Many famous dishes in Lu cuisine (Shandong cuisine) have a long history and profound cultural background. You may know one of the traditional dishes named braised intestines in brown sauce when they study Chinese in China which has an interesting story about the origin of the name.
It is said that this dish was firstly created in Jinan in the period of Guanxu Emperor in Qing Dynasty. Some students who learn Chinese in China may know the restaurants were named with the words with the number nine because there were too many people set up shops. Among so many famous dishes, the intestines cooked in Jiuhualou were rich in the ingredients and complex in process. When you study Mandarin in China, teachers may tell you the name got also because of the various tastes of it. It symbolizes the high techniques of the chef and the delicious tastes.
The boiled ginkgo is also one of the famous dishes of Shandong cuisine that eth learners who learn Chinese in China should taste. It is the ne of the first class dishes in Confucius Food of Shandong cuisine.