Therefore, Li Bai said that "fireworks march to Yangzhou", and today's food trip, come whenever you want! Yangzhou, also known as Jiangdu, is a world heritage city and the world food capital. This trip to Yangzhou is in the cold winter months, not in fireworks march, because I want to know whether Yangzhou is worth going to, and whether the title of the world food capital is not real, and whether Huaiyang Cuisine is really so delicious, with these doubts I embarked on the journey.

Day1：

As soon as I arrived in Yangzhou in the afternoon, it started to rain lightly. I didn't feel disappointed, but rather felt that it was a stroke of heaven that allowed me to see the scenery of "Jiangnan misty rain". Compared to bustling cities like Shanghai, I seem to have fallen in love with this poetic city. Walking on the street with a small umbrella, deeply infected by this land, my heart became calm and I felt like a bard.

Yangzhou Changle Inn is a cultural relic protection building, which was rebuilt from four ancient residences including Yipu, Huashiyuan, Jienan Bookstore, and the General's Mansion of the famous Qing Dynasty general Li Changle, as well as other residential courtyards. The inn features blue brick and small tile horsehead walls, and hanging flower patterned windows on the corridor. It is a boutique hotel in the style of ancient residential architecture that combines historical style, traditional characteristics, original state, and fashionable leisure. Because it is currently the off-season and the prices are not expensive, I have chosen it as my habitat for my three-day and two night trip.

After a short rest, at night, because the Huaiyang Cuisine here is very famous, I'm sure everyone has heard of one dish: Yangzhou fried rice! So I'm going to Lion House, which is one of the representative Huaiyang Cuisine. Lion House is famous in Yangzhou. It is a famous brand store dedicated to tasting Huaiyang Cuisine. Its founder is Wu Songde, a disciple of Master Zhou Xiaoyan, the famous inheritor of intangible culture of Huaiyang Cuisine. After entering, I can only describe the environment of this restaurant as "elegant".

This restaurant is famous for its top-quality dual flavored lion head, old Yangzhou savory pig head, and a dish of braised fish head, commonly known as the Three Headed Feast.

The top-quality dual flavored lion head is different from the traditional clear soup style. When served on the table, it is shiny and shiny, making it a huge bowl. Tear open with a spoon, with little force, and the meat feels soft and smooth. There is also the universe of double yolk eggs hidden inside.

Old Yangzhou Salty Pig Head

[Unprocessed Braised Big Fish Head]

Although this dish may seem ordinary, the process of making it is very tedious, requiring all the bones in the fish head to be removed by hand. This is a great test for chefs, and those without certain skills cannot make it. Also, the best season to eat this dish is in November or December, which may not be available in other seasons.

Before deboning the fish head

After the fish head is boned

Cooking pufferfish with rice seedlings and grass in a clay pot

Yangzhou fried rice

Of course, Yangzhou fried rice is indispensable! When I came to Yangzhou fried rice to eat Fried Rice, I realized that the authentic Yangzhou fried rice I had eaten before was not authentic, so I ate three bowls! Ha ha ha ha

Wild buckwheat rice stewed eel paste

Mini Sister Braised Salted Fish

Scallion juice tender cucumber

Huai Shi Lao Jiu Drunken Crab

This dish needs to be soaked in wine for a full 4 hours during preparation to fully absorb the flavor. When you open the crab shell, it is filled with crab roe, and a bite is filled with the aroma of wine, making it delicious~

Huai Shi Honey Juice Roasted Whole Goose

Huai Shi Zhai Shrimp

Crab roe and egg batter baked shrimp

Day2:

There is a saying in Yangzhou that goes, 'In the morning, you'll be covered in water, and in the evening, you'll be covered in water.' When you come to Yangzhou, the must-have thing is morning tea. So the first choice must be the century old Yechun Tea Society, which has also been rated as an "intangible cultural heritage". This time, we went to the Yumatou General Store located next to the moat of Tianning Temple.

Is anyone curious why other docks have stone characters next to them, while the horse on this stone tablet does not have a stone character plate. According to legend, Emperor Qianlong came to Yangzhou from Jiangnan for sightseeing. At that time, the imperial horse head accompanied the Xiyuan Palace, which had just been completed and had no name yet. Therefore, when he sailed to Yangzhou on this ship, he inscribed the three characters "imperial horse head". Qianlong believed that having a stone accompanying the character "code" would cause tripping and hinder the path forward, which was considered unlucky. So this great emperor who created the prosperous Kangxi and Qianlong periods removed the stone with the character "code" and became the "imperial horse head". And this imperial horse head was the starting point for Emperor Qianlong's visit to Shouxi Lake.

Yumatou is still one or two hundred meters away from Yechun Tea House. Inside the tea house, the environment is indeed good, with garden style architecture.

After entering the house, you can see the words' Heavy to Ye Chun Tea House 'written in calligraphy.

The highlight is here!!!

Hot dry silk

Qingwen Bag

Wu Ding Bao

Some small dishes, arranged delicately on the plate, are truly captivating

Crescent Steamed dumplings

Red date and lotus seed soup

Stir fried river shrimp

One wild egg and one pigeon egg, with a particularly interesting name, bring abundant wealth.

Crab roe big soup buns, authentic soup buns are thin skinned, and you can almost see the clear color of the crab roe inside. The soup shop will also proudly announce the slogan of "breaking the package", which includes "a belly" of delicious crab roe and soup, plump and unbreakable thin skinned soup buns, and is the best test for the skill of the Dim sum chef.

Yangchun noodles are particularly delicious. Although the northern regions mainly rely on noodles, Yangzhou's Yangchun noodles are well-known far and wide.

Iced tofu pudding

A layer of osmanthus was sprinkled on top, and the faint fragrance of osmanthus wafted in!

After finishing morning tea, you can stroll around the garden and listen to plays, which is very satisfying! There are many people who come to have morning tea. If you come here to experience morning tea, you must wake up early. After finishing morning tea, listening to the play, strolling in the garden, you can also go to Tianning Temple for a stroll without a ticket! unwanted!!

The environment inside the temple is also good. After strolling around, it's almost lunchtime. There is a poem that goes: "The delicacies of the world belong to Yangzhou. Three sets of duck stewed fish heads. Last night, the Red Chamber held a wonderful banquet, which amazed the gluttony of Kyushu." Therefore, I plan to go to Xiyuan Hotel to experience the "Red Chamber Banquet" among the top ten themed famous banquets in Yangzhou. The restaurant was established in 1958 and built on the site of the Qianlong Palace, with a history of nearly 60 years.

[Xiyuan Restaurant Hall]

Arriving at the Hall of the Red Chamber, as soon as you enter, the scene of the 50th chapter of Dream of the Red Chamber, "The Elegant Spring Lantern Riddle in Warm Fragrance Village," is reproduced. Jia Mu leads people to Warm Fragrance Village where they cherish spring to guess the riddle. Baoyu once came up with this riddle: Looking south, facing north, the elephant is both worried and happy - guess something (the riddle is displayed in seal script below the screen). Have you guessed it? The answer is a mirror!

As the name suggests, the Red Chamber Banquet comes from one of the Four Great Classical Novels of China, "Dream of the Red Chamber". It is in this monumental work that stands proudly in the world literature and is known as the "encyclopedia" that Cao Xueqin spends nearly one-third of the space describing the rich and colorful food and cultural activities of numerous characters.

Both real and fake Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu are available~Serve the dishes~

Jade Feather Robe, this dish is truly stunning. The peacock's tail looks like it has been arranged for a long time.

Zaoxiang Duck Letter

Braised carp head

Lao Beng Huai Zhu

Double Yellow Dove Egg

Imperial Orchard

Ruyi lock plate

Butterfly Loves Flower

Snow bottom celery sprouts

Three sets of ducks

Peony Crispy Jelly

A green and juicy cucumber, topped with flowers and thorns, was cut into a raincoat with a sharp knife. This dish definitely reflects the exquisite swordsmanship of the Yangzhou master!

Fan shaped vegetables

Behind every dish is a little story of the Red Chamber, waiting for you to listen!

After finishing morning tea and having the Red Chamber Banquet, my stomach felt a bit full, so my next itinerary is to visit Yangzhou National Medical Library, take a walk, and also drink a cup of black tea that can nourish my stomach and digest food.

Yangzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine Academy, a national level demonstration base for traditional Chinese medicine health preservation, is located in the urban mountains and forests of the famous scenic area of Shouxi Lake. It is built on top of Shugang Mountain, next to Shouxi Lake, which has a brilliant cultural context and flowing water charm. It is adjacent to scenic spots such as Daming Temple, Guanyin Mountain, Jianzhen Library, and Songjiacheng Sports Park, covering an area of 60 acres.

Even the accommodation space is so simple and elegant

The Chinese Medical Academy also provides accommodation. If I hadn't booked two nights at Changle Inn, I might have stayed here for one night.

afternoon tea

nut

[Health Preserving Laba Congee]

The main ingredients are glutinous rice, Shaanxi yellow rice, black rice, peanuts, black beans, red beans, etc. Laba Congee is not only a custom and food, but also a good health product.

Cao Yanshan, a nutritionist in the Qing Dynasty, wrote "Congee Manual", saying that Laba Congee is rich in nutrients and easy to absorb. It is a good "food therapy" product, which has the functions of harmonizing the stomach, tonifying the spleen, nourishing the heart, clearing the lung, benefiting the kidney, benefiting the liver, eliminating thirst, brightening the eyes, relieving constipation, and calming the nerves. And it also adds the traditional Chinese medicine ingredient Cishi (commonly known as chicken head rice), which has a sweet and astringent taste, a mild nature, and has the effects of nourishing the middle and qi, refreshing and strengthening the mind, and prolonging life. It's really warm for your stomach and heart to serve such a hot bowl of Laba Congee on a cold winter day.

Pickled vegetables

According to traditional Chinese medicine, winter is considered a good season for concealing essence and qi. Therefore, the cold winter is also a good season for warming and nourishing health. The Chinese Academy of Medicine has launched this Danggui Niuti Tang, which is particularly suitable for winter health preservation, in response to the season. The main ingredients are cow trotters and Angelica sinensis. The tendons in cow hooves are sweet in taste and warm in nature. They enter the spleen and kidney meridians and have the effects of nourishing qi and tonifying deficiency, warming the middle and warming the middle. Stewed with the traditional Chinese medicine Angelica sinensis, it has the effects of nourishing the kidneys and marrow, nourishing the blood and promoting blood circulation, and nourishing the blood and blood. Suitable for people who suffer from fatigue, weakness, soreness and weakness in the waist and knees, postpartum coldness, abdominal pain, cold hernia, and nausea due to middle deficiency.

While supporting my stomach to the point of no return, I drank black tea for digestion, hahaha! What kind of divine operation is this?

After the afternoon tea at the National Academy of Medicine, the next trip is to visit the Huaiyang Cuisine Master Work Hall and the Huaiyang Cuisine Museum in Yangzhou

Huaiyang Cuisine Master Studio

Wishing everyone a happy New Year in advance!

I really like the furnishings in the studio.

Appreciating the master's ability to cut tofu should be considered a basic skill of Yangzhou chefs. Although it is a basic skill, without a certain foundation, it is impossible to cut it so evenly and finely.

12 ingredients of Yangzhou fried rice.

Yangzhou fried rice

The Huaiyang Cuisine Culture Museum, the Huaiyang Cuisine Master Studio and the Fun Garden Tea House that is going to have dinner in the evening are all on the same street.

Although there is no longer the lush greenery of spring here, the deep green environment highlights the tranquility of winter, making one's mood calm as they walk

Unconsciously, the sky also darkened. At this moment, I saw pavilions and towers all covered in gold makeup, making people feel even more exquisite about the architecture.

Strolling in the park from dawn to dusk, the dishes are almost ready.

Duck head

Jinxiu flavor cold butterfly splicing

Crab Hoof Flower Old Chicken Soup

Orange Australian Beef

Stir fried chives with Huaiyang and soft buns

Gaoyou Lake hairy crab is a specialty of Gaoyou City, Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province. The Gaoyou Lake wetland has abundant biological resources, with the most prominent being the Gaoyou Lake hairy crab, which is pure natural and can be regarded as a masterpiece in the world. When you come to Gaoyou for sightseeing, you must admire the lake scenery and eat hairy crabs.

Steamed Gaoyou paste crab

Chicken oil sausage, river white fish

Golden Onion Eight Treasures Gourd Duck

Baohulu Duck is a delicious and traditional Han Chinese dish. Jiangsu is the birthplace of this dish. Later, during its evolution, major cuisines such as Jiangsu, Shandong, and Sichuan have developed their own unique cooking methods. Today, we can finally taste authentic cuisine.

Day 3:

I was a bit tired from eating the day before, hahaha! So on the third day, I slept until I woke up naturally. It was already past nine o'clock, so I didn't go for morning tea and had breakfast at the hotel. The last lunch was still at a restaurant under Wu's umbrella, but this time it was not the Lion Tower, but the Xishi Tower located in Wanda. It is said that the decoration of the store alone cost 30 million yuan.

Strolling along the long corridor, walking along the tranquil and elegant path, Chinese retro with a modern touch.

Sandpot fish head meatballs

Snacks made from various fruits, vegetables, and beans

Thick soup with Huaiyang boiled and shredded

Dachou Dried Silk is a refreshing and nutritious delicacy. The beauty of its flavor has always been promoted as a delicacy on the table, and it is a household dish in Huaiyang cuisine.

Stewed Pig Blood with Farmhouse Pickled Vegetables

[Stir fried the Taihu Lake Shrimp with Scallion]

The white shrimp has a thin shell, which allows the white meat inside to be seen clearly. After cooking, it has a color like white jade, warm and full. When eaten in the mouth, it is extremely tender and delicious. the Taihu Lake Lake white shrimp has excellent taste and rich nutrition. Every 100 grams of shrimp contains 20.6 grams of protein and 0.7 grams of fat, as well as calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin A and other nutrients.

Traditional Braised Red Crispy Chicken

After staying in Yangzhou for three days and two nights, the title of "World Food Capital" really deserves its name. There is also Li Bai's "Fireworks in Yangzhou in March". In fact, each season of Yangzhou has its own characteristics, and the food in Yangzhou is seasonal, not seasonal food. Restaurants will not sell it. After eating a lot of food, we found that 95% of Yangzhou's food is mainly steamed, stewed and boiled, and there are no other cooking methods, which is particularly healthy for the body. But Huaiyang Cuisine cuisine can be on the lobby and become the protagonist of the state banquet, not only because Huaiyang Cuisine is green, but also because Huaiyang Cuisine is extensive and profound.