China News Agency, Liuzhou, August 6th: "Winter Melon Gu" is popular in Chinese restaurants in ASEAN countries, and Guangxi miniature winter melon has become an important ingredient
Author Liu Juncong
"'Winter Melon Gu' is a dish that Southeast Asian people and local Chinese and overseas Chinese like very much, and miniature winter melon is the most important ingredient. Because this dish has the effect of relieving the heat, our overseas sales also skyrocket in summer." August On the 6th, Tan Xiaozhao, a farmer in Liuzhou City, Guangxi, picked a mini winter melon at the small winter melon planting base and said happily.
At the moment, it is the harvest season of mini winter melons. In the mini winter melon planting base in Lianfeng Village, Luorong Town, Liudong New District, Liuzhou City, Tan Xiaozhao started picking from 5 in the morning and didn't finish until the morning.
After packing the boxes, hundreds of mini winter melons will be sold overseas every day at this base and will appear on the dining tables of diners from ASEAN countries.
Different from ordinary winter melons, these mini winter melons growing on bamboo racks are green in color, thick and juicy, and crispy and delicious.
The 20-mu mini winter melon planting base in the village produces more than 13,000 per mu each year, nearly 60% of which are sold to ASEAN countries such as Malaysia, the Philippines, and Singapore, and are well received by overseas people.
In 2019, Tan Xiaozhao went to Guangzhou and Shanghai for inspection. The dish "Winter Melon Gu" made him see the strong market potential of mini winter melons overseas, so he went home and started planting.
"Winter Melon Gu" is a traditional famous dish in Guangdong and Shanghai.
The practice is to hollow out the mini winter melon as a base, and then pour in the soup made from mushrooms, winter bamboo shoots, yam, ginkgo and other ingredients. It has a delicious taste and is a summer delicacy.
"Winter Melon Gu" was brought to Southeast Asia by the Chinese, and after integrating with the local food culture, it formed a unique Chinese food in Southeast Asia.
Nowadays, many overseas Chinese restaurants will carve exquisite Chinese patterns on the shell of mini winter melon, making this delicious taste more Chinese, and it has become a kind of food for overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese to express their nostalgia.
According to Tan Xiaozhao, the well-proportioned and brightly-colored mini winter melons are top-quality winter melons and are loved by overseas customers. The net profit can reach about 1.5 yuan (RMB, the same below) each.
Entering August, the mini winter melon has entered a high-yielding period. The daily picking volume of the base can reach 2,000, and the annual income can reach 200,000 to 300,000 yuan.
With the construction of the new western land-sea passage, many expressways in Guangxi lead directly to ports and border ports.
Tan Xiaozhao bought several transport trucks. Once the mini winter melons were picked and shipped, they were sent directly to the port and sold to ASEAN countries by sea.
More and more delicious fruits and agricultural products from Southeast Asia are also imported and sold to China from various ports in Guangxi, such as Friendship Pass and Dongxing.
Since the implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), South Korea, Indonesia, Cambodia and other countries have successively reduced or exempted tariffs on some of China's agricultural products.
In addition to mini winter melons, many fresh fruits, vegetables and ingredients from China have gone overseas, benefiting Chinese restaurants around the world.
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