Kirin perch

Kirin perch

Kirin perch is a famous Cantonese dish. The main ingredient is perch, and the ingredients are Jinhua ham, mushrooms and bamboo shoots. This dish is very particular in the presentation. Several ingredients are cut into slices and put together. The colors are different, uniform and orderly, like a unicorn wearing scales, so it is named. <br /><br />Kirin is an animal in ancient myths and legends. It is shaped like a deer, has horns, and has scales all over its body. The ancients often used it as a symbol of good fortune and also used it as a metaphor for outstanding talents. Therefore, there are shining unicorns guarding the gates of royal palaces such as the Forbidden City and Summer Palace in Beijing. This dish is named because it looks like unicorn skin armor. <br /><br />I didn't buy fresh bamboo shoots today, so I used ginger slices instead.
boiled cabbage heart

boiled cabbage heart

Baizuo is a cooking technique for Cantonese cuisine. It is called baizuo to boil raw food with boiling water or soup. The methods of white-burning are roughly divided into two categories: one is the "original" burning method, and the other is the "degenerate" burning method. The "raw material" burning method allows the raw materials to maintain their original flavor. This method is commonly used to cook shrimp and vegetables in Cantonese cuisine. <br /><br />Baizhuo may seem simple, but it is also very particular when cooking. Like boiling cabbage hearts in white, we must ensure that the cabbage hearts should not be soft and fluffy after boiling, and the color should be bright. <br /><br />It is suitable to eat lightly in summer. Boiling is a quite good choice. The method is simple and can ensure the original flavor of the vegetables without loss of nutrients. <br /><br />The cabbage heart is bright in color, crisp in taste, and fragrant with garlic. It is the best vegetable in summer!
Cheerfish served in soup

Cheerfish served in soup

In cooking "Cantonese cuisine", live fresh food and game are the main raw materials. These include seafood, lake fresh, river fresh, as well as artificially raised poultry, various meats, and wild, flying in the sky, running on the ground, swimming in the water, four-legged, two-legged, one-legged, and non-legged, etc. The raw materials used are very wide. In short, there have been no uncooked materials in Lingnan since ancient times. Of course, many raw materials have long been banned in countries, such as pangolin, civet, python, snake, bear's paw, goose, deer, etc., which have long been invisible in Cantonese cuisine banquet recipes! Otherwise, Cantonese cuisine can be said to be a collection of Chinese cuisine, a collection of delicacies from mountains and seas, and rare treasures. <br />In classic Cantonese cuisine, there are many things that only old chefs can take care of, and young people have never even seen them! Nowadays, high-end restaurants are mainly focused on Yan's abalone fins. It is estimated that it will not be long before bird's nest and shark fin will no longer be seen! <br />There is a saying in "Cantonese cuisine" that no fish can be eaten. Today, we will make a fish called "Shangtang Kirin Fish". The main methods are as follows;
Lean pork liver noodles

Lean pork liver noodles

When I was very young, my family would kill New Year pigs every year. My mother would always use fresh liver and lean meat to make soup, and then serve it with green vegetables and noodles. In those days, how rare and delicious it was, because during the New Year, pork had to be sent to honor grandparents and grandparents, and most of it had to be sold. The money from the sale would be our tuition fee for the coming year. The remaining pork was not much left to entertain relatives and friends coming in the New Year. Therefore, it was not often possible to have this food. Nowadays, The economy has developed, conditions have improved, and I can eat chicken, duck and fish every day, but people often feel that I am not as happy as before. I don't know, why is all this??? Hehe, getting back to business, now, I often cook this delicious food, sometimes as breakfast, and sometimes cook it for my husband for midnight snack, because my husband loves it ~~~~~