Guizhou cuisine is derived from the native cooking styles of the Guizhou region in China. Guizhou cuisine is similar to Szechuan cuisine and Hunan cuisine, but its unique in that its dishes emphasize the mixed taste of sour and spicy, similar to that of Shaanxi cuisine of Shaanxi province, another neighbor of Sichuan. Despite both sharing sour and spicy flavors, Guizhou cuisne can be distinguished from Shaanxi cuisine in lacking the salty taste that is present in Shaanxi cuisine (and which is a common characteristic in most nothern Chinese cuisines). Guizhou cuisine is often specially cooked to match the flavor of locally produed Chinese liquors that are famous in China, such as Maotai, which is consumed with the cuisine. A distinct characteristic of Guizhous cuisine is it unique salt pickled vegetables or Yan Cai in Chinese. Fresh vegetables are dried without the exposure to sunlight after being cleaned and when the vegetables are dried, they are salted and sealed in containers for 4 or 5 days to allow fermentation to begin. After the fermentation is completed, the salt pickled vegetables are ready to be served.
The 10 course feast will be held at 6:30 pm at the Chinese Cultural Center, 125 North 10th Street, Philadelphia.
The price is $45 per person. It will be BYOB with the Club supplying the wine. You can bring beer.
Call Barbara Zurlo at (215) 860-8363 for your reservation.
Make you check out to the "Bucks Mount Ski & Snowboard Club" and mail it to: Barbara Zurlo, 203 Commonwealth Drive, Newtown, PA 18940. |
