Based on the above four schools, Zhejiang cuisine as a whole has obvious characteristics and four characteristics: exquisite selection of materials, unique cooking, attention to original flavor and fine production. First, the famous West Lake vinegar fish, Dongpo meat, Longjing shrimp and so on. They are all well-known foods, but there are also some alternative foods. Let's take a look at Zhejiang's 10 dark cuisine. Everyone knows that there are beautiful women in Jiangnan, but I didn't expect the diet to be so tasty.
1, Shaoxing stinky tofu
Shaoxing stinky tofu is one of the local specialty snacks. There are stinky tofu in many places in China, but Shaoxing stinky tofu has a unique flavor. It is made by soaking amaranth stem juice. Let me talk about what kimchi juice is. Many foreign diners feel sad about Shaoxing hand tofu, mainly because it is too strong, but many people just like the taste. Just like old Beijingers love to drink bean juice, people who like it will become addicted, and people who don't like it will avoid it when they smell it.
2, Ningbo stinky amaranth
As mentioned above, stinky tofu is preserved with the marinade of stinky amaranth. People in Ningbo have a long history of eating "smelly". According to historical records, as early as the Qing Dynasty, there was a process of making stinky amaranth. There is a local proverb that three days without meat is worse than one day stinking, which shows how much locals like pickled amaranth. I thought Mr. Bao Yugang returned to his hometown, hoping to eat this humble "three stinks".
3, Ningbo smelly wax gourd
Smelly wax gourd is a famous local traditional dish in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. Unique flavor, exotic flavor, invigorating spleen and appetizing. The stinky wax gourd in Xian Yi and Ningbo, Xian Yi, old and young, is known as one of the "Three Smells" in Ningbo. There is a saying in Ningbo that "the wax gourd is pickled with sesame oil and old wine". Soaking rice in the morning is good food for people. Many overseas travelers should taste it when they return home to visit relatives to commemorate the past. When many foreign diners first ate this delicious food, they were all conquered by its pungent smell. Just like foreigners eating canned herring, it is best to eat it with your nose clamped, otherwise it is really unacceptable.
4. Zhoushan red mud (crab)
Red mud crab is a traditional snack of the Han nationality in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province. It is bright red, fresh, salty and tender. Put cold boiled water into a container, add salt, white wine, onion and ginger to make concentrated brine, then put the washed red crab in and marinate for 8 hours. In the past, fishermen along the coast of Zhoushan washed the fresh white crabs that had just been salvaged with fresh water, and then immediately pickled them with high-alcohol liquor and salt brought from the ship. At that time, fishermen had to go fishing for at least a month or even longer. When the fishermen came back, almost all the crabs were marinated, but many foreign diners still did.
5. Wenzhou jelly
Bean jelly is a traditional local snacks in Wenzhou, Zhejiang. Most of the raw materials are yellow croaker glue or fish glue, which turns into a thin paste after boiling in water, and then naturally cools to form jelly. Cut into small pieces or strips, add soy sauce, rice vinegar, sesame oil and monosodium glutamate and stir. The appearance is crystal clear, the taste is cool, and it can sober up. This delicious dish has a fishy smell, which is more fishy than fish bubbles. You really can't eat it without dipping it in the sauce. But local people like delicious food.
6. Wenzhou duck tongue
Duck tongue is a special snack in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, which belongs to Zhejiang cuisine. Duck tongue is halogen, dry in the wind, chewed in the mouth, full of toughness and quite chewy. Wenzhou people call duck tongue "duck (earning)", not duck tongue. There are ducks in Shuicheng. After raising ducks on a large scale, the complementary food processing industry in Wenzhou rose, with a famous brand "Xianbali", and rotten ducks and duck tongues became famous dishes. It's a cold dish, duck tongue is bittern, the wind is half dry, and it's chewy in the mouth, full of toughness and quite chewy. A plate of delicious duck tongue is scary to think about. Courageous diners can try it.
7. Shaoxing drunken shrimp
Shaoxing drunken shrimp is one of the local specialty snacks. Shrimp is produced in Jianhu Lake, Shaoxing. Jianhu Lake is clear in water and rich in trace elements. Shaoxing rice wine? Excellent water source. Shaoxing yellow wine brewed with it is fragrant and famous at home and abroad. Its river shrimp is also very delicious. After being pickled with yellow wine, live river shrimp can be eaten as a lively food by adding various juices. Looking at a bowl of fresh river shrimp, I'm really afraid of stabbing my mouth when I eat it. It's really a dark dish in Zhejiang.
8. Dongyang Boy Egg
The boy's egg is boiled with the boy's urine. Boys' eggs have a long history in Dongyang City, Zhejiang Province. It is said that urine sediment is mainly used to crystallize human white, which can nourish yin and reduce fire, stop bleeding and treat blood stasis. In 2008, dongyang boy's egg was also included in dongyang intangible cultural heritage. Every spring, boys' eggs are sold everywhere in the streets of Dongyang. This taste is sour and refreshing, and the smell of boiled eggs mixed with the smell of urine permeates the streets. Even Guangdong tourists are afraid to try. It can be seen that this dish is definitely one of the dark dishes in Zhejiang.
9. Zhejiang Maodan
Hairy eggs, also called happy eggs in Zhejiang, are also called phoenix eggs in some places. Hairy eggs are eggs that are about to hatch, but have not yet hatched. When you open the egg, the chicken inside is basically formed. Steamed, boiled or fried raw eggs are dipped in salt and pepper to eat, which has excellent taste and taste. However, this gourmet snack has been rated as 10 the most difficult food to swallow by foreigners.
10, Tongxiang spider stewed eggs
Is there anything to eat in the traditional Dragon Boat Festival custom around Shimen, Tongxiang, Zhejiang? Spiders simmer eggs? The custom of. Mr. Feng Zikai's "Recalling the Past in Duanyang" recorded this custom very concretely. Many friends in Zhejiang say they have never eaten it at all, let alone heard of it. Not eating doesn't mean it doesn't exist. CCTV-4 "Travel around China" column, right? Spiders simmer eggs? If you are interested, you can go and have a look, just like the Dragon Boat Festival, with different folk customs. I won't go into details here. During the Dragon Boat Festival, the locals will knock a small hole in the egg, put the spider in, seal it with yellow paper, cook it on charcoal fire, and take the spider out to eat the egg. This dish is one of the top ten dark dishes in Zhejiang, and it is absolutely justified.