Plane cutting or oblique cutting?
平刀,斜刀。
A cook specialized in Chinese cuisine knows it too well that even the slightest change in cutting may directly result in a total difference in the feeling on the tongue and teeth.
有追求的中國菜廚師深知刀鋒上分毫的差異會直接影響到舌尖,齒間敏銳的感受。
Chinese food can never be judged simply according to the degree of heat used to cook.
中國菜,從來都不以單純的成熟為標準。
Yangzhou was once the most important stop on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal which brought the city a cultural charm integrating the north with the south.
揚州曾經是京杭大運河最重要的一站它給揚州帶來了南北融合的文化風韻。
Question is whether our guests will accept the menu,
客人能不能接受這些菜這是個大問題,
because Huaiyang Cuisine focuses on broths, we tend to retain the original taste and flavor of the ingredients.
因為看這些功能表我們淮揚菜就是用湯,原汁原味。
As an internationally renowned Chinese cuisine chef, Ju Changlong returned to his hometown, Yangzhou, at the invitation of the Huaiyang Cuisine Museum.
已經是中餐國際名廚的居長龍回到故鄉揚州是緣于淮揚菜博物館的邀請。
Hundreds of years ago, when Yangzhou was the hub of the salt trade in China, many merchants moved here to earn a fortune by trading salt.
幾百年前揚州是中國食鹽集散中心大批的商人來到這里靠著食鹽貿易發家。
They brought from their hometowns local cooks, foods and flavour, which created the neutral taste of Huaiyang dishes, mild and pleasant, acceptable to both the northerners and southerners.
他們同時帶來的還有各自家鄉的廚師,食材,口味造就了淮揚菜甜咸適中南北皆宜的風味。
Salt traders were rich, but they never had a place in politics, so they devoted themselves to comparing their gardeners and chefs.
富有鹽商,沒有政治地位只能攀比花園和家廚的手藝。
The influence of it can still be tasted from certain types of haute cuisine today.
今天,在一些菜品上我們還能領略一二。
If you want to shred lactone tofu which is extremely tender and vulnerable into the size of a piece of hair,
要想像胡蘿卜一樣將柔軟脆弱的內酯豆腐切成毛發,
it is not only a challenge toward the coordination of hands, eyes and knife, but also the integration of skill and mind.
粗細考驗的不止是手,眼,刀的配合而是要心手合一。
And that's what we need to prepare Wensi Tofu.
這就是文思豆腐。
When you are cutting, your knife should keep up the pace of the receding forefinger of your other hand which is holding the tofu.
下刀時,要依左手食指后退速度相應起伏。