Jiangning later announced the production process of snail noodles, snail noodles also appeared in other places.

But it doesn’t matter whether it appears elsewhere or not.

Everyone is sure that the snail noodles on the edge of the West Lake are the most authentic.

But Chinese cuisine is broad and profound.

Snail noodles are just a very small snack among them.

In order to continue to promote delicious food, Jiang Ning is preparing to go to another place.

"Ah, Teacher Jiang Ning, please stay in West Lake for a while."

"Everything has been settled here, and I am no longer needed. You just need to run this stall well."

of course.

Although Jiang Ning left West Lake.

But it did not completely hand over this stall to the West Lake Scenic Area Management Committee.

On leaving.

Jiangning and the West Lake Management Committee jointly established a snail noodle catering company.

Jiangning holds 6% of the shares, and the rest will be handed over to the West Lake Management Committee.

of course.

Jiang Ning left without worrying that the catering company would go bankrupt.

first.

Because this side of West Lake is the first snail noodle shop in the country, and it has become famous, even if it wants to close down, it will be more difficult.

the second.

The West Lake Management Committee will also operate this restaurant with great care.

Operation is not about how much money the restaurant can make.

For the entire West Lake, this restaurant is very profitable.

But the food culture this restaurant brought to West Lake has added a lot to West Lake’s heritage.

even.

This is good for Hangzhou.

In the future, if someone wants to eat snail noodles, if they can afford it, they will come to Hangzhou just to have a bowl of authentic snail noodles.

and so.

Jiang Ning felt relieved to leave.

"Teacher Jiang Ning, it's better for you to be comfortable. This hands-off shopkeeper makes me jealous."

Mr. Lin said jokingly.

Jiang Ning also said: "It seems that Lin always feels troublesome. Okay, I will hand over the operation of this store to other companies."

"Don't mention..."

Mr. Lin waved his hands repeatedly: "Teacher Jiang Ning, I am joking, just kidding. Teacher Jiang Ning, no matter where you go, West Lake is your home. Come back at any time."

"Definitely, the West Lake is so beautiful. I will come to the West Lake to take a look when I have time."

"By the way, Teacher Jiang Ning, where are you going?"

"Guangzhou."

Jiang Ning said.

……

Yes.

Jiang Ning’s trip is to Guangzhou.

Coming to Guangzhou is not for fun or consumption.

It is to promote the eight major cuisines.

Cantonese cuisine in Guangzhou is one of the eight major cuisines.

but.

It’s different from the previous fusilli powder.

Snail noodles are just snacks, and he can set up a stall at will.

But as the eight major cuisines, each of them is a big dish, a hard dish, and a classic dish.

If you want to promote these dishes, it would be inappropriate to set up stalls.

So when Jiang Ning came to Guangzhou, the first thing he did was open a Cantonese restaurant.

"Well, it's right here."

Jiangning decided to locate the hotel near Tianhe City in Tianhe District, Guangzhou.

This is the most prosperous shopping mall in Guangzhou. Of course, the rent is also very expensive.

The next steps involved decoration, recruiting staff... and so on.

Fortunately.

As for the chef, Jiang Ning has already decided.

As for the personnel, they are all selected from the die-hard fans in Jiangning Kuaidu.

inside.

Basically all chefs have been in the industry for more than 20 years.

At the same time, some chefs are relatively famous, and some even have millions of fans on KuaiDou.

but.

When they heard that Jiang Ning wanted to set up a restaurant and recruit a dozen chefs, they signed up with Jiang Ning immediately.

Jiang Ning also selected the 10 most skilled fans among the die-hard fans who signed up.

But although the 10 chefs are all very skilled.

But for Cantonese food.

Or.

Regarding the Cantonese cuisine Jiang Ning mentioned, what these 10 people did was not particularly satisfactory to Jiang Ning.

of course.

It's not their fault either.

It’s not that their skills are bad.

mainly.

In many lost Cantonese dishes, they don't know how to make them.

and so.

During the period of opening the restaurant, Jiang Ning also spent some time training them.

……

"Teacher Jiang Ning, where have you been recently? Why haven't you been online?"

Another half month has passed.

Seeing that Jiang Ning had not been online for half a month, many fans kept looking for Jiang Ning.

This day happened to be fine.

Seeing so many private messages sent by fans, Jiang Ning chose to go online.

"Everyone, we are online. If you have anything to ask, please ask."

Say hello to everyone.

soon.

The number of people in the live broadcast room kept coming.

"Teacher Jiangning, you are finally online. I heard that you left West Lake."

"Ah."

“What to do with that stall?”

"The West Lake Scenic Area is in charge."

"Are you giving the stall to them?"

"No, I keep 6% of the shares, and the rest belongs to them. Don't worry, this stall can be regarded as a scenic spot in the West Lake, and the West Lake Scenic Area Management Committee will definitely do a good job."

"That's good."

Everyone nodded: "Teacher Jiang Ning, where are you now?"

"Guangzhou, Guangzhou." "How did you get there?"

"I plan to develop eight major cuisines. The cuisine that Guangzhou is targeting is Cantonese cuisine. I opened a Cantonese cuisine restaurant here."

"Let me go, Teacher Jiang Ning, you have crossed a big boundary."

"Haha, food is the most important thing for the people, and I also serve the people. It will open next month, and I hope everyone will support me."

"The support is necessary."

When they heard that Jiang Ning had opened a restaurant, many netizens became even more excited.

Especially for those friends from Guangzhou, they immediately asked: "Teacher Jiang Ning, I am from Guangzhou, but it seems that Cantonese food is not very good here."

"This is because people don't understand Cantonese cuisine. Another reason is that currently, no one in Guangdong Province can make authentic Cantonese cuisine."

"Well, I heard that a lot of Cantonese food has been lost. Alas, I really don't know what authentic Cantonese food tastes like."

"You asked the right person. Today, I will tell you about authentic Cantonese cuisine."

Since we want to open a restaurant.

and so.

Jiang Ning was going to talk to everyone about Cantonese food first.

"Chinese culture is broad and profound. This is reflected in culture, and this is also true in food. We have a history of more than 5,000 years, and our ancestors have a deep understanding of food as early as thousands of years ago. Research. I talked about Yi Yin before. In addition to Yi Yin, there was also a very good cook named Yi Ya during the Spring and Autumn Period. "

"Yi Ya was the first person in China to open a private restaurant because he was so good at cooking. He concluded that in order to cook, you must master the coordination and use of water, salt, and fire. Because of his cooking skills It was so good that he was received by Duke Heng of Qi.

Once, Duke Huan of Qi suffered from insomnia due to his busy schedule. He couldn't sleep at night. He tossed and turned and sighed when he thought of annoying things. Yi Ya said to Qi Huan Gong, "My lord, you can't sleep anyway. How about I make you something to eat?" As the saying goes, when you are in a bad mood, your appetite will increase. Duke Huan of Qi thought it would be okay and said, "Then you can cook two dishes and serve them in the bar." Yi Ya got dressed, got up, gathered all his energy, and then cooked a table of dishes, all delicious and delicious. Duke Huan of Qi became more energetic and had a great meal. After the first sip, the taste was so fresh that I almost swallowed it on my tongue. In the end, I even forgot to drink the wine. After eating, Duke Huan of Qi slept until dawn, and his insomnia was cured. "

Although we are talking about dishes.

But just telling you how to cook is not enough.

Regarding food, regarding food, he can embody an extremely profound culture.

This is not.

When Jiang Ning talked about cooking before, he talked about Yi Yin during the Shang Dynasty.

At this moment, it was about Yi Ya during the Spring and Autumn Period.

"However, during the Spring and Autumn Period, besides Yi Ya, there was also a very powerful chef named Taihe Gong."

"Who is Mr. Taihe?"

"No one may know about Mr. Taihe, so don't worry."

Jiang Ning continued: "Taihe Gong has lived on the shores of Taihu Lake for a long time and is good at cooking dishes made from aquatic products. The roasted fish he cooked was famous all over the world and was praised by King Liao of Wu. In order to seize the throne, Prince Guang of Wu planned to assassinate But unfortunately he didn't know how to get close to Liao, so Prince Guang sent Zhuanzhu to Taihe Lake to learn the art of cooking fish from Duke Taihe. After completing the training, Prince Wu held a banquet for Liao and ordered Zhuanzhu to assassinate King Liao of Wu while offering the fish. ”

This is Zhuanzhu's story.

The young master Guang here is Helu, the great king of Wu.

King Wu's "Liu" is the cousin of "Helu".

It doesn't matter if you don't know about Taihe Gong.

but.

When the histories of Jiangning Zhuanzhu, Wu Wangliao, and Gongzi Guang are told, you will know that Duke Taihe was extraordinary.

"I didn't expect that the changes in the palace of Wu State had a huge relationship with the chef."

"This is amazing. I immediately felt that Chinese food culture is extremely high-end."

"That's not the case. Didn't Teacher Jiang Ning say that China has a history of more than 5,000 years? This history reflects not only poems, songs, palace coups, but also food. Food is the most important thing for the people, and thousands of people I don’t think the food culture of the New Year is much worse than poetry and poetry, but people didn’t pay attention to it before.”

Listening to Jiang Ning's explanation, everyone felt a sense of enlightenment.

At the same time, I also have a new perspective on Chinese food.

Jiang Ning nodded and said: "In the Song Dynasty, there was a famous chef named Lady Liu. Before Gaozong succeeded to the throne, she was cooking in Zhao Gou's vassal mansion. Whatever food Song Gaozong wanted to eat, she would cut it on the chopping board. After the food was cooked and served, Emperor Gaozong was always very satisfied. According to the palace regulations: the official in charge of the emperor's royal food was called Shangshi, which could only be held by men, and was a fifth-rank official. As a female, Lady Liu could not. Although she serves as this official, most people in the palace call her Mrs. Liu."

"In addition, in the Song Dynasty, there was a female chef named Song Wusao. She was a female chef who fled from Kaifeng, Henan to Hangzhou during the Southern Song Dynasty. Because her husband's surname was Song and he was the fifth child, people called her Song Wusao. There was a snack shop at Qiantang Gate in Hangzhou. At that time, there were many people from the Central Plains who fled to Hangzhou from the north, including officials and civilians. Everyone was homesick and wanted to taste the local flavor to relieve their homesickness. The fish soup sold by Song Wusao's family was the traditional Bianjing flavor, which attracted many foreign guests. One day, Emperor Gaozong Zhao Gou also heard about it and tasted it. He specially sent a eunuch to ask Song Wusao to make fish soup and send it to the palace. Even the emperor loved it. Since then, Song Sao's fish soup has become a hundred times more valuable, and its reputation has soared..."

in one breath.

Jiang Ning explained some famous chefs in history.

This also gives everyone a certain understanding of Chinese meals.

At the same time, under Jiang Ning's explanation, everyone couldn't help but think of the "Fenghua Lu of the Song Dynasty" that Jiang Ning talked about before.

At that time, although Jiang Ning was talking about the prosperity of the Song Dynasty.

But during Jiang Ning's explanation, hundreds of kinds of delicacies appeared.

pity.

At that time, everyone only heard the names of these delicacies.

As for the actual cooking methods of these delicacies, not many people know.

But even so.

After Jiang Ning explained the Feng Hua Lu of the Song Dynasty, some chefs followed Jiang Ning's explanation and began to restore those historical dishes.

I have to say that some of the restorations are quite good.

But some people really don’t know how to do it.

but.

At this time Jiang Ning appeared.

Everyone looked at Jiang Ning, but there was a voice in their hearts.

Could it be.

Are those delicacies that have been lost for thousands of years about to see the light of day again?
Can't help but.

There are some friends who are very interested in eating, but their hearts beat rapidly.

If so.

Then those foodies like them are so beautiful.

……

"It is precisely because China has thousands of years of culture, which has also created thousands of years of food culture. At the same time, China has a vast territory and rich resources, and Chinese drinking habits will also appear different due to region, population, environment... and other reasons. For example, people in the north and people in the south have different tastes, and people in the Central Plains and people in coastal areas have very different diets. This also leads to the emergence of the eight major cuisines. It reflects the characteristics of domestic Chinese food culture.”

of course.

Talk about it.

China does not only have eight major cuisines.

There are also dishes from other regions that are not included.

But since it is a cuisine, it is a series and has a relatively large impact.

It’s hard to introduce some of the more special and unique foods in smaller places.

Also.

Although some local cuisines are not included in the eight major cuisines, some of the eight major cuisines actually include some local cuisines.

For example, Cantonese cuisine not only represents the cuisine of people in Guangdong Province, but also includes some food categories from other regions.

"Today, I will share with you Cantonese cuisine among the eight major cuisines."

After talking about Chinese food culture earlier, Jiang Ning went into introducing one of the types separately.

"Cantonese cuisine is Guangdong cuisine, but it is not just Guangdong cuisine. It has four categories. They are Cantonese cuisine, Chaoshan cuisine, Hakka cuisine, and Western Cantonese cuisine."

at this time.

When Jiang Ning was talking about Cantonese cuisine, he also took out a map of Guangzhou.

The reason why Cantonese cuisine has these four branches is also because of the geographical environment.

"Guangfu cuisine can also be called Guangzhou cuisine. Guangfu mainly includes the Pearl River Delta region. Before the Qin Dynasty, it belonged to South Vietnam and was inhabited by some ethnic minorities. After the Qin Dynasty unified Lingnan, Nanhai County was established here. Later, in the Han Dynasty and Tang Dynasty, there was development here. But before the Song Dynasty, the population here was not large. It was not until the Song Dynasty that the population from the north continued to migrate to the south due to the constant wars in the Song Dynasty. "

"So, Cantonese cuisine not only maintains some characteristics of the northern part of the Central Plains, but also continuously absorbs and improves, accumulates, and innovates based on local ingredients, environment, and tastes, thus forming a cuisine of their own. The specialty of Cantonese cuisine is that the cooking techniques are diverse and changeable. The cooking techniques are mainly stir-fried and stir-fried, as well as braised, pan-fried and roasted. They pay attention to light but not bland, fresh but not vulgar, tender but not raw, and oily. It’s not greasy, it’s said to be “five flavors” and “six flavors”.

"Teacher Jiang Ning, what is Wuzi?"

"The five flavors are fragrant, loose, soft, fat and rich."

"Where's the six flavors?"

"Sour, bitter, spicy and salty..."

"Hey, aren't there only five kinds of them?"

"Yes, these are what everyone calls the five flavors. But on top of the five flavors, Cantonese cuisine has one more flavor."

"Which one?"

"fresh."

then.

The six flavors are on top of the five flavors, sweet, sour, bitter, spicy and salty... with a fresh word added, which is six flavors.

However, Jiang Ning's explanation was not over. He continued: "The food culture of Guangzhou is closely related to that of other parts of the Central Plains. The food culture of the Central Plains was brought by immigrants of all generations, especially during the Song Dynasty, when a large number of immigrants from the Central Plains went south to the Pearl River Delta. After the Southern Song Dynasty, Cantonese cuisine The skills and characteristics are becoming increasingly mature. The Song Dynasty moved south, and many imperial chefs and government chefs gathered in Guangdong, especially in Yangcheng, which is now Guangzhou.

After the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Guangzhou became a port and port city where domestic and foreign trade was concentrated. Business became increasingly prosperous, which led to the development of catering services as a commercial industry and provided a very important condition and place for the growth of Cantonese cuisine, especially Cantonese cuisine. . At this time, Guangzhou has become a large commercial city, and Cantonese cuisine has truly become a system at this time. Tongheng, a busy city, is dotted with teahouses, hotels, restaurants and snack bars. Various restaurants are vying for the best. The abundance of food and the variety of styles are praised by the world. As a result, the saying "Eat in Guangzhou" came into being..." (End of this chapter)