The Central Plains has a long history, but why is Henan cuisine not famous? What is the reason?

In fact, there is no shortage of specialty food in Henan. In addition to the well-known Henan mutton Huimian Noodles, Dahe carp roasted noodles, Luoyang water mat, Daokou roast chicken, carp three feet, fried eggs and so on. There are also many special snacks here, such as Kaibao, Xiaoyao Soup, Zhengzhou Longxu Cake and Wang Bo Guokui. Looking at Cantonese cuisine, huaiyang cuisine cuisine, Fujian cuisine, Zhejiang cuisine and other cuisines, all of them are based on the abundant funds behind them. Under the premise of economic growth, frequent customer communication also gave birth to the inheritance and innovation of diet, and finally produced unique cuisine. Henan is located in the middle of the world, so the culture and art from south to north will harm it. In addition, the complexity of Henan in modern times has made the taste of Henan food uncharacteristic, which can be described as moderate, sweet, salty and spicy, impartial, mixed, moderate in quality and taste.

Different from Sichuan cuisine, it dominates the world with a spicy flavor. The early definition of Henan cuisine was actually the taste of Henan. In the early days, many chefs of Henan cuisine originated from Changyuan and Fengqiu. At the beginning, it was a party and an opening. After the founding of New China, there are many Henan dishes in the business hotels and canteens of central units such as the Yellow Crane Tower and the General Logistics Department. But they don't seem to carry forward Henan cuisine. On the contrary, it is Anhui cuisine, and the latecomers of Huaiyang come from behind. Some people say that Henan is full of noodles and special snacks, and there is no special food. Funny means that there are few authentic Henan dishes, which Bian Xiao was honored to taste when he was a child, including Bian Xiao's marriage. At that time, although it was needless to say first-class, it was at least medium-sized. Henan is located in the Central Plains, facing wars, warlords' separatist regimes, big river floods, people's livelihood projects smearing charcoal, Fujia moving north, and literati moving south. Since the Song Dynasty, there has been no peace. People are hungry, their clothes are not warm, and they talk about shit!

Hou Ruixuan: Chef of Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in 1980s, worked in Beijing Hotel for 28 years before, and was an old subordinate of Master Luo; Good at braised abalone and steamed white eel; Su Yongzhou: At the first session of the National People's Congress, the chef of Su Da professionally undertook the abalone dry banquet. Later, due to family reasons, I didn't stay in Beijing. Instead, I returned to the business hotel of the Henan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection as a chef. The style of home cooking is: shrimp, sea cucumber and abalone in white sauce; Naturally, it is not to say that there were no home-cooked dishes with local characteristics before the 1980s. Of course, there are some, but according to the old tradition, this kind of home cooking is generally not served.

The reasons for the decline of Henan cuisine are related to the social and economic development of Henan in recent twenty or thirty years. To produce cuisines, there must be a series of local cuisines, and there must be prosperity of big cities and commercial services. Although Henan has made great strides, the prosperity of big cities and commercial services lags behind the other eight major cuisines. Naturally, this is not an important and key reason. Cooking is like doing things for people. You can't abandon your personality. You need to have unique personality and characteristics, develop in maintaining personality, and innovate independently in maintaining personality. Only in this way can this dish be energetic, attractive, remembered, accepted and loved.