Tianyan Jianbao

Chapter 60 Hefei Famous Dishes
The hall with a size of four to five hundred square meters was full of people, and more than a dozen waiters shuttled between the tables to deliver food.

From the outside of the hotel, Wang Haoming would never believe that the business inside would be as good as it is.

"Why are you standing there, let's go." Li Zhi pulled Wang Haoming who was stunned on the spot, and walked to the second floor.

The structure of the second floor of the hotel is exactly the same as that of the first floor, except that it is divided into small private rooms. Li Zhi didn't greet the waiter, and dragged Wang Haoming down from room to room.

When he reached the door of a private room, he stopped, pushed the door open and walked in.

The private room is not big, and it is estimated that seven or eight people can be seated at most. The sound insulation effect does not seem to be very good, and the talking and laughing in the next private room can be heard very clearly.

After Li Zhi went in, he looked at Wang Haoming and said proudly: "How about it, buddy, we are not bad at this, we can tell with our ears that there is no one in this room."

Wang Haoming held back his laughter, nodded his head to express his agreement with Li Zhi's statement, and then said: "Your ears are good, I don't think we should go to Tibet anymore, let's go back here, after we go back, you will see the sky In Rogo’s villa, just let him serve as a Tibetan mastiff.”

Wang Haoming laughed loudly while talking about it. When he was in the corridor just now, he found a sign saying "Someone" was hung on the handle of the door of these private rooms.

Li Zhi chose this one because he must have seen that the sign was turned upside down. This buddy actually brags about it, Wang Haoming naturally wants to hit him.

"You are the Tibetan mastiff. If a dog can't spit out ivory, it won't make your buddies shiver..."

Li Zhi cursed back with a resentful face, and before he finished speaking, the door of the private room was pushed open from the outside.

The one who came in was the restaurant waiter, a very young girl with tea in her hand. After pouring the tea for the two of them, she took out the menu.

Li Zhi waved his hand, and imitated the Hefei dialect and said, "There's no need for the menu. Let's have a big plate of 'Cao Cao Chicken', and then 'Bao Gong Yu'. Come to each of the four desserts, Baked Cake, Cunjin, and Baiqie, all right, let’s serve first.”

Li Zhi finished ordering quickly without asking for wine. Although he and Wang Haoming both drink well, but they are out of town and have to drive, Li Zhi still has a sense of propriety.

The little girl in front of her didn't realize that Li Zhi was an outsider, but when she saw that the few dishes he ordered were all famous local signature dishes, she agreed, refilled the water for the two of them, and went out.

"I said hooligan, what kind of dishes do you order? We brothers are celebrities today?"

Wang Haoming was a little confused by the names of the dishes Li Zhi ordered. Cao Cao, Bao Gong, and Li Hongzhang, these names sounded so evil, that is to say, the dim sum called later was more normal.

Li Zhi looked at Wang Haoming contemptuously, and said, "I'm not familiar with it. Let me tell you, the dishes I ordered are all local specialties in Hefei, and you can't eat them in other places."

"Not to mention anything else, just say that this 'Baogong fish' is produced in the Baohe River, which is the moat around the Baogong Temple. The crucian carp produced in this river is black-backed, which looks a bit like Baoheizi's black face, so it is called Bao Gongyu..."

"Then what is the origin of Cao Cao's chicken?" Wang Haoming was a little fascinated, and there is such a legend about a dish.

"As for the 'Cao Cao Chicken', it is a traditional famous dish that originated in the Three Kingdoms period. According to legend, during the Three Kingdoms period, Hefei was a place that military strategists fought for because it was located at the head of Wu and the end of Chu.

After Cao Cao unified the north, he led an army of 83 to go south to fight with that man named Sun. When he arrived in Hefei, the little boy was overworked due to busy military and political affairs, suffered from headaches, and was bedridden.

"At that time, Cao Cao's chef followed the prescription left by Hua Tuo, selected Hefei local chicken, and then carefully cooked it with traditional Chinese medicine to make medicinal chicken. Cao Bailian felt delicious after eating it, and loved it very much. He gradually became ill. It will be fine, the body will recover soon, and I will eat this chicken every meal in the future."

"That's why I said, brother, what we eat today is all very particular. Cao Cao was a quasi-emperor when he was placed in the Three Kingdoms."

As for Li Zhi, he is really a foodie. From junior high school to high school, he has never passed the exam, and now he can actually quote the classics, which somewhat makes Wang Haoming a little impressed.

While the two were talking, 'Bao Gong Yu' was actually ready. The waiter pushed a small cart and brought 'Bao Gong Fish' and several plates of braised pork with peanuts to the table. After seeing the 'Bao Gong Fish' with his own eyes, Wang Haoming Only then did I realize that this turned out to be a cold dish.

He went out early in the morning and ate some stuffed buns and fritters. Wang Haoming was already hungry. He didn't drink anyway, so he just put down his chopsticks and started eating.

Putting a piece of crucian carp into his mouth, a delicious taste was immediately transmitted to Wang Haoming's brain through his taste buds.

Moreover, the fish meat that had been simmered for more than five hours had already been burnt until the bones were crispy and the meat was rotten. It melted in the mouth and carried a faint aroma of lotus.

"it is good!"

Wang Haoming couldn't help but praise, and the chopsticks in his hands didn't stop, and he picked up another one and put it in his mouth.

On the other hand, Li Zhi wanted to hear Wang Haoming's compliments, but in the blink of an eye, half of the plate of 'Bao Gong Yu' was left. Li Zhi hurriedly grabbed the chopsticks and Wang Haoming snatched it up.

The second dish that came up was 'Li Hongzhang's Mixed Stew'. After the dish was brought to the table, it looked ruddy and shiny, and smelled tangy, which made the two of them twitch their index fingers.

At this time, 'Bao Gong Yu' had already been eaten by the two of them. Li Zhi had learned his lesson just now, and this time when the dish was on the table, he started to eat it. Wang Haoming wanted this fellow to continue explaining. I know this guy is very cunning, don't be fooled.

After grabbing the last piece of shiitake mushroom and putting it in his mouth, Li Zhi pouted his mouth, looked at Wang Haoming proudly, and said, "My buddy, let me tell you about this dish now, damn it, you said we will teach history when we go to school My teacher, if I treat us to a meal every day, will I fail the history exam?"

Wang Haoming: "..."

The dish "Li Hongzhang Hodgepodge" also has its own allusions. According to legend, when Li Hongzhang went to Russia to attend the coronation ceremony of Nicholas II and visited Europe and the United States along the way, he ate Western food for three meals a day, which was very unaccustomed.

After arriving in Europe and America, Li Hongzhang ordered the accompanying chef to "cook in one pot" the vegetables and meat purchased locally according to the cooking method of Chinese dishes.

After the "one-pot cooking" came out, the food was delicious and delicious, and it could be served with wine and meals without delaying official visits due to tedious frying and frying. Li Hongzhang simply ate this every day.

Sometimes when entertaining foreigners, when asked about the name of the dish after eating, Li Hongzhang would casually say that it was "hodgepodge".

After Li Hongzhang returned to China, he still asked his family to make this dish often, and even more often entertained guests with it. Since then, "Hot Potpourri" has become popular all over the country, and "Li Hongzhang's Potpourri" has become a reserved variety of Hefei's famous dishes.

The main dish that came last was naturally "Cao Cao Chicken". The dish "Cao Cao Chicken" is based on local high-quality chicken.

It is made with Gujing tribute wine produced in Anhui and 18 kinds of appetizing and fitness accessories such as Gastrodia elata, Eucommia, shiitake mushrooms, winter bamboo shoots, pepper, aniseed, cinnamon, fennel, onion and ginger.

It is rich in nutrition and has the function of diet therapy and health. After Wang Haoming finished eating, he immediately felt warm in his stomach, which was very comfortable.

"Rogue, I'm a little envious of you now. Among other things, the food in the north and south of the river is really well-deserved."

Wang Haoming patted his stuffed belly, looked at Li Zhi and said, this is what he said in his heart, Hefei alone can eat such delicious food.

What's more, China is so big that the eight major cuisines of Shandong, Guangdong, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Fujian, Zhejiang, Hunan and Anhui each have their own strengths. Only people like Li Zhi who run around all day can eat these original flavors. Featured dishes.

Although there are restaurants with various cuisines in some big cities, the taste of eating has changed after all.

Just like the roast duck in Quanjude in the capital city, branches have been opened all over the country, but after people go to the capital city, they still like to eat in the old restaurant in the capital city. There is no other reason, that is, to eat the original flavor.

"Okay, Hao Ming, don't laugh at me. You see me driving around in a car every day. It's very comfortable, but you don't know the hard work of going out, just like the last time I drove to Kunming, the car broke down on the mountain road Now, and there is no signal on the mobile phone, it is really ineffective, and there is no food or drink for a whole day and night."

Li Zhi was still a little embarrassed when he talked about the past. That time he drove a small road in order to take a shortcut, but after the car broke down, he didn't even want to stop a passing car.

Listening to howling wolves all night in the barren mountains and mountains frightened him a lot. This time he went to Tibet to call Wang Haoming, which also gave him courage.

Hearing this, Wang Haoming understood why Li Zhi packed so much food in that Humvee. I dare say this brother has suffered psychological trauma.

(End of this chapter)