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Chapter 183 Guilin Rice Noodles
Jiangyang takes the high-speed rail to Guilin, and the fare is okay, not particularly expensive.Jiang Yang chose to take the high-speed rail mainly because it took much less time, only about two to three hours.

If you take a car, you don't know the time it takes.

It was almost noon when Jiang Yang got off the bus in Guilin.

I ate some breakfast casually, but I haven't eaten lunch yet.At this moment, his stomach was growling with hunger, and Jiang Yang couldn't wait to find the delicious food in Guilin.

I took a taxi to the street with the most food in Guilin, which is commonly known as the food street.

There are indeed a lot of food on the street. There are local specialties in Guilin and delicacies from other places, but most of them follow the Romans and are contaminated with the local flavor of Guilin.

Jiang Yang wandered around in a leisurely manner. When he was at the station, he couldn't wait, but when he really got there, Jiang Yang calmed down again.

Looking at the dazzling array of signboards on both sides of the street, Jiang Yang thought about the food culture of Gui Province.

Since ancient times, Guangxi Province has been a place where officials, businessmen and tourists gather, so the eating habits here have integrated the dietary characteristics of various places.Therefore, sweet-scented osmanthus cuisine can be regarded as one of the most distinctive cuisines without characteristics.

People pay attention to doing as the Romans do, and this diet is the same.When you arrive at a place, you have the characteristics of a place.

Huaguo's colorful food culture is precisely due to its vast land and abundant resources, and the geographical location and climate of each place are different, resulting in different ingredients.

Generally speaking, the formation of the food culture characteristics of a place mainly depends on the geographical location and folk culture.

Guilin's unique landscape has created an amazing food culture.

Guilin's unique delicacies include Guilin rice noodles, Gongcheng camellia oleifera, Lipu taro buckwheat, shredded taro, roast suckling pig, Lijiang fish, Lijiang shrimp, snails, steamed meat with lotus leaf powder and the most famous stuffed stuffed rice!
Speaking of brewing, in fact, "Bite of the Tongue" has already filmed its characteristics and production.

Guilin's stuffing can be said to be stuffed with everything, such as pepper stuffed, escargot stuffed, grapefruit peel stuffed and so on.

The so-called stuffing is a unique method of cooking by cutting the ingredients and stuffing them with meat.

The difference from ordinary sandwich dishes is that the difference in taste lies in the difference in the skin.For example, stuffed with pepper and stuffed with grapefruit skin, the difference between the two is that one is made of pepper and the skin, and the other is made of grapefruit peel.

Guangxi Province is rich in pomelo and taro, so these two ingredients also have a variety of cooking methods.

Jiang Yang watched on the street, dozens of delicacies made him suffer from difficulty in choosing.

In the past, to eat delicious food, you need the right time, place and people to taste the delicious food in the world.Now with greenhouse technology and refrigeration technology, many ingredients and fruits can be eaten in seasons that are not in season.

However, if the ingredients are not in season, the taste will always be worse.This is probably what you gain and what you lose.

Looking at the shops with people coming and going, Jiang Yang finally chose to try Guilin rice noodles!
Jiang Yang found a rice noodle shop with fewer families, but did not go to the one with the largest number of families.A large number of people usually means two things, one is that it tastes good, and the other is that it is very famous.

If one of the two occupies, such a situation can occur, of course... if both occupy, it is relatively rare.

Compared with judging whether it is delicious by the number of guests, Jiang Yang trusts his nose more.

The taste and smell of this rice noodles is no worse than that of that family.Besides, he was already hungry, so it was naturally his wish to have a quick meal.

After ordering a rice noodle, Jiang Yang sat aside and waited.

When opening a shop in Rongcheng before, customers were usually waiting while he was busy.Now instead of him waiting, others are busy.The change of roles was a bit awkward at first, but I got used to it over time.

Not long after, a serving of Guilin rice noodles was served.A full bowl looks a bit bland.The rice noodles have a taste of brine, which is the characteristic of Guilin rice noodles.

Jiang Yang mixed it well with chopsticks, smelling the fragrance, he couldn't help moving his index finger.

Picking up a chopstick, Jiang Yang couldn't wait to put it into his mouth.The unique firmness and smoothness of rice noodles, together with the taste of brine, form a unique and delicious taste.

Jiang Yang beamed with joy, the Guilin rice noodles did not disappoint him, it was indeed delicious.

With Jiang Yang's cooking skills, he was able to taste many shortcomings of Guilin rice noodles, not to say that this is a defect of Guilin rice noodles itself, but that the level of the chef is not enough.

However, the shortcomings do not conceal the advantages. Overall, the Guilin rice noodles in this store are still very good.

There are many legends about Guilin rice noodles. There are some myths. It is said that Qin Shihuang sent Shi Lu to lead migrant workers to dig the Lingqu.Qin Shihuang had a hobby of serving wine with carp whiskers and fish maws.When he came to the Lijiang River, he found that the carp in the Lijiang River could be caught by hand, so Qin Shihuang asked the boatman to quickly get a lot of fish and gave him a lot of money.One meal does not know how many carp are used to fry a bowl. Qin Shihuang spent half a month on the Lijiang River and killed thousands of carp.The carp king in the Lijiang River was so anxious that he swore to overturn Qin Shihuang's cruise ship and let him be buried in the belly of the fish!When He Bo knew this, he warned, "The affairs of the emperor can't be messed up, so you should quickly find another way."The carp king was quick and wise, and made fish silk (rice noodles) and fish maw (cut powder) with rice grinding.Qin Shihuang ate it and was overwhelmed. Since then, Guilin rice noodles have come out.Of course, this legend cannot be verified, and it is probably not true.

But what's interesting is that later, Qin Shihuang became a tyrant through the ages by "burning books and burying Confucianism". The common people didn't like him, so they simply changed the legend of Guilin rice noodles.Changed to be a young man ferrying on the Peach Blossom River, and saved the carp king on the Li River.The carp king asked him how he would repay. The young man was a filial son, and said that his old mother was sick and had a loss of appetite. After hearing this, the carp king taught him how to make rice noodles. Once the old mother ate it, it was delicious and easy to digest. up.Because the young man is from the Yao nationality, it is said that the rice noodles were first made by the Yao people.In the past, a wooden carp was always hung on the embossed lattice window of the rice noodle workshop, which is based on these legends.

After thinking wildly for a while, Jiang Yang smiled and shook his head.Doesn’t a delicacy appear mysterious and attractive precisely because of these stories that seem to be myths and legends?
Jiang Yang ate a bowl, soothed his stomach that was about to rebel, stretched himself, paid the money and left.

Jiang Yang was not in a hurry to find a hotel this time. Without anyone he knew well, it was really difficult to find a cheap and affordable hotel.

However, Jiang Yang has recently learned a new word - Youth Hostel!In fact, there are almost all youth hostels in cities large and small in Huaguo.Without exception, the prices of these youth hostels are also very touching.

Cheap ones can even stay for one night for fifty or sixty, although the conditions are not very good.

Jiang Yang followed the map and found a youth hostel.Go in and ask, there are still rooms.

Jiang Yang looked at the price, no longer hesitated, and moved in.

After finding a place to live, Jiang Yang started his journey of looking for food with peace of mind.

……

Horn, a young talented chef, studied under Cui Ligen, a master of Gui cuisine.He is Cui Ligen's youngest apprentice, and also Cui Ligen's closed disciple.

In terms of seniority, Horn is not considered low in the chef world, basically the same seniority as most middle-aged chefs.But in today's modern society, seniority is not as important as imagined, unless it is family seniority.

Fundamentally speaking, chefs rely on their craftsmanship to make a living, so in order to be respected, seniority alone is not enough, and excellent strength is also required.

If you have strength, you go out, and others will call you according to your seniority.If you don't have strength, you can see who beats you!
Horn has strength and is not low.Now he is a second-level chef and has scored more than 90 points in the exam.However, he didn't have much confidence in passing the first-level chef, so he continued to hone his cooking skills with patience.

Unlike Mang, who Jiang Yang knew nothing about, Horn has always known this and has a clear plan for his future.

The fact that Jiang Yang passed the first-level chef exam caused a lot of discussion in the chef circle.A young chef under 25, a chef who has passed the second level and the first level consecutively, no matter from which aspect, he is enough topical.Not to mention that Jiang Yang also got a letter of recommendation from the Sichuan Chefs Association.

It just so happened that Horn also knew about Jiang Yang, but he had the impression that he was dismissive of Jiang Yang.In his opinion, Jiang Yang is just a chef who got lucky with shit. He is capable, but at most he is about the same as himself.It's not as powerful as the rumors say!
As for the works of Jiang Yang's two exams, Horn felt that they were just rumors, and they were actually not that amazing at all.

As one of the top talented chefs of the younger generation (self-confessed), he will not blindly praise Jiang Yang like those who don't know.

As for Jiang Yang walking around with the recommendation letter, Horn poked his nose even more. As a close disciple of a culinary master, he knew more about some taboos than Jiang Yang.

It is just a legend to learn art with a letter of recommendation.Every master, who will not pay close attention to his craft, let alone outsiders, even apprentices will find it difficult to learn everything.

It is that it is absolutely impossible for other masters to pass on their skills to the disciples of another master, and Horn knows this very well.

So in his view, the letter of recommendation is more of an honor, rather than actually taking it out to learn art everywhere.

In his opinion, Jiang Yang is nothing more than a clown running around with a letter of recommendation, just to please the public.

(End of this chapter)