CHENGDU, China, May 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- On the morning
of May 15, the Conference on Dialogue
of Asian Civilizations (CDAC) commenced at Chinese capital
Beijing. As a complementary
program of the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations, the
Chengdu Panda Asian Food Festival (CPAFF) also kicked off on the
same day, according to the Organizing Committee of the Chengdu
Panda Asian Food Festival (CPAFF).
In a dialogue of civilizations, a dish is worth a thousand
words. Chengdu, this home to 16
million people and central city in western China, is undertaking a campaign surrounding
the core theme "great food, search for fragrance, showcase our
respective beauty and admire each other's beauty" and comprised of
45 activities such as culinary cultural summit, "journey for the
search of fragrance" art of living experience tour, exchanges
between well-known Chinese and foreign chefs, culinary culture
special exhibition, and culinary cultural theme days for eight
Asian nations and regions. This is a massive Asian culinary
carnival for citizens and tourists alike, and an event that uses
foods as medium to promote the exchanges and mutual appreciation
between the civilizations of Asia.
On the evening of the 14th, Chengdu began with the "Tianfu Home Banquet"
as the welcoming dinner of the Chengdu Panda Asian Culinary
Festival, which enabled friends from afar to experience the
feelings of "home" conveyed in Sichuan culinary culture during their very
first meal. With classic Sichuan
dishes making up the main line-up, guests were treated to 16
"dishes often eaten at home" such as fuqi feipian spicy beef and
beef offal, twice-cooked pork, mapo tofu and camphor leaf and tea
leaf-smoked duck, which were selected based on votes submitted by
citizens.
As the saying goes, great foods in China, great tastes in Chengdu. As the first "city of gastronomy" in
Asia as named by the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO),
the heritage between Chengdu and
fine foods runs deep. Known since antiquity as the "Land of
Abundance" due to the mild climate and abundant produce,
Chengdu is a city with more than
2,300 years of history and profound cultural legacy. The superb
natural resources and sound social environment have become inherent
advantages conducive to the development of culinary culture in this
city.
On the evening of the 15th, the Creative Hot Pot Bazaar, an
integral part of the Chengdu Panda Asian Food Festival, officially
began at Water Street in Chengdu.
Other than mobile storefronts and exhibition zones set up by the
city's hot pot brands, also activities such as "Chengdu Chili
Pepper Competition" are held on-site to thoroughly enable citizens
and visitors to relish in Sichuan's "spicy culture".
"Hot pot is an indispensable constituent of Chengdu culture, and it is inseparable from
the soul of this city," President of Sichuan Hot Pot Association
Shen Hongguang remarked.
Other than the famous hot pot, Chengdu is also the cradle to Sichuan cuisine, one of the eight major
cuisines of China. But here in
Chengdu, gastronomic delights are
much more than just hot pot and Sichuan foods. Due to the love-life and
love-dining attitude of the locals and the open-minded and
inclusive social environment, Chengdu is at present home to more than
100,000 dining establishments of all sorts, including foods from
across the globe. Chengdu is also
the top city in western China in
terms of the number of international and domestic food and beverage
brands represented.
Aaron Sanchez came to
Chengdu from Los Angeles to found his start-up, and soon he
fell in love with the myriad of treats scattered around the city.
Today, he knows the foods of Chengdu like the back of his hand,
"Bobochicken, chuan chuan skewers, hot pot, mapo tofu, yuxiang
rousi fish fragrance shredded pork... whenever I am back in LA, or
even when I just travel somewhere else, I could not help but think
about all the fantastic foods here in Chengdu," he said.
According to the event sponsor, this edition of the Chengdu
Panda Asian Food Festival will continue until the 22nd of this
month. During this period, more than 1,200 restaurants and 11
business districts throughout the city will get involved. The "Food
Above All: Cultural Journey on the Dining Table" special
exhibition, "Black Pearl Head Chefs' Club Initiation Ceremony and
Forum," "Tastes of Asia" culinary
culture and tourism theme days and a series of other events will
fire up the city and allow every participant to revel in the
cultural charisma behind the foods and dishes.
During the span of the Food Festival, the "Asian Culinary
Culture Alliance", formed jointly by organizations such as the
"Belt and Road" Southeast Asia Non-governmental Organization
Alliance, Slow Food Great China, Numbing and Spicy Alliance of
Japan, Institute of Cultural
Industry of Peking University and Korean Dining Culture
International Exchange Association, will announce its
establishment. The alliance is dedicated to the concerted
preservation and inheritance of culinary techniques, cultivation of
human resources engaged in culinary culture dissemination,
promotion of the culinary cultures of Asia, and advocation of the mutual learning
and mutual appreciation of cross-region civilizations in
Asia.
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SOURCE The Organizing Committee of the Chengdu Panda Asian Food
Festival (CPAFF)