Where is the West Lake beef soup?

West Lake beef soup is a very famous traditional soup of Han nationality in China, and it is an appetizer soup in most hotels. West Lake beef soup is made of beef, eggs, mushrooms and other materials, which is very delicious. Do you know what kind of cuisine it belongs to? Learn about Zhejiang cuisine culture with me in this issue.

Many people say that the West Lake beef soup is delicious, but many foreigners still don't know where the West Lake beef soup is. In fact, you can tell from the name that it is a dish in Hangzhou.

West Lake beef soup is a traditional dish in the south of the Yangtze River, belonging to hangzhou dishes. Because it is fragrant, smooth and delicious, it is often used as soup in advance to moisten the throat and stimulate appetite. West Lake beef soup is also a favorite food for ordinary people. Only beef, eggs and mushrooms can be used to make cheap soup. Therefore, West Lake beef soup is a very common home-cooked dish among the people.

Hangzhou dishes, also known as Mazong cuisine, is an important part of Han nationality's food culture and belongs to an important school of Zhejiang cuisine. Originated in the Southern Song Dynasty for more than 1000 years. Hangzhou dishes has a long history. Together with Ningbo cuisine and Shaoxing cuisine, it constitutes the traditional Zhejiang cuisine.

Hangzhou dishes can be divided into two schools: "Lake" and "Cheng Xiang". The former takes fish, shrimp and poultry as the main raw materials, and is good at techniques such as raw frying, stewed and tender frying, paying attention to the clear, fresh, crisp and tender taste and retaining the original flavor. The latter is mainly meat, while hangzhou dishes's cooking methods are mainly steaming, stewing, boiling and burning, paying attention to light oil, light pulp and tender, and paying attention to the combination of fresh and salty.

The taste of Hangzhou cuisine is mainly salty and slightly sweet, but it is not as sweet as Suzhou cuisine and not as strong as Shanghai cuisine, so it is easily accepted. "Lightness" is an iconic feature of hangzhou dishes, which is in line with the trend of "lightness" of dishes. In addition, hangzhou dishes is light and peaceful, with few elements of "grabbing flavor", and it is easy to absorb the essence of North and South cuisine, so now hangzhou dishes is more like a "universal dish", which is easy to win the favor of North and South diners.