No matter how fierce the online celebrity store is attacking the camp and pulling out the village, at least in the hot snack Jianghu, most of the Wuhan people are looking for fly restaurants featuring husband and wife.
they are enthusiastic, low-key, inexperienced in marketing and based on word of mouth.
the taste is homely and the story is warm.
Lin Jinli, Peng Chao, a post-81s couple, started as a barbecue in Hanyang Waist Embankment in 2113.
After moving around Zhongjia Village, it was relocated to Lanjiang Road subway station in 2115. The name of the store, which was originally taken in the hope of booming business, has now become the secret code for many senior foodies to stay up late: go and look forward to it!
across the road, the "crab god" lurking in the night reveals a glimmer, tastes fireworks and is ready to go.
Li Xi and Yang Qun, a couple born in 1991s, have expanded their own take-out shop into two facades in three years, with crab claws, flower nails, bullfrogs and shrimp balls, which are spicy and delicious, and have attracted countless addicted diners. Spring, summer, autumn and winter, after eight o'clock, one is hard to find.
Living in the magical Jiangcheng, a real estate development can raise the overall house price nearby, and two snack restaurants are enough to stir up the boring nights around.
About five years ago, Jinxiu No.3 Road, where Lanjiang Road intersects vertically, was far less popular than it is now. Business was only done during the day, and it was dark when the night grew dark. With the opening of Panpan and Crab God, the surrounding businesses engaged in midnight snack were driven, with rolling doors opened, neon flashing, vendors selling cold drinks and fruits shuttling through the crowd, and diners from all directions were intoxicated with the smell of alcohol and spicy food.
two stores that are no longer worried about business can see each other's signs. So far, they are also the first choice for many people to come to Lanjiang Road for a midnight snack. They have their own tastes and fans have their own preferences. However, behind the hearty night, there is sweetness.
Peng Chao, Panpan's boss, seems a little timid.
He is 1.83 meters tall, burly, and his muscular body seems to burst his short sleeves.
he is responsible for ordering, arranging seats and returning orders-during the weekend rush hour, if customers don't want to wait after ordering, they can get a refund.
His wife, Lin Jinli, is more like a real person in a barbecue shop. She is not tall, likes to grin, and can control the scene when she is angry. The baking temperature, time and the quality of the dishes will eventually pass through her eyes. Business is too busy on weekends, and when something goes wrong occasionally, Peng Chao is the first to get a "slap in the face".
compared with most barbecue shops in Wuhan, Panpan's site is more spacious. Two facades, more than 21 guys, 31 tables, and after eight o'clock in the evening, there will be a line in front of the store. Long waiting for people, the status of the big boss is self-evident.
The three ovens are burning vigorously, and the hot oil slowly slides down the fine lines full of ingredients, continuing the secret recipe of 2116, which is still favored by customers.
The carbon oven is mainly prepared for vegetarian dishes, such as potatoes, lotus root slices and green peppers. It pays attention to slow roasting with fine fire and generate flavor. For meat dishes, you have to use an electric stove, which has fierce firepower, and the baked food is tender outside and less oily.
fish's tail, beef tendon and hoof flower, I hope to have three unique skills.
snails, edamame and butter are also very popular. In addition to secret recipe blessing, fresh ingredients are the source of ensuring taste. Peng Chao said that the goods bought every day can basically be sold out that night, and the snail and edamame are supplied in limited quantities, only about one pot.
It opens at 5 o'clock in the evening and samples are made at 2 o'clock in the morning. The lights here are undoubtedly a comfort for people who are looking for food late at night. The couple did not disclose accurate figures about the turnover. "However, it is quite normal to pass five figures every day."
Across from Panpan, in the dim night, the business of Crab God is equally lively.
Faced with neon signs, it is easy to fall into some illusion: it is like a shop handed down by the family, and the proprietress must be a sister-in-law with a strong sense of Jianghu.
The bright lights in the kitchen are in sharp contrast with the darkness outside the door, and the eyes of passers-by are focused on Li Xi.
She is the proprietress of Crab God. She sits by the kitchen door every night and is responsible for ordering, cashier, packing and guiding customers to their seats.
The dining room is about 5 meters away from the kitchen, and the door is very interesting. The China Welfare Lottery is made of scarlet letters on a white background. Walking in, the cramped space is surrounded by six or seven tables, and the customers are mainly young people. It is easy to find beautiful women with both face value and temperament.
the space next door is smaller, and three tables and chairs are basically full. But it doesn't affect the interest in coming here for a midnight snack. Groups of three and five * * * crowded into one room, surrounded by strong spicy taste, beer bottles collided, cigarettes were lingering, and the lips and teeth pried open the crab claws. In the floating air of Wuhan dialect and Mandarin, we can talk about our own rivers and lakes.
you will also notice a small line next to the signboard: baa baa snacks.
This is the nickname of Yang Qun, the boss of Crab God, which means "sheep".
He is a native of Hanyang. He entered the society very early, sold fried food and barbecued. After learning the skill of cooking crabs first hand in Sichuan, he returned to Wuhan and opened this shop with his wife. Hairy crabs are the mainstay in autumn, crayfish are sold in midsummer, and crab claws are eaten all year round. The spicy and enjoyable taste has won countless fans.
The improved crab claws are spicy and slightly sweet, which is very suitable for Wuhan people's tastes. The concentrated soup is wrapped in strong noodles, and the taste is also very rich. Bullfrog is boiled with traditional Chinese medicine, with a strong spicy taste and a faint medicinal fragrance. Some people have no feelings and some people love it. Toothpick meat is salted and then burned, supplemented by a large number of lanterns and peppers, and the color is beautiful but not spicy.
after nine o'clock, there are still many customers waiting for seats outside the store, most of whom come from Wuchang and Hankou. Li Xi is used to this kind of battle, but at the beginning of her business, she was worried about business. In the heavy rain, I rode an electric car with my husband from door to door and invited people to try it. In this way, I accumulated the first customers.
now, I have survived.
Open Yang Qun's circle of friends, and the most content is about sunbathing and showing love.
There are not only three meals a day, but also the romance of Hokkaido in winter.
Because I want to spend more time with my children, the Crab God is only open until about 11: 11 p.m. Although the business is booming, family is the most important thing for the couple.
Panpan also thought about early proofing, and even planned to close down in 2115, but it was only with the persuasion and support of relatives and friends that this store was reopened.
After the busy business, Peng Chao also felt uneasy. It was about the insistence on taste. "Frankly speaking, the taste of barbecue is not as good as that of cooking it yourself, and people are a little flustered."
They all have their own plans for the future. Lin Jinli and Peng Chao want to add more people to bake the best taste. Li Xi and Yang Qun are also worried about too many customers, so if the time is right, they will expand more stores. Joining will never be considered, after all, the quality of the products is difficult to control.
at 11 p.m., the warm yellow street lamps covered the whole Lanjiang Road, and the diners stumbled and enjoyed themselves. And the city's food story about mom-and-pop shops, with its innovative flavor for years, continues.
Wen WhatJun | Tu Shu Ye