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1、Dongpo PorkSu Dongpo (1036-1101), one of eight most famous writers in Tang and Song dynasties, is also famous for his verse, calligraphy and painting Additionally, Su is also special at cooking When he was degraded to Huangzhou for offending emperor, he always cooked by himself to enjoy with his fri
2、end Su's expert was cooking bouilli. He had ever poetized to explain his cooking experience： "Cooking slowly/ Watering steadily/ Sufficiently cooked, taste showed However, the reason of calling this bouilli Dongpo meat was because of an interesting thing happened during his second time stay
3、ing in Hangzhou as a local officia1At that time, the West Lake was mostly covered by wild grass When he took the post, he called the people there to weed The mud dug out was piled up to a long bank Then they built a bridge to dredge the lake The bank improved the environment and provided convenience
4、 to people Not only people got benefit from this long bank, but also West Lake became more beautiful by this bank Later, it was listed as the first of "West Lake Ten Scenes"： Spring on Su BankMeanwhile, people were very grateful for Su Dongpo When they heard that Su liked bouilli, they all
5、 presented pork to him coincidently in spring festiva1 With so much pork, Su Dongpo thought he should enjoy them with his hard-working people So he asked his family to cut pork into blocks, and to cook them with his method, then to send the bouilli, together with wine, to every household When his fa
6、mily was cooking, they mistook sending bouilli with wine for cooking bouilli with wine But the result was that the bouilli cooked with wine was more aromatic and tasteful All people praised the especially delicious bouilli sent by Su Dongpo Then the interesting story spread around The students of Su
7、 Dongpo included those who learned calligraphy and writing, and some learned cooking "Dongpo Meat，z Louwailou imitated Su s method to cook this dish, and improved the skill through experience thus Dongpo Meat comes downBeggar' s ChickenTo make the ginger juice, grate the ginger and squeeze
8、out the juice until you have 1 teaspoon In a small bowl, combine the marinade ingredients Rub the marinade ingredients over the inside and outside of the chicken and let marinate for 1 hour.Preheat the oven to 350 degrees FahrenheitWhile the chicken is marinating, prepare the vegetables and pork If
9、using dried shiitake mushrooms, reconstitute by soaking in warm water until softened Squeezedry and cut into thin slices For fresh, wipe with a damp cloth and slice Cut the pork into thin matchstick pieces Finely chop the remaining vegetablesIn a wok or heavy frying pan, heat 2 tablespoons of oil ov
10、er medium-high to high heat Add the green onion and the pork Stir-fry until the pork is crisp and nearly cooked through, then add the mushrooms and preserved greens Stir in the soy sauce, rice wine or dry sherry, sugar, sesame oil and five-spice powder if using Remove from the pan.Stuff the chicken
11、loosely with the stuffing and close with skewers or strong toothpicks Wrap the chicken tightly in the aluminum foil. Place the wrapped chicken in a roasting pan.Bake the chicken for 75 minutes Bake for another 15 minutes or until the juices run clear and the temperature of the chicken in the thickes
12、t part of the thigh is 180 degrees Fahrenheit Remove the stuffing and serve with the chopped up chickenWest Lake Vinegar FishZ/West Lake Vinegar Fish" is also called "A treasure from a man and his sister-in-law" The story goes like this： Long long ago, there were two brothers whose su
13、rname was Song They were very knowledgeable, but they lived at West Lake by fishing There also lived a rascal Mr. Zhao. Once, rascal Zhao was traveling along West Lake, he saw a beautiful women washing near the lake When he was told that she was Elder Song's wife, he played an intrigue and kille
14、d Elder Song Younger Song and Elder Song* s wife were greatly infuriated by rascaV s action They sued to the local official, hoping to be treated with justice and the rascal be punished But what beyond their expectation was that the official was in collaboration with rasca1 The official gave them a
15、heavy beat and threw them out of the feudal official, needless to say take care of their chargeAfter they got home, Madam Song asked the brother-in-law to flee to other place to avoid being retaliated by rasca1 On departure, Madam Song cooked a plate of special fish： she added sugar and vinegar in f
16、ish Younger Song felt very strange and asked why. Madam Song told him: "Fish is sweet and sour, which symbolizes life is sweet and sour I am intending to remind you of the sour life of common oppressed people and the grievance of your sister-in-law when you have a good life ” Younger Song was g
17、reatly moved He finished the fish and left, with those words in mind Later, Younger Song succeeded in pursuit of his fame and came back to Hangzhou. He revenged for his elder brother, punished the rasca1 But he couldn* t find his sister-in-law. Once Younger Song was invited to have a dinner In dinne
18、r, he found the taste of one dish was just the same as what he ate before leaving home He immediately asked who made this, and knew it was just his sister-in-law It was because that after Younger Song left home, his sister-in-law hid herself in an official as a cook to shun harass from rasca1 Now th
19、ey were very happy to see each other Younger Song resigned and took his sister-in-law home The again lived as fisherman. A poet got inspired by this dish He wrote a poeDragon Well Shrimp KernelThe material of z/Dragon Well Shrimp Kernel'' is large live river shrimp, cooked with fresh tea new
20、ly grown up around Chinese Tomb-sweeping Day. This is a famous dish with Hangzhou's traditional flavor specialized by white and delicate shrimp kernel, green and fragrant lotus leaf, pleasing color, and unique tasteSome one is saying that people were enlightened by the great litterateur, Su Dong
21、po's verse and made out Dragon Well Shrimp Kernel One sentence of his verse generally described like this： Not miss your homeland with your old friends, just taste the new tea by new fire Enjoy poem and wine since you are young In old times, there was a custom that on the day before Chinese Tomb
22、sweeping Day, it was forbidden to use fire After this day, the fired burned was called new fire And the tea picked at this time was called new tea, the best of Dragon Well tea People associated it with the fresh river shrimp and cooked Dragon Well Shrimp Kernel with new fire They found the taste del
23、icious, and the feature special, therefore they preserved this cooking styleBut whether on earth is Dragon Well Shrimp Kernel really originated from this, we could never know This is just a supposition, just for referenceWest Lake Water Shield Soup“I see autumn wind blows and I quit and return to ho
24、meland, so that I could taste delicious dishesM West brings me memory of a soup of Wu. I quit and return to homeland, so that I could taste delicious dishes'* West Lake Water Shield Soup is called also as uChicken, Ham and Water Shield SoupM It is a typical ancient famous dish in Hangzhou. Water
25、 shield is called also as water sunflower It contains rich protein and vitamins It is a rare water vegetable Water shield grows in the lake and the pool. Presently, only Taihu Lake, Xiaoshan Lake and West Lake produce this plant Among which, ones from West Lake are the bestFried Ring BellIt is said
26、that when this dish first come out, it was neither in this shape, nor with this name Afterward, it was gradually appreciated by people With more and more people came to restaurant to order this dish, Fired Ring Bell showed its special feature Once, a hero came into the restaurant, ordering only this
27、 dish Unfortunately, the restaurant just ran out of the material of bean curd skin Thishero was not let down When he heard this material was made in Si Xiang, he immediately jumped onto the horseback and rushed for Si Xiang When he got the bean curd skin back, the owner of restaurant was greatly mov
28、ed by his deed cooked the dish with extra care in a shape of horse bell, to commemorate his keen love for this dish Therefore, people called this dish "Fired Horse Bell'" The skin of "Fired Horse Bell" cooked by experienced cook of Louwailou is very crisp, which gives promine
29、nce to the savor of bean; the inside of "Fired Horse Bell" is fresh and tender, which super induces your appetite Especially when eating it aftHangzhou Seasoned Duck in Soy SauceThe region of Hangzhou is full of lakes and rivers, so it is endowed with rich resource of snails, fish and shri
30、mps, which are good food to feed ducks These ducks are the raw materials for Hangzhou seasoned duck in soy sauce This cold dish looks deep red and tastes comfortably salty. It is nice to accompany it with alcoho1"Pian Er Chuan" NoodleVery delicious noodle made in spiced soup with lean pork
31、, bamboo shoots and a local vegetable called Xue Cai (snow vegetable) Making of the noodle dish can date back to a century ago and is the specialty of a century-old restaurant in Hangzhou called "Kui Yuan GuanZhi Wei Xiao Long (streamed pork bun)The Zhi Wei Guan dumpling, an elegant culinary ac
32、hievement masquerading as a humble snack, consists of a ball of minced pork (sometimes with an added dollop of crab or crab roe), wrapped in a pleated flour dough skin, which is then steamed But every xiao long bao also holds a delightful surprise: there"s a spoonful of hot soup, made from chicken or pork, sometimes both, insideCat' s EarIt is flour-made dough looking like cat's ear, mixed with chicken shreds, ham, mushrooms and bamboo shoots in spiced soup Yummy