Long Wonton,Dragon in the Deep Pool
1 min readLong Wonton,as suggested in the dish name,is an elegant dish named after its shape.In ancient times,the emperor always procla imed themselves as the Son of Heaven, renresenting the dragon.lhere was also a story about an emperor behir nd the Long wonton.
It’s said that the Emperor Xizong was playful and had a special interest in food and he kept thinking about the delicious court dessert even when he fled his way to Chengdu.But despite their superb cooking skill,the local chefs in Chengdu had no idea about how to make the court dessert appealing in North China.This was really a difficult task for the local chef.When discussing what kind of dessert may please the Emperor,one chef found that the Emperor was viewing the beautiful sight beyond the temple with his hands crossing in front of his chest.This elegant gesture impressed the chef and an idea occurred in his mind.He proposed to imitate the gesture of the Emperor and fold the wrapper with meat stuffing,with its two angle pointing forward.All agreed upon the idea.
So was the pie with a special shape.How could the Dragon live without water! Tie chef wondered.Then he made some Sichuan style soup to server with dragon wonton.
Learning of its origin,the Emperor Xizong was very pleased and ate all the dragon wontons.A roya l dish name was thus qiven as Long wonton.
