What is the boat dish?

The dishes on board are delicious dishes made and enjoyed on board. Boat dishes have the dual characteristics of tourism and food, and are very popular in Wuxi, Suzhou and Jiaxing in the south of the Yangtze River.

South Lake Boat Cuisine originated from the water town in the south of the Yangtze River. After several generations of boat moms in Jiaxing Nanhu, it has been continuously improved, and it has become a distinctive banquet dish. It is one of the main dishes of Hebang cuisine and is unique in Jiaxing cooking history. Tracing back to history, Nanhu Boat Cuisine was famous in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Cruise ships at that time generally had kitchens in the back cabin. In the narrow cabin, the boat girls played tricks such as explosion, frying, burning, boiling, frying, stewing and stewing. Because of the "boat", they prepared all kinds of food materials, waiting for the guests to meet them at any time.

South Lake boat dishes are exquisite, and the raw materials mainly come from South Lake, such as fish, shrimp, crab, eel, etc., paying special attention to the freshness of raw materials and cooking skills. The items of boat dishes include: spiced squab, emerald crab bucket, honey-baked recipe, and Hehe Erxian. Many dishes are caught alive and killed alive, and they are delicious when cooked and eaten now. There are shrimp, shrimp balls, crab powder, tendons, tremella, lotus seeds and so on. Famous dishes include crab shark's fin, eight-treasure duck, fish belly, turtle skirt with cold salad, ham house, steamed pork with flour, etc.

Characteristics of boat dishes

On the boat, on the one hand, you can enjoy the lakes and mountains, on the other hand, you can taste the special dishes. Everywhere, you can see the boat banquet scene of "the original boat is in front, the wine boat is behind, the pole is corresponding, the middle stream floats, and the rice sounds are heard", which has a unique flavor. There are many Shui Ze in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are conditions for boat banquets with cruise ships as the carrier. Generally, there is a painting boat in front, because it needs to be kept clean and there is no stove, so there is a sand spaceship behind it, which is specially used for cooking.