Who said "Eat in Guangzhou"? Can Guangzhou really afford this name?

[Nose-picking] In your opinion, do you think only those with chili peppers taste good?

For example, seafood in Guangdong is usually boiled (boiled means cooked in boiling water without adding anything), and then eaten with sauce. This is because Cantonese people pursue freshness! Generally, Cantonese people boil or steam the fresh ingredients they buy in order to pursue the original taste of the food.

But many people don’t know that in addition to boiling and steaming, there are many other ways to make it in Guangdong, taking Pissing Shrimp (Pipi Shrimp) as an example. Except for boiling. Cantonese people also make salt and pepper flavor (usually adding some chili powder and fresh chili pepper grains). Salt and pepper is a very strong way of making it.

Another example is the drunken goose in Guangdong, which can be described as red with thick oil and sauce.

There are also fish-flavored eggplant stew, fried crab with ginger and scallion, etc., they just don’t seem to have much chili, but it doesn’t mean the flavor is not strong!

For another example, Guangdong's fried rice noodles and fried rice noodles are very fragrant and strong, but traditionally they are not fried with chili peppers.

Another way of saying it! Youtiao is a food that is eaten by people all over the country. Of course, Cantonese people also often eat youtiao. The preparation and taste are similar across the country, so why are the fried dough sticks considered bland in Guangdong? But in other provinces, it becomes a heavy flavor?

Cantonese morning tea has a variety of foods. If you insist on staring at the white porridge and shrimp dumplings inside and say that the entire morning tea is bland, is it a bit blind or self-hypnotic?

Guangdong’s famous salt-baked chicken is all made with sea salt. Note, it’s sea salt. The whole package is covered and cooked. Do you think it’s bland too? Is this a preconceived ignorance and prejudice against Guangdong itself?

Just like the BBC gave foreign netizens a shot, Chinese people all wear blue or green people's uniforms and ride bicycles, and then think that this is what Chinese people are like?

Back to your topic, why do you say that food is in Guangzhou? Why do you say that Guangdong is a province with great food? As early as the court of the Qing Dynasty, Cantonese cuisine was one of the four famous cuisines. After the founding of New China, Cantonese cuisine was also one of the eight major cuisines.

Is it possible that Cantonese cuisine has won the honor of hundreds of years without two brushes?

Only if you live in Guangdong for a while and go out to eat, you will find that Guangdong has a wide range of food, and different ingredients have different methods, different heats, and different steps. Let’s talk about Guangdong’s glutinous rice chicken. Just with these tedious steps, don’t you have a little admiration for Cantonese cuisine?

I dare not say how powerful Cantonese cuisine is, but I definitely dare to say that it may be the most diverse and richest cuisine in China!

If some people with ulterior motives and low self-esteem can use their mouths to smear Cantonese cuisine or Guangdong’s economy, then they are deceiving themselves and others, and are they just a frog in the well?

First of all, the food is in Guangdong, the taste is in Sichuan, and it has been spread in Jianghu society for a long time. Guangdong is a coastal province and an open province. Therefore, Guangdong gathers tourists and businessmen from all over the country and the world. Therefore, all the edible food from all over the world and the country are imported into Guangdong by tourists and businessmen. Guangdong is the only province in the world to have the most variety of food that people can eat.

Taste comes from Sichuan. Sichuan is a big province with delicious snacks from all over the world. Why? Because starting from the Three Kingdoms era and starting from the time when Huguang occupied Sichuan, Sichuan people have been integrated into people from all over the country. Therefore, the famous snacks in various places have been mixed with the local famous snacks in Sichuan by the people who came to Sichuan. Combining special snacks and taking their essence, various new Sichuan special dishes have been developed. Therefore, Sichuan dishes are the essence of the world, and Sichuan dishes are unique in the world for their unique deliciousness.

First of all, who said that the topic of "eating in Guangzhou" is inherently provocative. Secondly, no one needs to say this at all, but when you come to Guangzhou, you can find delicacies from all over the country and taste the rich and varied Cantonese cuisine. Guangzhou is the commercial capital of the whole country and even the world for thousands of years. Many people have stayed in Guangzhou, and Cantonese cuisine itself is also a grand gathering of food from all over the country and the world. Anyone who knows the history of Cantonese cuisine today knows that some dishes are basically derived from other cuisines. It was evolved and improved based on the climate of Guangzhou and the tastes of Cantonese people, and has become the characteristic of Cantonese cuisine. There are also some that are created based on the living habits of Guangfu people, which has earned the reputation of "eating in Guangzhou". And "Food in Guangzhou" is not just nationwide, but all over the world. Some people say that it is difficult to eat Cantonese food abroad. Firstly, you cannot find it. Secondly, Cantonese cuisine chefs have known how to improve Cantonese cuisine in response to climate changes in any region and country since ancient times. In countries such as Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Canada, every Cantonese restaurant is open all year round and there are many people waiting, especially some large restaurants. In New Zealand, because all chickens are chilled, they will not have the quality of freshly slaughtered chickens. It is relatively less refreshing, but Cantonese chefs can make a delicious dish in their own way.

The beef brisket and beef offal in Cantonese's beef brisket noodles are all made from yellow cattle, so the taste will be better. However, in Australia, the United States, and Canada, they do not use yellow cattle. They are all from cows, so the taste is relatively poor. Cantonese cuisine chefs can make 80% of the taste of Guangzhou beef brisket, and it is also because of this that Cantonese cuisine restaurants are very popular abroad. Among them, the fried beef river in Guangzhou, which was complained about by the fat man from Northeast China, is the favorite of foreigners. Cantonese people have always paid great attention to health, so there are many herbal tea shops in Guangdong. They will make soup and herbal tea at home, and also have a pot of green tea when eating out. Drink tea while eating to make yourself less greasy. This kind of eating habit is very popular abroad. Foreigners call it Chinese tea and green tea. For foreigners, green tea is a "healthy" drink. Cantonese people have been doing a lot of advertising for Chinese tea. I remember my teacher said that the Cantonese's combination of meat and vegetables is very "healthy", and I hope that we Cantonese can always insist on not changing it. For those Sichuan, Hunan, and Shanghai dishes, foreigners think they are either too oily, too spicy, or too sweet, while other cuisines have no market at all outside. I remember once a Chinese student who was studying abroad complained to his neighbors about stir-fried chili peppers. After choking, someone got bronchitis, and as a result, the international student was fined a lot of money, and he no longer dared to fry chili peppers at home. Anyway, Cantonese people won’t have such troubles. Cantonese cuisine meets the tastes of many foreigners, so there is a huge demand abroad. This is because Cantonese cuisine chefs are in short supply abroad.

Every place has its own food culture and differences. Kind comments can help us improve our food production. The food will be better and more diversified. We will also often look at Dianping to find those If you go to a delicious restaurant to eat, even if Sichuan and Hunan cuisine are very spicy, we Cantonese people will occasionally eat them. However, if you use belittling a certain cuisine to create regional conflicts, regional blacklisting and regional discrimination. We should not let them exist just to gain traffic. Such people are like spies who create conflicts within China to benefit themselves. Relevant departments must strictly investigate such bloggers.

The saying "Eat in Guangzhou" is indeed very widespread. It can be said that I have heard this sentence since I didn't know where Guangzhou was.

However, based on my experience living in various places in Guangdong over the years, in fact, the people in Guangzhou I met rarely say this sentence, and they even don’t seem to care much about it, as long as they eat happily, As long as you feel comfortable eating, to a certain extent this seems to be a slightly higher realm of gourmet food.

But it is inevitable that some netizens like to get to the bottom of things, so this time we will talk about the saying "eat in Guangzhou" and why some people say that Cantonese food is bland. Who said "Eat in Guangzhou"? Can Guangzhou really afford the title of “Food in Guangzhou”?

The complete expression of this sentence is "Eat in Guangzhou, cook in Fengcheng". The original meaning is that the delicacies of Lingnan are gathered in Guangzhou, and excellent Lingnan chefs come from Shunde (Fengcheng is the Another name for Shunde).

Nowadays, it is difficult to verify the detailed origin of this statement. After all, there are too many such folk proverbs, but traceable results show that the saying "eat in Guangzhou" probably originated from In the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China period.

Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Guangzhou’s economy and trade have been very prosperous. This economic development will inevitably lead to the vigorous development of local food culture. Not only will the rich natural environment in Guangdong bring a variety of food ingredients, but more importantly, prosperous trade will allow people to flow and gather. As a large number of people come and go, various food ingredients and food culture will inevitably follow. .

Moreover, for a long time in the Qing Dynasty, Guangzhou was the only foreign trade port, which undoubtedly gave the development of Guangzhou’s food culture a broader vision and content. They are all at the forefront domestically and even internationally.

Guangzhou’s prosperity not only allows the local food culture to flourish, but also attracts food from all over the country and even the world as people migrate. So not only can you taste Cantonese food here, but you can also eat almost any delicacy. Although this is the case in some cities now, Guangzhou did this at least two to three hundred years ago.

So since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Guangzhou area has been very prosperous, with rich food ingredients and food culture. This richness has surpassed the advantages brought by the natural environment. Therefore, when it came to leading the food trend at that time, Guangzhou, as the capital of Guangdong, was indeed responsible for its role, and it could truly bear the title of "Food in Guangzhou". Why do many people say “Cantonese food is bland”?

First of all, what a person thinks is delicious is a very subjective matter, and there is no right or wrong. Food experience is more of a subjective feeling. There is no fairness in this subjective feeling, because everyone's taste and eating habits are very personal matters. This kind of thing cannot be "fair" in the ordinary sense. "of.

But if you only use the simple word "bland" to summarize Cantonese cuisine, it can only be said that it is too superficial and one-sided.

The saying that "Cantonese cuisine is bland" is actually similar to "Sichuan cuisine is only spicy" and "Hunan cuisine is only spicy", but because Cantonese cuisine is relatively biased. It is a high-end, niche restaurant, so the misunderstanding of Cantonese cuisine is even deeper.

From an objective point of view, those who say Cantonese food is bland are basically those who do not understand Cantonese food. Their impression of Cantonese food may only be "white-cut chicken". It is undeniable that there are indeed a large number of dishes in Cantonese cuisine that are mainly boiled, steamed, and blanched. After all, when the freshest and highest-quality ingredients are obtained, tasting the most original flavor may be a rare delicacy.

But in fact, Cantonese cuisine is very rich in content, otherwise it would not always be ranked among the "four major cuisines" and "eight major cuisines". What we usually call "Cantonese cuisine" is actually from Guangfu It consists of three parts: Teochew cuisine, Teochew cuisine and Hakka cuisine.

Although there are dishes such as plain-cut chicken, steamed grouper, boiled shrimps, and old fire soup that are not mainly rich and heavy, this does not prevent Cantonese cuisine from also having some strong-flavored delicacies, such as : Siew-mei, cured meat, braised meat, jelly pot, pickled raw, shrimp paste, braised pork, salt-baked chicken, etc. These dishes are also Cantonese cuisine, but they have nothing to do with "little bland".

So basically I say "Cantonese food is bland". The main reason is because I haven't eaten much Cantonese food and I just jumped to the conclusion without knowing much about Cantonese food.

The saying that food is in Guangzhou has been circulated for more than 100 years. This is not something Guangzhou itself boasts. You'd better ask your great-grandfather if he was born in Suzhou and had food in Guangzhou. The theory of living in Guangzhou and dying in Liuzhou. Why don't you ask why people say they die in Liuzhou? It's because the wood in Liuzhou is very good and is a good material for making coffins, which is why it has this reputation. You can still buy coffins in many shopping malls in Liuzhou, but it's not what you want. The coffin is just a handicraft, because coffin has the same pronunciation as official wealth. Official wealth, official wealth, promotion and wealth are what some people dream about.

Eating in Guangzhou does not mean that everyone likes Cantonese food and that it is the best in the world. But Guangzhou is very tolerant. Most of the delicacies from all over the country and even the world can be eaten in Guangzhou. Moreover, Guangzhou people are willing to try it all for food. Guangzhou people themselves like to eat light food, which is the result of the soil and water that nurtures a person. But I never reject spicy Hunan cuisine, spicy Sichuan cuisine, and sweet Zhejiang cuisine. In Guangzhou, you can even eat Asan’s original Indian cuisine, Southeast Asian Thai cuisine, etc. Cantonese cuisine continues to absorb the characteristics of these cuisines and constantly introduces new ones.

Eating in Guangzhou is not just about the delicious local Cantonese cuisine, but also about the delicacies of Chinese and Western ethnic groups that can be tasted in Guangzhou.

As early as the Qing Dynasty, Guangzhou became the only trading port of the Chinese Empire. It brought together many merchants from around the world and also brought together many unique foods from various countries in the world...

Food Being in Guangzhou proves that Guangzhou's chefs are very skilled. Guangzhou has been a trading center since ancient times. People from different places come and go every day, including foreigners. In addition to Cantonese cuisine, a restaurant chef must also cater to the tastes of different people. When northerners come to Guangzhou, they want to eat authentic Cantonese food. Guangzhou people will definitely recommend light authentic dishes such as boiled chicken. Of course they don’t think it tastes good due to different eating habits, but you know how many ways to use chicken as an ingredient in Cantonese food? cooking method? Steam, stew, bake, fry, mix, stew, and stew. You only need to give the Guangzhou chef one ingredient, and he can make at least twenty recipes for you.

It doesn’t mean that Guangzhou people dare to eat everything, it means that they eat in Guangzhou! But tolerance. Bringing together delicacies from all over the world, the Four Heavenly Kings of Cantonese style created by culinary master Chen Xun, egg tarts seem to be adapted from Western dim sum.

The person who makes the most money in Guangzhou’s catering industry may not be a local snake, but a dragon crossing the river!

It is rare to hear that a restaurant name from other places fails in Guangzhou, but more often it is full of success!

Guangzhou people are pragmatic and will not wear high hats on their heads. The title is not sealed by oneself, but is formed by the actual situation!

Eating in Guangzhou, living in Hangzhou, playing in Suzhou, and dying in Liuzhou are what we heard from our grandparents when we were young, but our grandparents also said that it was passed down from their grandparents. Guangzhou’s Cantonese cuisine has long been famous all over the world. Hangzhou, where you live in the beautiful West Lake, a paradise on earth, should have been passed down for thousands of years. Playing in Suzhou means that Suzhou beauties are famous all over the world. If you die in Liuzhou, it is said that the Liuzhou fir tree is a good material for making coffins.