"I came to Chengdu to eat hot pot and asked if there was sesame paste. I was told 'only organic sesame paste'!" On the afternoon of the 13th, Chen Xiaoqing, the director of food documentaries such as "A Bite of China" and "The World of Flavors", brought his new book "Eat" "You grow old when you eat" came to Wenxuan Books Chenghua store in Chengdu to share his experience in food and life over the past 20 years. The scene was full of laughter and applause.
Chen Xiaoqing (right)
Chengdu, as the capital of gourmet food, is also the first stop for Chen Xiaoqing’s new book sharing session "You Get Old When You Eat". Chen Xiaoqing said, "Chengdu is a comfortable city. I like the indifferent attitude of Sichuan people and their humorous temperament." Chengdu people like spicy food. He once curiously asked a Sichuan friend how many years he had eaten spicy food. , the friend replied to him, "I've been eating spicy food since I learned to walk upright."
Chen Xiaoqing likes to eat Chongqing noodles. In his opinion, the most delicious Chongqing noodles in Chengdu are actually in a chain foot bath shop. “They are all Chongqing masters.” He said: “If cooking is compared to martial arts, my favorite Masters of cooking are like Feng Qingyang (a character in the martial arts novel "Swordsman"), who carry unique skills and are independent from the world. The dishes they cook are always niche: they have character and high spirits, and they will never be considered by the judges of Lao Shizi. Gradually dull taste buds and degraded teeth. "
"What attracts me most about a city is never the historical places or commercial centers, but the vegetable market. Only in the vegetable market can I distinguish it from some regional products. It brings out the different features of the city." Chen Xiaoqing said that in the new book, he brought out all the unique flavors he had collected. Among the representative dishes that span every stage of life, what I write is either the homely taste of my hometown, or the taste of the world in the corner of the city that makes people feel that "life is so real".
There are no expensive ingredients or complicated dishes. What Chen Xiaoqing misses will always be the "fireworks of the world". He said: "The day Grandma Zhou crossed her legs when the beef was opened in Beijing, she rushed there that night and crossed her legs in the spirit of 'studying without spending the night'. What I like most is the word 'legs', that kind of leisure, That kind of wantonness is what I yearn for in my heart."
"But the most delicious thing is always the person." Behind the food, the most important thing is the delicious person. Food bears witness to love, family, and friendship, and reflects the intentions of the people behind each food, so "eating, drinking, and chatting makes you grow old." Chen Xiaoqing often laughs at himself, "My surname is Chen, and I am a cannibal Chen." He said, "What you eat and how you eat are never as important as who you eat with."
Red Star News reporter Mao Yuchuan, Jiang Qing, intern Fu Jiayi Picture according to publisher editor Li Jie
