Folklore has it that Lanzhou Beef Noodle originated in the Tang Dynasty. Currently, there are historical records that Lanzhou Beef Noodle started during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, with the founder: Chen Weijing. After being inherited and improved by the descendants, the standard of Lanzhou beef noodles was unified by "one clear (soup), two white (radish), three red (chili), four green (cilantro and garlic), and five yellow (yellow noodles)".

Development:

The first stage, from 1915 to the early 1980s until the reform and opening up, was not popularized, and there were at most a dozen noodle shops after the founding of New China.

The second stage, from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s, saw a surge in quantity and a wide variation in quality. With brand recognition, the popularity of a single store began to affect sales, and operations expanded heavily out of town. At that time in the beef noodle restaurant seating shortage, the location is narrow and uncomfortable, poor hygiene, diners also have to squat in the street to taste the ramen, which is also a big part of the old Lanzhou landscape.

The third stage of the mid-1990s, chain franchising began to appear, entrepreneurial standard operation gradually become **** knowledge.

The fourth stage from the mid-1990s to the present, the construction of corporate culture and standardized industrial processes began to establish and develop. Lanzhou beef ramen in the number of fissile growth in the rapid realization of the quality of the transformation from local snacks to popular fast food.

Expanded Information:

Dietary Culture

Lanzhou Beef Noodle is an indispensable part of the life of the people of Lanzhou, and it can not be defined simply by "snack". It can no longer be defined simply as a "snack". For some, beef noodles are a daily necessity, the start of the day.

According to an official statistic, more than 900 noodle shops in downtown Lanzhou sell an average of 800 bowls of noodles a day, with breakfast accounting for most of them. Based on this figure, more than 2.5 million residents in Lanzhou's urban areas plus the floating population, one out of every four people will have to eat a bowl of noodles every day.

Most noodle shops open their doors at 6:30 a.m., and at 10:00 a.m., the daily peak, a small noodle shop may receive several hundred people a day. The beef noodle shops are so crowded at this time of day that communication between those ordering noodles, those standing in the seats and those selling tickets must be shouted at in order to be heard, which constitutes one of the major features of the beef noodle shops.

Traditional noodle shop does not have a waiter, we run to the same purpose, pay the money directly to pick up the noodles on the good, customers and shopkeepers have a very good cooperation.

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