Supposedly, as a famous shop, it must be a decent restaurant. The online celebrity shop in this small town doesn't even have a facade, but there is a shed and a few breakfast stalls with small tables and stools in the aisle between the walls of two houses.
This stall has been open for nearly a hundred years, and now the aunt standing at the door is the third generation.
"Village Aunt Bean Powder Shop" mainly focuses on pea powder. Because the ingredients have other plans later, there are three kinds of "thin bean powder" without signs: fried golden crisp, large flake bean powder and Tengchong mind.
Deep-fried golden crisp: that is, the pea jelly is diced and fried. Steaming golden crisp, dip in some dried Chili, take a bite, the skin is crisp and the heart is hot, and the aroma rushes up; The inner core is tender and smooth, and Huang Doudou bean jelly is salty and sweet, salty and fresh, so it can't stop eating.
Big Slice+Bean Powder: Slicing the pig's head into very thin slices is called big slice, and only two parts, pig's ears and pig's mouth, are selected. It is said that a good knife can cut 26 pieces from a pig's ear, of which 22 pieces are complete and translucent. Paper-thin pig's head meat is spread on hot pea jelly, slightly seasoned and eaten while it is hot. Unexpectedly, pork and pea powder actually match well.
Many years ago, Shi Caijun once ate the pig's head of his eldest son in Changzhi, Shanxi, and was deeply impressed. Machetes are as thin as cicadas.
Tengchong Brain: Coincidentally, another snack "Brain" in Taiyuan, Shanxi actually found a long-lost brother in Tengchong.
Brain is a dessert, and the main ingredients of Shanxi brain are mashed potatoes and mutton. Tengchong's mind is to put a big bowl of fried Baba, poached eggs, shredded chicken, diced ham, shredded eggs and shredded tofu, and then pour the hot sweet mash into the bowl. It is said that the brains of both places belong to the same clan. It seems that there should be a branch from Shanxi among the early immigrants in Tengchong.
After dinner, Shi Caijun and his friends came to Tengchong's largest jade market, which is also a big market that opens every five days. Shi Caijun had no feeling at all, so he asked his friends to go to Taobao, but he found another way to walk around the streets and ponder local snacks.
Fried dough sticks and bean flour
First, we have to eat thin bean flour. It's better to choose the right time than to hit it. At first, I met a small shop that said "Weishan Hui snacks", and several Hui aunts wearing headscarves were busy. The ingredient Jun asked for a bowl of thin bean flour fritters and sat down to eat quietly.
Thin bean powder is the soul of Tengchong breakfast. It is made of pea powder and looks like tea soup in Beijing. Instead of eating and cooking now, we have prepared a vat in advance, which guests can fill as needed.
The powder is slightly salty, sprinkled with seasoning and red oil. Looking at a sticky bowl, it tastes not sloppy, but very refreshing. It is said that thin bean flour is the most daily breakfast in Tengchong, because it is omnipotent and can live in harmony with bait blocks, bait shreds, bait slices, rice noodles and fried dough sticks.
Shicaijun looked at the fried dough sticks, which was quite strange. It is said that the fritters in all directions are catamarans, but the fritters here are all bachelors. Only after asking did I know that this kind of fried dough sticks is a traditional practice of the Hui people in Weishan, Yunnan. In fact, the fried dough sticks are no longer strips, but more like an elongated oil cake.
Fried pork with fritters.
In Yunnan, "bait" appears in people's daily life in various forms. Cake-shaped bait, like spring cake, is called Baba, which is baked locally, and the bait block is baked Baba. Baba divides soft rice into hard rice. Baba is mostly baked with soft rice. Baba baked with charcoal fire, brushed with beef sauce or mushroom sauce, and rolled with fried dough sticks, which is the Tengchong version of pancake jiaozi.
In addition to fried dough sticks, it can usually be served with shredded potatoes and barbecue.
Braised chicken rice noodle
On the opposite side, Shi Caijun saw a very common frontispiece, but the word "braised chicken rice noodles" was particularly dazzling. "Braised chicken rice noodles" have spread all over Yunnan in recent years. It originated in Zhuyuan Town, Mile County, Honghe Prefecture. As a local business card, it is known as "the best braised chicken in the world".
Hey, don't miss it when you pass by.
Have a bowl, rice noodles with shredded chicken, fresh soup and delicious chicken. However, the focus is on the rich self-help of small materials. My boss taught me how to start: first add shallots and coriander, then add soy sauce, sesame oil, sauerkraut, tsaoko pepper oil and salted noodle sauce, and finally add appropriate amount of Chili oil and Chili sauce according to my own needs.
The considerate boss, seeing the ingredients carefully and asking carefully, added a piece of bait, saying that it was to let the ingredients understand the difference between bait and rice noodles.
It's hard for such a boss with high emotional intelligence to think about business!
Roasted meat rice noodles
At the corner of the street, there is a dark shop, and the words on the door are blurred. On the roadside, there is a pile of firewood burning brightly. There was an iron grate on the flame, and several large pieces of pork belly sizzled. The flame was very big, smoking, and the pork belly soon turned black.
The ingredients are busy asking for details. Passers-by said that this is Tengchong people's favorite "roasted rice noodles".
There are barbecued pork rice noodles in many places in Yunnan. Tengchong's barbecued pork rice noodles are very famous in Shunjiang, Gudong Town. Cai Shijun has no time to go to Shunjiang to eat authentic barbecued pork rice this time. Look at this crowded shop. Think about the ingredients. Try it here first.
After the meat is roasted, it is necessary to continue to roast fresh peppers and tomatoes, peel them after roasting, and add seasoning to chop them up. Then, chop the vegetables, peppers and tomatoes on the noodles, and finally put them in shredded pork.
There are two kinds of baked rice noodles: hot and cold. When it's cold, bake rice noodles with a bowl of hot chicken soup or meat and bone soup. When it is hot, it will be cooked with plum juice (or vinegar).
See the weather is cool. I ordered a bowl of rice noodles, hot soup and barbecue. The soup is good, but the barbecue is not very smoky, just right. The ingredients are eaten with relish, and the surrounding guests are in an endless stream, mostly regular customers. They don't talk much, but they eat quickly. You can see the bowl at the bottom.
Pea flour, pea flour roll powder
There is good news when visiting the jade market. My friends all went home with full loads, and the ingredients sounded like a golden retreat.
On my way back to Cai Wei, I passed by Li Qindou Powder Shop, which is a famous shop specializing in all kinds of pea powder. When I heard that Boss Tan, who picked Wei, often skipped classes and sneaked into a small shop to eat at school, Shi Caijun's spirit was refreshed. "Stop the car, I'm going to ... have a look."
I asked for pea jelly and pea flour roll powder. Li Qin's powder really deserved its reputation, with rich bean flavor and smooth Q-bomb. Watching the friends eat happily, but cherishing the ingredients, but you are unable to savor them carefully, pretending to eat a few mouthfuls, unwilling to fight, and running away.
The ingredients are not the king of big stomachs. To eat so much, there is only one choice-a little taste. After breakfast, although I ate these again, in fact, most of the food is only one or two bites. Even if I meet something I like very much, I will never be greedy. Shi Caijun knows himself very well. In melodramatic terms, as a person who measures the world with his tongue, only waste can go further.
02
The most grounded home-cooked dish
A little chef with more potential
In the afternoon, Shi returned to rest, drinking tea, basking in the sun and staring blankly on the terrace on the second floor.
At dinner, I decided to explore the "powder restaurant" which is said to be the most grounded in the ancient town.
As soon as he entered the store, Shi Caijun saw a big table full of ingredients. After the boss helped to select the most common samples, Shi Caijun began to wait for the dishes.
Soon after serving, it was cold and hot, and the boss sent soup: cold roasted Chili eggplant, pickled cabbage mixed with barbecue, sour radish fried with bitter fruit, pumpkin flowers tender lotus leaf fried, and Qinglong cross-sea soup.
Barbecued pork with sauerkraut: This kind of barbecue is different from barbecued pork rice noodles. This barbecue is the most famous practice in Tengchong. For example, small-ear pigs are salted first and then roasted, which tastes like Guangdong roasted meat, but not fried. Tengchong roasted meat, crispy skin and fragrant meat, is boring with kimchi.
Chilled Chili eggplant: Chili/eggplant is softened by heating with charcoal fire, peeled, shredded, chopped, seasoned with tomato or tree tomato, and eaten cold, which is very refreshing.
Pumpkin flowers/Fried tender lotus leaves: It's the first time to eat tender lotus leaves. Tender lotus leaves and pumpkin flowers are wrapped in batter, thin and crisp. They are tempura in Heshun ancient town. The tender lotus leaves are fragrant and almost confused with pumpkin flowers.
Stir-fry sour radish with bitter fruit: dry pepper thoroughly in hot oil, stir-fry sweet pepper and shredded pepper, stir-fry onion and garlic together, stir-fry sour radish, and finally slice the bitter fruit. Bitter fruit, also known as bitter eggplant, tastes bitter. Before frying, it should be sliced and salted to remove its bitterness.
Qinglong Cross-sea Soup: It is the most daily hot and sour soup for Tengchong people. Most people go to restaurants to eat. This soup is a gift. The method is super simple. Put the dried pickles, ginger (chopped), millet spicy, coriander and three shallots into the soup bowl, order a little soy sauce, don't boil it, just rinse it down with boiling water, and the soup will be ready. The so-called green dragon is onion, and the acid comes from dried pickles.
The store is full of awards, all won by the boss's baby, and two of them are actually the best cooking awards won by this baby's primary school. It seems that since ancient times, heroes have emerged as teenagers, and teenagers have emerged from the sky!