In recent years, the leading enterprises of local cuisine in Dongguan have increased their exploration in food culture, so diners in the Pearl River Delta region have begun to have a "fatal temptation" to come to Dongguan for a big meal. Li Ping, CEO of Dongguan celebrity garden porridge court, believes that the essence of Dongguan cuisine lies in its
"Strong Hakka flavor, faint rural scenery".
According to the topography, Guan Yi can be divided into three regions, such as Zhangmutou and Qingxi, which are mainly Hakka dishes with salty taste. John Wan, Gaochun, Hongmei, Shatian, Humen and other places are representatives of the coastal areas of water towns, with rich fish and shrimp resources and salty and sweet tastes. There are Putian pieces between mountains and rivers, mainly in Chashan, Da Lang, Dalingshan and Shipai. Families raise more chickens, ducks and geese, and the taste is mainly sweet.
Dongguan local dishes, or farm dishes, are actually "casual". This randomness is manifested in local materials and simple practices. Cooking method is only a means, and how to show the original flavor is fundamental. The skilled chef in Dongguan said that with these ideas, as long as the customer dares to order, he will dare to do it; Pick up what dish and figure out how to cook it at once. This is the difference between home cooking and hotels.
Shanpian: the taste of homemade home-cooked dishes
Villages and towns: Zhangmutou, Qingxi, Xiegang, etc.
Representative dishes: brine chicken, Hakka stuffed tofu, bowl soup, plum meat roll, camphor stuffed shad.
Hakka cuisine is the main food style of Shanpian. It is understood that there are more than100000 Hakkas in Dongguan, and the number of Hakkas in the foreign population is also quite large, which is why the mountains and even the local dishes in Dongguan have a strong Hakka flavor.
In addition to the famous brine chicken, there is another feature of Hakka cuisine: the word "brew", which can be used to brew almost any home-cooked food you want, such as tofu, eggplant and pepper. The reporter saw stuffed beans in a home-cooked dish called Eating and Wearing Zone in John Wan, Dongguan, which was lively and lovely. Simply put, anything you can think of can be used for "brewing". A professor at Dongguan Party School believes that it is precisely because Hakka people migrate to various places and live in mountainous areas, which is very inclusive, so they "brew" a lot of delicious food, and the "brewed" things can not deteriorate for a long time.
Watertown coastal area: tasting river fresh.
Town: John Wan, Daobu, Gaojiao, nave, Hongmei, Shatian, Chang 'an, Humen, Mayong and other representative dishes: Wanxiang Fish Ball, Hong Mei Raw Bone Rolled Noodles, nave Beef brisket fried noodles, Hong Mei Shalinzai cold melon, Mayong vole jerky, Mayong salty pig neck, Humen.
Dongguan is a famous water town, and there have been several swimming champions in history. Water towns have nurtured rich products and brought unique food. Food stalls along the Wan Xin in Humen and farmhouse restaurants near water towns and reservoirs always attract many diners to come by car. Look at the parking situation to know the popularity of these seafood.
The river in Dongguan is rich in cockroaches. When the river dries up, you can reach out and catch it. In the past, salty glutinous rice ribs were made by grinding glutinous rice, adding fried rice grains, canning, sealing for half a month and steaming with pork. It is a good seasoning in winter. In the old society, when you leave your hometown to make a living in other places, you must bring a bottle of salted clams to prevent you from being "acclimatized" in other places and making you homesick. It's just that some rivers are polluted now, and there are fewer cockroaches, which has become a delicious food that people miss.
Where there is a village, there must be a pond, and the fish in the pond is naturally delicious on the stove. Aconitum fish in Humen and Chang 'an are rich in fat. Baked aconite fish with salt is a famous dish in my hometown Wax gourd, hairy melon, shredded fermented bean with ginger, yuba and bighead carp are the hometown specialties of Gaochun, Daojiao, Shijie and nave. The shad is bony. People remove the bones and make meatballs with meat, which are crisp and sweet.
Dongjiang is rich in clams, cooked with pickles and dried taro, which is a common home-cooked dish in Gaokui, Hongmei, Daojiao and John Wan.
Coastal areas are characterized by fish, shrimp and crabs, and are famous for shrimp and insects. Bowls of steamed prawns and roasted worms are still talked about by the old-timers so far.
Putian slices: sauce and side dishes are better.
Towns: Chashan, Da Lang, Liaobu, Dalingshan, Changping, Shipai, etc.
Representative dishes: boiled fish with white gourd, Tangxia goose and Chashan salted shrimp.
Because the terrain of Putian is between mountains and rivers, some in the water are not as good as water towns, and some in the mountains are not as good as mountains, so people here began to work hard on spices when cooking. Putian area is sparsely populated, local people are more proficient in cooking, and the dishes are few but fine.
They use their own beans to make lobster sauce and soy sauce as seasoning. Whether it is mixed with fish, shrimp, crab, melon and vegetables, it is very delicious. There is a saying in Dongguan: "Black olive, white olive, pine and cypress, sweet potato taro, horseshoe mountain". Da Lang takes fried rice with olive sauce as its hometown specialty. Steamed fish mouth with olive horn and steamed fish mouth with bean paste are more popular and can lower blood pressure. Liaobu, Dalang Douchi? Osmanthus fragrans is a famous hometown dish. Compared with steamed chicken with sausage, it is called "romantic emperor", and steamed chicken with lobster sauce is called "romantic queen" by the people.
It is said that some restaurants, in order to make the dishes more delicious, will go around the farmers in Putian to find lobster sauce and bean paste. A chef also told reporters that those excellent sauces in Dongguan can't be bought in shopping malls. Be sure to go to the farmer's house and sell it for 30 yuan a barrel, but it tastes excellent.