Fuding meat, is Fuding's business card. I don't know when, it out of the streets of Fuding, in Fujian famous snack lake with a side of flavor to conquer the taste buds of the people. The presence of Fuding pork slices is definitely a breath of fresh air in the busy snack streets of the major campuses, compared to the various big eats that love to put down the heavy ingredients and MSG indiscriminately. In the back alley of our teacher's college, there are Uncle's food stalls soothe the stomach of the students again and again.
After 5:30, the back alley is bustling. A wave of students waiting to feed surrounded the food stalls, Uncle also in the stalls of the nimble cut meat into the boiling water, such as drums on the surface of the water is good to start the pot to share the bowl. Everyone who gets the steaming hot slices of meat are not in a hurry to eat, very good first code on the uncle's homemade yellow pepper water, rice vinegar, seaweed or cilantro. This kind of meat chewing flow of light meat sweet, rich elasticity, and finally the hot and sour soup into the nine sausages, really strong!
Late-night snack time, flowery plastic stools are also filled with old greaseballs who are not afraid to brush the door. The second year of college, we also follow the trend to appease the surging appetite, once pounced, the boss of the next stall said uncle family wedding, to be half a month after the opening of the stall again, we listened to the depressed.
The meat slices that can make us fall in and out of collective love are naturally good. So how is the delicious Fuding meat slices generated? University period wild to play in Fuding, incidentally to the classmate's mother to learn. Xu's mom said that the good taste of Fuding pork slices lies in the fine ingredients and skillful techniques. The meat must be pork thigh meat, and only lean meat is used. In addition, the ratio of meat and lotus root flour also influence the texture of the meat, I have eaten powder thick meat like chewing powder dumplings, a mouthful of despair. The next step in the process is to make the meat, which is traditionally done with a wooden hammer to "serve" a meal of lean pork thigh meat, and then knead the meat and powdered lotus root until it's completely blended. But nowadays, few people are so sincere, most of them will put the pork and lotus root powder into the machine together.
In this case, the secret to good sliced pork is simple: use the right ingredients and take the process seriously. As long as the stalls and stores are willing to pay attention, there's no need to worry about not having a place to eat the sliced meat. Ask around the greedy people who have lived in Fujian, there must be a good place to go to eat Fuding sliced meat in your heart. But you stepped out of the land of Fujian, want to eat people have to search for ......
In Shanghai, 800 kilometers away from home, my taste memory will be scattered meat flavor, often look forward to having a chance to meet the Fuding meat floated in Shanghai. It happens that one day when I came home early from work, I met my neighbor's old aunt who was cooking borscht on the porch, so I talked to her and she talked about her family, and inadvertently said that I, a Fujianese man's rough dietary requirements, the old aunt pointed out a clear way to the side of the building on the alleyway entrance there is a Fujianese restaurant, you can go to eat and see how to do it. I've been here for half a year, but I didn't know that there was a hometown restaurant lurking in the neighborhood. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to get a good deal on the way to the next level," he said.
According to a good neighbor said the direction, found the front of this inconspicuous small museum, once inside, someone enthusiastically handed over the menu, "look at what to eat", just listen to this full-flavored Fujian accent is embedded. The menu is printed on some home cooking, a look let a person have a good appetite. When I saw the Fuding pork slices, the mouth and tongue preceded the brain, "want a Fuding pork slices!"
"Do you want it vinegared and spicy?" Is it interesting to eat meat without acidity and spiciness? Of course.
In less than five minutes, the meat was presented on the table, pink and tender meat, ginger and seaweed floating in the air, the aroma of a long time to lure people quickly take a spoon to start. The slices of meat were tender and smooth, the most tender Fuding pork slices I've ever eaten! The cook and owner says the unique flavor is due to replacing the pork with beef. When I left the restaurant, I saw the next table was buried in and Fuding pork slices entangled, I think this brother is the same way of people ah.
Later development is that this simple little restaurant has become my late-night dining hall, in those nights after working overtime, after the night movie, must drag the tired body to the restaurant to eat a Fuding pork slices, so that all those chicken hair mundane things thrown into outer space.
By the way, if you are going to Fujian on vacation, we suggest you to have a bowl of Fuding Pork Slices to warm up before you go to the restaurant.
----Xiong Xiaoneng--
An urban wanderer who records his life with words and pictures