Min Cuisine

Today's topic: Min Cuisine (閩菜), it contains many styles from different parts of China, today's focus will be on food from Fu Jian (because it is the most popular amongst all types of Min Cuisine)!

What you need to know!

• The same broth can take ten different forms! (that's right, TEN!)
• To people of Fu Jian, a meal without soup is NOT a meal.

History:
The dish I'm about the recommend, the infamous FO TIAO QIANG, is a delicacy that had been passed down since the Qing Dynasty (approx. 400 years ago!). In Chinese it directly translates to Buddha Jumping over the wall. You may think, that's a weird name for a dish, but there is actually a story behind it!

Description:
Within this dish, every ingredient used is aromatic and rich in flavor, you can find a mix of different types of food in there, shark fin, abalone, sea cucumbers, beef, chicken, and many more. The story tells when this dish is made, the aromatic smell that lingers will cause monks who swore to never eat meat, would jump over the wall of the monastery just to have a single bite.

As mentioned before, most of the Min Cuisine involves a lot of soup and broths, Fo Tiao Qiang is no exception, when preparing this dish, all of the delicacy is put in a bowl and broiled slowly for hours until the aroma of all types of ingredients fills the room.

*Blogger's corner*
So what is your view on Chinese now? We've tasted 3 out of the 8 major Chinese cuisines, what's your opinion so far? If there is a particular type of food you want to learn more about! Be sure to leave me a comment, and maybe it can be the topic for next week!