At the end of work in the evening, my colleagues in Fuding, my hometown, said on a whim that they would take some of us to try the special snacks in their hometown.
When I heard Fuding, I subconsciously thought, isn't it Fuding pork slices? What other snacks can we have?
Although I think so in my heart, after all, I am never against food, so I am happy to follow my colleagues to a small shop hidden in Wanda Gold Street.
To tell you the truth, I have never set foot in this small shop called Herbal Soup before, and I didn't even notice when I had this shop. In my mind, there may be a kind of shops in this commercial street that are just selling fast food.
However, when my colleague finished ordering several snacks recommended by her, it was really a little unexpected.
Compared with our local rice noodles, the fresh mixed rice noodles here are a little thinner, so they don't choke as easily as local rice noodles. Moreover, colleagues say that the rice noodles here are soft rice noodles, while the local rice noodles are all dry. So the rice noodles here can be mixed fresh, unlike the local rice noodles, which are mostly fried with a lot of oil. It tastes like a refreshing feeling that is rare when eating rice noodles.
And the chili bottle on the dining table is millet chili sauce finely chopped into sauce. When drinking the soup of Fuding sliced meat, gently scoop a spoonful and stir it evenly in the soup. The smell of pickled peppers spreads into the soup and ripples in the mouth, which is really appetizing.
jiaozi, who was specially recommended by my colleagues, to tell the truth, I still had some self-righteousness in my heart at first. I always think, jiaozi, where can't you eat this kind of thing?
until I took the first bite, a delicious smell was like spring flowers blooming in my mouth. Colleagues said that the jiaozi here was made by hand by the boss, and the materials were carefully selected and made. And this umami makes me feel ashamed of my previous preconceptions and self-righteousness. This is a far cry from jiaozi, where there is only peanut butter and a mouthful of flour skin everywhere in Shaxian.
What's worth mentioning is this fried potato cake that I ate for the first time. Although I don't fully know the production process, I can't do without steaming potatoes, then stirring them into mud, and then compacting them into cakes and frying them.
on this basis, after being drenched with our own sauce. The crispy skin of the potato cake fried and the soft mashed potatoes scattered in the mouth form a huge taste contrast experience, as well as the fragrance that seeps into the sauce, all of which make people want to stop. Although I feel full enough, I still can't help eating one after another.
Perhaps, I have changed a little unconsciously. I always wanted to taste it before thinking about the meaning of food. Now it is always customary to judge by preconceived mode. Tonight's Fuding snacks have pulled me tightly on the edge of a cliff in a sense!