Fried Pork with Perilla,Tasty over Roast Duck

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The tale of Fried Pork with Perilla dated back to Ming Dynasty.The King Zhao named Zhu Gaosui(son of Emperor Chengzu)had a beautiful and intelligent maid who was a master of lyre,Chinese chess,writing and painting.She was so fond of painting bamboo that King Zhao built a bamboo garden for her to live in.The maid in return showed her solicitude for the King and catered to his flavor of barbecue.She selected fine pork and cooked with perilla,matching it with lotus-leaves-shaped pancake,shallot and sweet sauce.When the dish was done,she invited King Zhao to the bamboo garden to have dinner with her.The King was amazed by this dish and wondered what its name was.Considering that Perilla had been a great contributor to this dish,she named it”perilla meat”.

Beauties were ill-fated since ancient times.The maid died of disease soon.King Zhao missed her so much that he was too fraqile to eat anything.Concerned with the King’s health,a chef tried his best to imitate perilla meat.It was not as delicious as the maid’s but tasty as well for the King.King Zhao restored his appetite when he saw the perilla meat and gradually recovered.Perilla meat was spread out of the King’s palace to folks and was inherited till today.