Zhongshan is a beautiful place with strong local customs and customs. How much do you know about Zhongshan’s food? What delicious food is there in Zhongshan? Let’s learn more about it with me below, welcome to read and refer to it!

Zhongshan Crispy Pork Basil

Zhongshan Crispy Pork Basil, Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province. Due to the unique breeding environment and technology, the crispy meat is firm, refreshing, crispy, resistant to cooking, and the meat is fragrant and delicious. It has won many honors and is exported to Hong Kong, Macao and some countries in South America. The breeding of Zhongshan Crispy Pork Grass Carp has gone through a special process. The first step is to raise fish fry. It takes about one year to grow a small fish of about half a catty. It will take another year to grow into a fish weighing 5 to 7 catties. At this time, it is no different from an ordinary catfish. . But in the third year, if broad beans are fed at temperatures above 25°C, the meat of the catfish will gradually become crispy.

Shenwan Pineapple

Pineapple, also called pineapple, is native to Brazil in tropical America. It was brought to Macao by Portuguese missionaries in the mid-16th century, and then introduced to various parts of Guangdong. It is cultivated in Guangxi, Fujian, Taiwan and other provinces. After long-term selection and breeding, many varieties have been produced. Pineapple has been cultivated in my country for more than 400 years. The pineapples that are abundant in Shenwan Town, Zhongshan City are called "Shenwan Pineapples". Shenwan is backed by mountains and faces the sea. It has abundant rainfall and fertile land, which is especially suitable for the growth of pineapples.

Zhongshan Almond Cake

Zhongshan Almond Cake: It is called because its appearance resembles almonds. Originally made by families, they were later imitated and made into commercial products, and the shape was changed into round cakes. It has a history of more than 70 years. The body of the cake is crispy, the center of the cake is sweet, fat but not greasy, it melts in the mouth and has a unique flavor. Zhongshan specialty almond cake is a kind of mung bean cake. It was pioneered by Tsui Heung Yuen Bakery with a history of more than 90 years. The original almond cake was made from mung beans ground into powder and then made into an almond-shaped cake. A piece of sugar-marinated pork was sandwiched in the middle of the cake and baked to make a mung bean cake. . Almond cake is also named after its shape, and now it has been improved into a round cake shape.

Huangpu Cured Meat

Traditional Lingnan people have a saying: When the autumn wind blows, eat cured meat. That is to say, every year after the beginning of autumn in the lunar calendar, when the north wind blows coolly, the season for making preserved meat among the people has arrived. In the stalls of the market, strings and rows of various cured meat products are hung in rows. Under the light, they are as bright as agate, full of color, and the strong scent of bacon attracts people to linger in front of the stalls. round trip. The most eye-catching among these cured meat stalls are the products marked with the trademark "Huangpu cured meat". ? Huangpu is a famous town in the northernmost part of Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province. It is adjacent to Shunde City in the northwest and faces Panyu City across the river in the northeast.

Triangle Shalan Chicken

Triangle Shalan Chicken is a specialty of Sanjiao Town, Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province. Shalan chicken is also known as triangle chicken and Shiqi chicken. It is one of the high-quality local chicken breeds in Guangdong Province. It is characterized by its large size, thick breast meat and plump body. It is famous both at home and abroad for its fresh, smooth and crispy chicken meat. It was sold to Hong Kong and Macao as early as the 1920s. Shalan Chicken, also known as Triangle Chicken, is named after its place of origin, Shalan Village, Sanjiao Town, Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province. It is said that the chicken breed was brought by farmers who migrated to Zhongshan from Shunde and Dongguan more than 200 years ago. Shalan chicken is medium in size. Its advantages are tender meat, delicious taste and less subcutaneous fat. It is especially suitable for making "white-cut chicken".

Shaxi Free-range Chicken

Shaxi’s free-range chicken is delicious and the cooking method is unique. The white-cut chicken is famous in Zhongshan and is called Shaxi’s specialty. One of three courses. The selected chickens are all about 2 to 3 pounds. After plucking the feathers, add water several times and use ice water to pass through the cold river. Then add ginger paste, soy sauce and other seasonings. Eat them with the seasonings. This kind of chicken has crispy skin and crispy meat. , tender and smooth in the mouth, with a strong chicken flavor, it is very popular among gourmets in Zhongshan and Hong Kong and Macao. The white-cut chicken at Gao Lao Restaurant and Holy Lion Market Restaurant is more popular. Most free-range chickens are raised by farmers themselves. They are first fed with feed and millet until they weigh about one pound, and then they are fed with millet, rice bran, leafy vegetables or left in the field to let them eat by themselves.

Grain worm cake

Grain worm is a rare species with strong seasonality in Zhongshan. Farmers in the Shenwan area of ??Zhongshan have a saying: "Grain worms will never return after passing by." There are only two opportunities to harvest during the year. They are caught every year on the first and fifteenth tides of March, April and August or September of the lunar calendar. March is when cucumbers are in full bloom, so they are called "cucumber bugs", and April is when lychees are flowering and bearing fruit, which is called "lychee bugs." These two grass bugs are small in size and taste a little fishy. The grass insects produced in the eighth and ninth months of the lunar calendar are called "autumn equinox" and "flower flower insects" respectively. In these two months, the grass insects are not only abundant in number, but also have plump bodies and are especially delicious. They are the best of the grass insects. , Zhongshan people like it the most.

Shiqi squab

Shiqi squab is one of the famous specialties of Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province. Shiqi squab was originally an excellent pigeon breed introduced by overseas Chinese from Zhongshan. A kind of squab bred after crossing with excellent pigeons from Shiqi, Zhongshan. This kind of squab is famous for its large body, tender meat and extra thick breast meat. It can be cooked in many ways. Tea dishes made with squab include braised squab, crispy squab, braised squab, Songjiang squab, and Jiangnan white flower. Pigeon, pigeon in oil, white-cut pigeon, king pigeon in soy sauce, etc. Shiqi is rich in squab, which is well-known in the provincial, Hong Kong and Macao markets for its large size, thick breast meat, full muscles, tender and delicious meat.

Shaxi Braised Pork

When Longdu people hold a banquet, braised pork must be included, and it is regarded as the king of dishes. This dish has been handed down from generation to generation in Daoguang, Qing Dynasty. Its flavor characteristics are rich and sweet, crispy and not greasy. It is a famous local dish that all restaurants, restaurants and even ordinary families in Shaxi Town know how to make. Shaxi braised pork is fat but not greasy, and you can feel it melting just a little bit when you hold it in your mouth. It is famous at home and abroad for its unique cooking method. ?It is reported that a long time ago, every household in Shaxi raised pigs, and there were no refrigerators at that time. After a pig was slaughtered, it was difficult to finish eating it within a period of time.