Foshan, a famous cultural city located in the hinterland of the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong Province, has nurtured a rich and diverse food culture with its profound historical heritage and unique Lingnan style. Every Lunar New Year, the flavor of Foshan is vividly displayed in traditional dishes, and each dish contains the expectations and blessings of Foshan people for the New Year. 2024 is the Year of the Dragon, and at this auspicious time, Foshan's cuisine will undoubtedly be more intense and tempting.
In Foshan, what I look forward to most is the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. The delicacies are full of good wishes and expectations for the new year. Among them, "Jun'an Steamed Pig" is one of Foshan's most representative New Year's dishes, the whole pig with moderate fat and lean is selected to be steamed over slow fire, and the meat is soft and mellow, implying a rich life and family harmony in the coming year.
Foshan Blind Gong Pill is another popular New Year's delicacy among locals, with fish slide and pork as the main ingredients, with crispy ingredients such as water chestnuts, which are skillfully kneaded by hand, and the taste is tender and springy, symbolizing a happy reunion and a prosperous family business.
In addition, "Foshan Nine-Layer Cake" as a New Year's dessert, layered, colorful, implying the meaning of step by step, is a must-have blessing food during the New Year. The fried dumplings of "fried piles are busy, full of gold and silver" are indispensable elements in Foshan's customs, and the full and round fried dumplings symbolize the rolling wealth and auspiciousness.
Therefore, in the Year of the Dragon in Foshan, tasting food is not only a taste of the tongue, but also a feast of in-depth experience of Lingnan folk culture. Foshan's food not only carries the long and heavy history and culture of Foshan, but also conveys the rich humanistic emotions of Foshan people. Come to Foshan during the Spring Festival and have a happy and auspicious Year of the Dragon.