Exploring the Culinary Delights of Hangzhou: Highlights from the Asian Games

MuIn a large steel jar, there is a nice soup. But when I read the accompanying name, Connolly Kanal and Parvati Puthanaar came to mind. Has any Kozhikode person knowingly eaten the fish of Kanoli Canal? Are there people from Thiruvananthapuram who do not run when they hear about the toran made of moss in Parvathiputhanaar? The soup in front is called West Lake Water Shield Soup. West Lake is the pride and main tourist attraction of Hangzhou. Fresh water lake spread over 1500 acres. Watershield is a plant similar to our amber in this lake. The soup prepared by mixing this plant and rice is ahead. The first one was confused. Then ordered both and tasted them.

Not finished, this Westlake lake resources. The highlight of Hangzhou taste is the fish from this lake. There are people who come to Hangzhou just for the Westlake Fish Curry with Surka and Lime. Just tasted it. Malayalees who bathe their fish in masala are not sure if they will get the sourness of that lime and surka. Not only the leaves and fish, but also West Lake water and pork soups and curries are the superstars of the Hangzhou menu.

The exotic dishes on the menu prepared by Hangzhou for the visitors of the Asian Games are not limited to West Lake food. For the Malayalis, lotus leaves and bamboo stalks are used for singing and poetry, while the Chinese, if they get a lotus leaf, chop it up and fry it with pork. The bamboo stalk is chopped and boiled. Or pickled with sauce. The faces of those who tapped with chopsticks said that it was as beautiful as the song. There is no cotton in Kerala for beef dishes. But I have never seen chopped oxtail curry. Oxtail in sauce was a popular item at the dinner table prepared by the players, officials and journalists who came to the Games! Although the dishes are varied, the pork stands out. Everything from pig’s leg, thigh and loin is available in various forms, fried, fried, chopped, sauced and mixed with vegetables. Chinese prefer pork to beef or chicken. China is also the largest producer of pork in the world. There are also many markets dedicated to pork. Fried Shredded Pork with Sweet and Sour Sauce, Vietnamese Braised Pork, Eggs, Citronella, Grilled Pork Butt, Hangzhou Braised Duck, Jingling Salted Duck, Sauteed Beef Fillet with Black Pepper, Waldorf Chicken Salad, Guangdong Roast Duck, Cantonese Sweet And Sour Chicken Legs With pineapple, diced beef with green vegetable and black pepper… It tastes good when you eat it, but it doesn’t catch your tongue.

Things are not so good for vegetarians in this paradise of meat dishes. Vegetable dishes are only in name. Many have a distinct taste. Some should be eaten raw. Then there are various soups and various varieties of porridge. Indian dishes are largely absent from the menu, which stretches from Europe to East Asia. Indian food is not very popular in China. However, it is not on the menu at Games Village.

Fortunately, there were no snakes, dogs or insects on the table that I had heard about when I came from the country. But no matter how many days they searched, Gopi Manchurian, Chili Gopi and Chili Chicken were nowhere to be found. I didn’t see fried rice and noodles mixed with sauce. Were these items served by Chinese restaurants in our country not really Chinese?