Wuhan Intangible Cultural Heritage - Old Daxing Garden Catfish

Old Daxingyuan catfish [Hubei Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage]

Founded in 1838, his family's catfish has long been famous for setting a record for diners to consume 600 kilograms of catfish a day. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Mr. Liang Shiqiu went to Hankou and ate a bowl of catfish noodles from the old Daxing Garden, and he never forgot it, and he still remembered it when he went to Taiwan.

Old Daxingyuan once produced four catfish kings famous in the catering industry of Jingchu Land, namely Liu Kaibang, Cao Yuting, Wang Xianshan, and Sun Changbi. The braised catfish made by Liu Kaibang, the first generation of "catfish king", was particularly famous at that time because of its exquisite selection of materials and unique methods. He generally only uses about three to four pounds of live fish to make catfish, and the catfish above the Yangtze River is not used, and the condiments and accessories are also very exquisite, and the soup used for roasting catfish is a special chicken soup. In the production, we pay attention to knife work, heat and taste. Three times to change the fire, three times to refuel, the salmon made is transparent and the meat is not old, bright and transparent, and the entrance is refreshing but not greasy.