How important are Chongqing noodles to the people of Chongqing?
"Boss, two taels of noodles, more green onions, less peppercorns."
"Yes!"
What wakes Chongqing people up in the morning from the chaos and confusion is a steaming bowl of Chongqing noodles, which costs only 6 yuan a bowl.
A conversation at the top of one's voice, flavored with the unique dialect of Sichuan and Chongqing, crackles like a cluster of spicy sparks on those slopes of the mountain city. The louder the voice, the more powerful, Chongqing people's "bull" energy from the beginning of the morning will be full.
In Chongqing, small noodles are often eaten in the morning.
One day's plan lies in the morning, the Chongqing people pursue the success of life, must be traced back to the bowl of small noodles. Chongqing small noodles, like hot pot, originated from the docks - those dock workers who sold their physical strength, the mountain town stickmen who climbed the slopes, always had to eat a bowl of noodles before starting work.
A bowl of steaming noodles to the stomach, is warm to the heart, will have the strength, life is also enough.
Chongqing noodles is a simple vegetarian noodles, the ingredients are not exquisite, are some grounded "earth things", like the Chongqing people's simple and unadorned character.
But Chongqing noodles are rich in ingredients, including minced green onion, ginger and garlic, sesame seeds, peppercorns, soy sauce, chili oil, and some meat according to personal preference: chicken, fat intestines, beef, and shredded pork with pickled vegetables.
The tables at the noodle shops are well-stocked and well-stocked as far as the eye can see.
Noodle shop owners are quick on their feet: drawing noodles, boiling them, fishing them, mixing them, and covering them with toppings, the whole process is smooth and straightforward. There is no strict standard for the ingredients, so they are natural and never lack of pounds or weight.
Finally, what is presented in front of the customer is a bowl of Chongqing XiaoMian with all the colors and flavors: the soup is bright red, the noodles are white and clean, the green onions are bright green, the peppercorns are sporadic, and a spoonful of golden peas is sprinkled on top. The combination of ingredients is random, but in the mouth is a match made in heaven, and I have to marvel at the wisdom of the Chongqing people in food and drink.
Cooking the noodles is fast, eating the noodles is also fast, sucking, smooth noodles into the mouth, smooth entry, the aftertaste remains. The whole body will be relieved when you take a sip of the noodle soup.
Chongqing Xiaomian's noodle shops, as Chongqing's signature, are interspersed with crowded places - neighborhoods, schools, company buildings ...... - where the noodle shops look up, and the aroma of noodles wafts over the place. Students, white-collar workers, and people from all walks of life ......
In Chongqing, this is true inside and out: a wooden table and a few plastic benches of varying heights hold up a table that accommodates the diners.
People from all over the world meet in front of the restaurant. Whether you're dressed in fancy clothes or plain clothes, whether you're sad or happy, savoring this bowl of noodles full of fireworks and a sense of "common sense" has become a unique lifestyle and a unique feeling in the mountain town.
This bowl of Chongqing noodles is the most authentic Chongqing flavor, it is numb and spicy, it is fragrant and fresh, it is not clear, but it is into the mouth to be considered at ease.
Perhaps every Chongqing people heart collection of so a few small noodle shop, in the heart of the map pressed the memory pegs, just wait to be seated, you can reap the benefits of soothing the soul of the stable flavor.
Chongqing small noodles soothe not only the hearts of locals, but also the stomachs of outsiders.
The second season of "Tongue on the China" has made Chongqing small noodles, the face of the screen in front of the mouth-watering oil splash spices, foodies can no longer sit still, "the mountain does not come to seek me, I will go to seek the mountain", flocked to the local small noodles business suddenly hot.
Chongqing eighteen monsters in the "do not eat small noodles do not feel comfortable", gradually, small noodles was made into a food card, do not eat small noodles will not be considered to have come to Chongqing.
Chongqing people look at the business opportunities, the noodle shop out of the mountain city, brought into Beijing, Shanghai, also brought to Guangzhou, Shenzhen ...... Chongqing noodle shop rooted in the country, the business is booming, savage growth, noodle shop owners and other laborers are no different, conscientious, pragmatic and willing to work, the Chongqing noodle business card in the country hit the mark.
Some in order to cater to foreign tastes, will also be appropriate to adjust the amount of ingredients, but no matter how to change, Chongqing's local spicy and fresh aroma will never be erased, the word Chongqing will always hang in the noodle shop on the menu. Chongqing people have left their hometowns, but they have not forgotten their roots, and the names of their hometowns have followed them throughout their lives.
Every stomach that struggles in a foreign land is comforted by Chongqing noodles.
Shanghai classmates told me that even the pain and pressure of life, when the bowl of hometown flavor in front of them, will be dissipated. A Yu-style noodle shop has captured the taste buds of expatriates and become a popular gourmet restaurant; it also comforts the hearts of those who have left home, allowing them to unload their fatigue and embrace the warmth of their bodies and even their spirits.
In Chongqing, a bowl of delicious small noodles is not only a kind of food that makes people salivate, but also a warmth that soothes the heart of every ordinary struggler.
The so-called: red oil and heavy mouth Shancheng noodles, the most soothing food. One side awakens, one side remembers, one side inherits, one side soothes. At the end of the street, small noodle store pot, noodle soup in the never-ending tumbling, dense fog rising and lingering, to the diners to extend the warmest "helping hand".
And the beautiful mountain city of Chongqing, in the misty clouds, open arms, tolerate visitors, rain or shine.