/ Asahi News/August 03, 2022 Guangzhou -- The second season of "Clock-in! Foodies" is back! Old and new foodies get together to restart the wonderful food journey. The second season foodie group consists of Ding Yuxi, Liu Yuxin, Yang Di, Wang Meng, Li Zefeng, Zhai Xiaowen, etc., and the journey takes them to Chaoshan, Chengdu, Shenyang, Luoyang and other Chinese food gathering places. The whole journey is full of laughs and delicious food!
The first stop of the foodie group chose the beautiful Chaoshan region, and opened many Chaoshan delicacies, among which there are a series of famous regional delicacies, such as Chaoshan beef hot pot, Chaoshan beef meatball, Yusheng, and rat shell cake.
Chaoshan can become the launch station of the program journey, which shows its important position in China and even the world's food industry. Facing the sea on the three sides of Chaoshan, there are superior ecological and natural environment and rich and diverse raw materials. Niutian Yang Green crab, Nanao seafood, Chenghai lion head goose and so on are well known far and wide. The history of Chaocai can be traced back to the pre-Qin period. During the period of Qin Shihuang, people from the Central Plains settled in Chaoshan, bringing with them the eating habits and cooking methods of the Central Plains. Chaoshan Baiyue indigenous food culture and the integration, formed the beginning of tide cuisine, and gradually developed into its own style of food system.
Nowadays, we can also find the microcosm of food culture of different periods in the modern tide cuisine, which has attracted many Chinese and foreign diners to Shantou. Chaoshan has become a popular "foodie must punch the card". "A bite of China" team has come to Chaoshan to explore the mystery of tide food, and make "Shantou is a Chinese food class of an island, have not been, can not be called gourmet. ".
Among the "color, aroma, taste, shape and texture" of tide dishes, the most prominent one is "light flavor". Tide food insists on retaining the original flavor of the ingredients, and strives to present the "fresh" of the ingredients, which is the persistence of the Chaoshan people on food. The characteristics of tide food in Chaoshan beef balls is enough to reflect incisively and vividly.
Chaoshan Beef Meatballs -- one of the characteristic name cards of Chaoshan cuisine. The cooking technique of Chaoshan beef meatballs can be traced back to the cooking technique of "Ramun Zhen", a palace delicacy listed in the Book of Rites Zhushu more than two years ago. "Tamping Zhen" is the ancient palace food for the king of Zhou Dynasty to enjoy, is made of a variety of precious meat after repeated beating made balls. Generations of masters from its production skills to absorb the "rough" and "repeatedly beat" these two ancient techniques. To make the appearance of a hand-beaten beef ball, you need to choose high-quality beef, remove fascia and grease, beat it repeatedly with an iron mallet, add a certain proportion of ice water, starch, salt, MSG, stir up the glue, knead it into a ball shape with your hand, and finally set it in warm water. This exquisite craftsmanship reflects the traditional artisan spirit of Chaoshan people and their persistent pursuit of delicious food.
This journey, the foodie group tasted authentic Chaoshan beef meatballs in Chaoting Beef Hotpot restaurant. Chaoting Food's bouncy, tender and refreshing beef balls make celebrity foodies eat with gusto. Between a mouthful and a chew, the aroma of beef spreads in the mouth. With the special sand tea sauce, it is a taste feast.
"Shantou Beef meatball making technique" is an intangible cultural heritage and a treasure of Chaoshan food culture. A hand beat beef meatball after a senior hand beat master holding iron square mallet (each about 3 jin) on the stake in accordance with a certain rule of beating beef until pulp, in order to make the ball. The beating of the beef is the essence of the technique. The guests of the foodie group also experienced the hand beating of beef meatballs. They felt the tough spirit behind this intangible heritage skill and the hard-won hand beating of beef meatballs.
The Chaoting Food featured in the program is the intangible cultural heritage protection unit of "Shantou Beef Meatball Making Technique". It has always insisted on inheriting and protecting this intangible cultural heritage technique, and continuously promoted the local characteristic food culture of Chaoshan. Chaoting's beef meatballs combine traditional intangible heritage production techniques with modern production techniques, which not only retains the traditional Chaoshan flavor, but also strictly follows modern food safety standards to control food safety and quality. Through the expansion of sales channels, Chaoting Beef meatballs have been sold all over the country, allowing customers who have not been to Shantou to experience the exquisite skills and unique flavors of Chaoshan cuisine.
In 2022, Chaoting Food will help the Winter Olympics, and its beef meatballs will be on the table of the Winter Olympics. Chaoting Food has been using stable quality and strong strength to win the trust of consumers, to show the world "health, safety, nutrition" Chaoshan food brand image.
Chaoshan Beef meatball is a rare representative food in Chaoshan. Chaoting Food was founded in 2005. Over the years, it has been committed to the research and development and production of Chaoshan characteristic balls such as Chaoshan beef meatballs. It has gradually carried forward Chaoshan beef meatballs and led other Chaoshan American food products out of Chaoshan and into the whole country.
< /p>Chaoshan cuisine plays a pivotal role in the landscape of Chinese cuisine. With the rise and development of various local brands of Chaoshan cuisine, it is believed that more and more diners will experience the charm of Chaoshan cuisine and feel the profound cultural power of Chaoshan cuisine in the future.
