Foshan is the "hometown of gourmet food" in the Pearl River Delta. It has fertile land, intertwined water networks, abundant natural resources, and abundant "land, sea, and air" products. No matter the animals flying in the sky, walking on the ground, burrowing in the soil, or swimming in the water, or the various green fruits and vegetables, they can all be turned into delicious dishes under the careful cooking of master chefs.

There are many restaurants and restaurants in Foshan, as well as numerous gourmet villas, open day and night. Drinking tea in a restaurant in the morning and evening has always been a favorite of Foshan people. Whenever we drink tea, the restaurant is full of people, families, friends and family, chatting or having family gatherings, forming a unique local food culture.

Foshan people have created many delicacies in different styles based on the specialties and tastes of different places. Foshan's Zhuhou Food and Shunde's "Fengcheng (Daliang) Speculation" are both famous far and wide. There are many snacks in Foshan, such as Foshan blind male cake, tie hoof, Daliang pheasant roll, fried milk, bunsha, double skin milk, Xiaofeng cake, Nanhai fish raw, Dafu cake, Jiujiang fried dumpling, Sanshui paparazzi duck, etc. All are well-known.

Heji Blind Man Cake is a famous specialty of Foshan

Because it was created by a blind man. Hence the name Blind Man Cake. It was created in the late Pu Jiaqing era (1796-1820), which is 160 years ago. The blind man's name was He Shengchao. When he was eight years old, he became blind due to his poor family and lack of money for medical treatment. He began to learn divination at the age of ten. After completing his studies, he opened the "Qian Qian Tang" Gua Ming Pavilion at the entrance of Jiaoshanfang in this city, which was quite popular among some people at that time. He has two sons, one is Yinyuan and the other is Fenxing (named Yuzhai). Yuzhai, on the other hand, serves his father in the pavilion. Because most of the querents bring children with them, they make noises and cry, which affects the work. Yu Zhai then came up with a method: grind rice coke into rice flour, add sesame seeds and peanuts, and mix it with raw oil to make rice cakes, which are called "meat cakes". (Nowadays, the seal of the blind cake still has the word meat cake.) In this way, it can be sold to people asking for fortune to lure children, and it can also make more money to support the family. Because of the ingenious production, sweet fragrance and delicious taste, the price is cheap, and people buy it in large numbers. In order to make a profit, neighbors also imitated and sold the meat cakes, but the quality was not as good as the "genuine" ones. People flocked to He Shengchao to buy the meat cakes, and the story passed down from generation to generation. People who bought the meat cakes from the Blind Man called the meat cakes "Blind Man Pancakes". The Blind Man Cake got its name from this. In feudal society, a blind person was most afraid of others calling him a blind man. Therefore, for more than a hundred years, although Bai Gong cake has become famous in the market, his descendants do not use Zigong cake as a sign, but Heji meat. Heart cake is named after it. Since the liberation of the People's Republic of China in 1952, our city participated in the South China Material Exchange Conference. In order to vigorously promote Foshan's local products, it officially designated the trademark as blind public cake.

The production of blind male cakes is different from ordinary cakes and has its own unique features. Most of the cakes sold on the market are made with flour, while blind male cakes are made entirely of glutinous rice with sugar and peanuts. , sesame, pork, raw oil and other high-quality raw materials are skillfully made. The pork sandwiched in the cake is made in a more exquisite and exquisite way. It is marinated in fine white sugar for several months (at least a few days) before being taken out and prepared. It tastes sweet and crispy, delicious, and is well-known at home and abroad. For hundreds of years, the production method has been simple, using earthenware pots to hold the ingredients and baking them, and the production was done while sitting, which was extremely inefficient. It was not until the public-private partnership in 1955 that the chopping board system was switched to standing production. Due to improved operating methods, production efficiency has been greatly improved. The current product specifications are available in two sizes, the large one has six per tube, and the small one has ten per tube. For export or gift giving, there are also paper boxes and iron boxes

Foshan nine-layer cake with braised pig trotters

Foshan and Nanhai are celebrating folk festivals, especially the Spring Festival, and every family must Making nine-layer cakes takes the meaning of "lasting for a long time, rising step by step". Nine-layer cake is a sweet rice cake with exquisite workmanship. The folk method is to soak white rice, grind it into gouache with a stone mill, stir it into a slurry, add sugar water, put a thin layer of gouache on a copper plate, heat and steam it, and then add powder layer by layer to nine layers. The steamed nine-layer cake has distinct layers, is soft and delicious. Some people also use food coloring to make each layer red and white, which is very beautiful. During the festival, people cut the steamed nine-layer cake into small diamond-shaped pieces and stack every four pieces into a plate (three on the bottom and one on top). First, they worship the gods, then their ancestors, and then the whole family eats the cake. Take its auspicious meaning. During the Spring Festival, people often give sponge cakes, rice cakes, fried dumplings, and oil horns to each other as gifts to relatives and friends, but nine-layer cakes are not given to others. It is said that sharing them with others will dilute the good luck and be detrimental to oneself. When it comes to the heart-warming fermented pig's trotters, everyone who has eaten them is full of praise. The fermented pig's trotters are light and refreshing, refreshing but not greasy. The skin of the fermented pig's trotters is crispy and the meat is fragrant. It is sweet and delicious, and the fragrance lingers between your teeth after eating.

In addition, it is convenient to eat and does not need to be cooked or steamed. You can buy it and eat it at home. Therefore, it has been spread for more than 100 years and is still famous far and wide. When Foshan people entertain guests, in addition to chicken as the main course, they also serve a plate of fermented hoof, which is considered a particularly warm hospitality.

Foshan Zhuhou Sauce Xiqiao Flatbread

Zhuhou Sauce is delicious in color, moderately sweet, and has a fragrant soybean flavor. It is a unique condiment. For more than 100 years, Zhuhou Food has become one of Foshan's most distinctive food ingredients, famous far and near, and highly praised by people. Xiqiao pancakes were first produced by Tianyuan Cake Shop in Guanshanwei, and were sold throughout the province and Hong Kong. Its characteristics are soft, sweet and loose in the mouth. This cake can only be made from the clear springs of Xiqiao Mountain. The taste is not as good as the imitations made in other places, so it is called Xiqiao Big Cake.

Silkworm chrysalis and kudzu

Commonly known as silkworms, they are rich in protein and are one of the cheap and high-quality dishes. The silk reeling industry is developed in Shunde and Nanhai areas. Silkworm pupae are a by-product of silk reeling. In addition to being sold to farmers and put into fish ponds as fertilizer, fresh silkworm pupae can also be eaten and are often sold in the market.

1. Ready to eat. During silk reeling, a large pot of boiling water pulls out the silk from the cocoon, and the silkworms are then eaten, which is sweet and delicious. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, female silk reeling workers worked long hours, leaving early and returning late. When they were hungry, they were not allowed to leave the reeling machine and go to the street to buy something to eat. They had to pick up silkworms after the silk was extracted, but they could only eat them secretly. The boss was Workers are not allowed to eat silkworms.

2. Fried silkworms. Drain the water from the silkworms, heat up a pot with oil, put the silkworms into the pot and stir-fry over low heat until browned. It is very sweet and delicious. stir-fry. Add oil to the pan and sauté until fragrant, then add vegetables and stir-fry before serving. This is a dish that is very popular among residents in Foshan. Silkworms can be stir-fried with leeks or bamboo shoots, green peppers, and kudzu grains. It is a farmhouse dish that is full of color, flavor, and flavor.

3. Silkworm sauce. Dry the silkworms in oil, grind them into paste in a sand basin, add salt and red pepper powder to make the paste, put it in a container and take it out when eating. It can be used as a condiment for steamed pork and stir-fry dishes, which has a unique flavor. Kudzu is one of the local specialties of Gaoming City and is mainly distributed in mountainous towns such as Heshui. People in Heshui began to cultivate kudzu in the 1960s and 1970s, but until the 1990s, there were very few farmers growing kudzu. Everyone used the land to grow "Heshui watermelon". Due to the lack of melons in the home, Scientific planting and breeding knowledge means that the mature melon fields cannot get a "rest" for many years, and the quality of the watermelons produced deteriorates and the market gradually disappears, so farmers turn to planting kudzu. Since the hydrophilic soil is mainly loose sandy loam, the kudzu grown there is sweet and without residue, has a high starch content, and has high edible and medicinal value, and it soon became famous. Ge Nong also invented "Tibetan Ge" in practice, which can be sold at a price all year round. At present, the local area for cultivating pink kudzu year-round remains at more than 10,000 acres, becoming the main source of income for local farmers after "Heshui Watermelon". Heshui people have been planting kudzu for more than 30 years. In recent years, the planting area has reached nearly 10,000 acres, accounting for more than 80% of the kudzu planting area in Gaoming City. Heshui Pueraria is famous all over the world. It has become a delicacy on people's tables because of its rich powder and sweet taste. It is the "fist king" among the agricultural and sideline products of Heshui Town, with an annual output of about 9315 tons. Last year's economic income was more than 20 million yuan. In addition to being sold in major cities in the province, it is also exported to Hong Kong, Japan, the United States and other places.