soup-filled steamed buns on the first floor of Kaifeng

If you don't eat steamed buns on the first floor, you can say that you have come to Kaifeng for nothing.

"Time-honored Brand of China"-"The First Floor of Kaifeng" is a century-old shop with a long history. Its "Steamed Steamed Buns on the First Floor" is known as "Zhongzhou" because of its exquisite materials, unique production, thin skin and big stuffing, soft and tender flavor, fat but not greasy, and its beautiful shape of "lifting like a lantern and putting it down like a chrysanthemum".

steamed buns were originally named soup buns, commonly known as soup buns. Steamed buns have been sold in the market in Tokyo (now Kaifeng), the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty. It was a famous product of Yulou, one of the 72 main stores at that time. At that time, it was called "Cave Plum Blossom Steamed Bun", which was called "the first in Beijing". The Northern Song Dynasty moved southward to Lin 'an (now Hangzhou), also known as "grouted steamed bread", which was a famous snack at that time. In the 1931s, a famous chef on the first floor changed the steaming in a big cage into steaming in a small cage, and even served it on the table, which was called "steamed soup dumplings".

"First Floor" steamed buns were famous in the market long before liberation. After liberation, Wu Zhipu, former secretary of Henan Provincial Party Committee, highly praised "First Floor" steamed buns as a delicious food for all ages. In 1959, after screening in the whole province, the "first floor" steamed buns made their debut at the National Finance and Trade Association, which was well received by the party and state leaders. In 1959, the Central "Level 6" cadres' meeting was held in Zhengzhou. Leaders from Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, Chen Yi and other countries tasted the steamed buns made by master Cao Zhenjie (the national first-class soup-filling steamed buns teacher) and gave high praise to the steamed buns on the first floor. Since then, people from all over the country have been coming to the "first floor" to learn their skills in an endless stream, which has made "the first floor" become ". In 1964 and 1978, steamed buns on the first floor were rated as "famous snacks" in Kaifeng, and in 1989, they were rated as "quality products" by the Ministry of Commerce and won the "Golden Globe Award" in the competition of 53 national art groups on the first floor of Kaifeng for accompanying meals. In 1991, more than 1,111 famous shops in 27 large and medium-sized cities in China competed for fragrance at Xizi Lake in Hangzhou. The steamed buns on the first floor once again won the praise of "the first package in the world" for their delicious taste, and in 194 they were awarded as "the famous food in Henan Province" and in February 1997 the first "Chinese famous snack" in China.

"first floor, first floor, by going up one flight of stairs". This is the latest evaluation of the first floor by Kaifeng people this year, because a single variety of steamed buns has developed into a series of products with unique flavor, "steamed buns feast" and "quick-frozen buns", which makes it more distinctive of the times. Its "Steamed Bun Banquet", also known as "Assorted Steamed Bun Banquet", was innovated and developed by the master of steamed buns, Cao Zhenjie. Steamed buns are divided into soup, fish kernel, jade, diced chicken, leek head, mushroom, hawthorn, shrimp, vegetarian stuffing and spicy steamed buns. Ten-cage steamed buns are tasted in turn, which can be described as intriguing and wonderful in the transformation; The taste is distinct and gradually getting better. Friends from the United States, France, Japan, Italy, Australia and other countries, as well as compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and overseas Chinese, all take pleasure in tasting the "Steamed Bun Banquet" while visiting the scenic spots in the ancient city.