Yunnan has a spring city like spring, and there is also a autumn city like autumn. Zhaotong, located at the junction of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, conforms to a law of the food world. "The food treasure land must be produced at the junction of many provinces", is a "flavor fusion place" and a food treasure city.
Yunnan is a major tourism province, with "strong tourism cities" emerging one after another.
The place name Zhaotong is somewhat unfamiliar, and some people even ask, is it "Shaotong"? After going to Zhaotong, I really want to shout, Zhaotong, you can't be too low-key. You obviously have so many tourism resources, but you pretend to be so ordinary!
It is obvious that it has "big mountain bags" that are not inferior to Xinjiang's alpine meadows, etc. What is the name of the scenic spot?
"Da-shan-bag"!
Sorry, you are such a beautiful alpine meadow, why do you feel embarrassed to call it "Dashanbao"! I thought it was just a simple abbreviation for a mountain.
The name is ordinary, but the scenery is beautiful.
Every autumn, the buckwheat and fragrant grass and wild flowers on the mountain are connected into one, layer by layer, colorful, cattle and sheep dots, and the desolate mountains are wrapped into a paradise. Going to see the black-necked crane in winter is a black-necked crane nature reserve and a paradise for photography enthusiasts.
The sea of clouds covered by mountains is simply too spectacular. When I climbed to the top, I watched the clouds rise and fall like waves surging. I almost wrote an article on the top of the mountain "Watching the Sunset on the Sea" after watching it.
Zhaotong cuisine is as low-key and stunning as the scenery.
First go to Yunnan to visit the "vegetable market" to attractions. Zhaotong Vegetable Market looks very "local" in the countryside. But every foodie knows how valuable the fireworks market is.
The red radish has different sizes, but it is rich in moisture and has a refreshing taste.
Gingerbread melon is strangely shaped, used for soup, stir-frying, or even barbecue. After eating it, you will know how crispy and sweet it is.
The pomegranate is not good-looking. It peels off its thin skin, and inside it is closely connected and united pomegranate seeds.
Even Apple, outsiders only know that there is "Zhaotong ugly Apple".
Please, don't call me like that!
Zhaotong's apples have unique advantages. In the plateau environment, the sunshine time is long and the temperature difference between day and night is large, so the sugar of the apples can easily settle down.
You can see the sugar heart by cutting the apple. I decided to call Zhaotong ugly apples Zhaotong "Little Sweetheart".
In fact, various types of Zhaotong apples are also very elegant. The precocious ones include "Honglu", "Shensha", "Asus", "Green Banana", etc., followed by "Kin Shuai", "Qin Qianqian", "Golden Venus", "Red Fuji", etc.
The various fruits and vegetables in the vegetable market are professionally understood and carefully cultivated by local farmers.
For example, some farmers use wild tomatoes to cross them and grow new varieties.
Although the sizes vary, when you bite it, it will be full of moisture, bright red color, and rustling in taste.
Zhaotong people love to eat potatoes. They cut them into wolf teeth, fry them, and pour some sauce on them, and you can eat them.
Bak it, blow off the dust, yellow and doughy, use the blade to make everything, and the fragrance rushes out violently.
At this time, apply a layer of hot sauce. This seemingly ordinary hot sauce actually has a great background. It is made by the traditional craft of "Nine Dry, Nine Turn, Nine Dew" and is called "Zhaotong Sauce". Or sprinkle some chili ash, which will not delay Zhaotong people's enjoyment of soft potatoes at all.
Zhaotong Gastrodia elata, at first I thought it was taken as a tonic, but as a result, people treated Gastrodia elata as a dish.
There is a rumor in Zhaotong Tianma: "Papardon mouth, concave navel, sesame rings and dried ginger skin, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, dotted ring patterns of 9 to 13 circles".
Check out Zhaotong Gastrodia elata, we're starting to eat it.
First have a hot pot, with various medicinal herbs, and add fresh Gastrodia elata. The most important thing is to stew a Zhaotong native chicken.
You have to put potatoes and ham, you have to eat the mushrooms in the season, and you have to drink the medicinal wine in the store.
When you eat fresh gastrointestinal numbness for the first time, it is said that it has a good sleep effect and can have a good sleep.
What should I do if I sleep full?
Go to the famous Gastrodia elata production area in Zhaotong, and find local farmers to take them to the mountains to dig Gastrodia elata.
Look at the "spoils" dug up all over the ground, you have the specialties sent back and the souvenirs taken away.
Stop by the local farmhouse and have a "Gasa Banquet".
Water the black bone chicken into the hot pot.
In the pot, there are a bunch of ingredients that can be nourished, including red dates, wolfberry, astragalus, Codonopsis, etc., and finally, fresh Gastrodia elata slices are added.
Outside the pot, there are all kinds of wild vegetables. They can't recognize their names, so they can only applaud and say they are delicious.
Cauliflower can be fried, fried, boiled, stewed, and eaten raw and sliced. Dip it in honey and you can put it in your mouth. Finally, I got a plate of "fried shredded pandan sashimi". It looks like shredded potatoes, but in fact it has a different taste, sticky texture, and tastes a bit glutinous.
Zhaotong native chicken can be eaten in more than one way. I couldn’t tell whether it was in Yunnan or Sichuan when I was in a pot of hot pot chicken with bright red oil. However, this deep red color is certain that people in Zhaotong are not inferior to those in Sichuan.
We were very fortunate to receive a family banquet from the locals. This table of Zhaotong local dishes "Yun Guizhou and Sichuan" are full of them.
Spicy flavor in Sichuan, the "Gong Bao" cooking method in Guizhou, the "Word of Interest and Noble" kimchi and sauerkraut are decorated with it, the Yunnan-style specialty dish "mint fried pork ribs" is in the market, and the sugar rice made by Qiaojia brown sugar is also added.
Sugar rice is one of the highlights of the eight major bowls of Zhaoyang. It has rich ingredients and must be served in a local bowl to be authentic. It tastes a bit like Eight Treasure Rice, glutinous and fragrant.
Zhaotong snacks start in the morning. Add a bowl of thin bean flour to the potato oil cake bait, and you will feel comfortable this day.
The baked bait pieces are covered with chili sauce, wrapped with a piece of oil cake, and bite it in one bite. It is soft and crispy, with a sense of layering. Take a sip of smooth and thin bean powder and your whole body is warm.
If you come with a bowl of Guizhou-style mutton rice noodles, it will be even more hearty.
The "Street Corner Lamb Noodle Restaurant" on Chenxi Road, if you go early, there will be a limited number of sheep tails. If you go late, you may even lose your brain and waist.
The soup is very fresh. If you are addicted to spicy food, the store will give you a large spoonful of spicy oil and chili peppers, for fear that you will beg for mercy by being so spicy that you bare your teeth.
I have a little trick to get all the local snacks in one go.
There is a "Huayuan Hotel" in Zhaotong, which is said to have received VIPs in the past. Now it's the price of the hotel chain, with a star-rated breakfast buffet. I was shocked when I went to eat. There were all kinds of Yunnan-style breakfasts, and the key was that the taste was very authentic.
This kind of "excellent feature" must be maintained!
The "Zhao Family Jelly" of intangible cultural heritage still has to go to Zhaotong Ancient City to eat. There is a sign of "district-level intangible cultural heritage" hanging in front of the store in Water-Carrying Lane. The jelly is gray, and the boss uses a planer-like tool to scrape it into strips.
Mix sour and spicy soup into your mouth, which is cool and comfortable.
Do you think the day is over?
The Zhaotong small meat skewers that have been on "A String of Life" will make your gentle night hot.
Unlike the large skewers in the northwest, Zhaotong small skewers are cut into small pieces. Here, you can shout boldly, "Boss, come fifty skewers"! No one will think you order more, because this is the "starting price".
Zhaotong small meat skewers need to be soaked in braised soup, soaked, then set it on the fire and grilled hard. When the roast is 80% mature, a handful of peppers will be sprinkled. The favorite spicy flavor of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan is unified here.
One hand skewers and the other hand small beer, this long Zhaotong night is intoxicated by the spicy and mellowness.
