Chow mein is also divided into two kinds of soup and noodles.
The noodles are made of high-quality fine white flour, blended with the right amount of salt and alkali with warm water and into a softer dough than dumpling noodles, kneaded repeatedly to make it tough, placed for a period of time, and then rolled into a four-finger wide, twenty centimeters long sheet, the outside of vegetable oil, a piece of the yard, covered with plastic paper standby.
Soup with top quality tender lamb, lamb bone (split, revealing the bone marrow in the middle) cooked together for more than five hours, first with a large fire rolled and then with a small fire pot, which under seven or eight flavors of traditional Chinese medicine, the bones of the oil are simmering out of the soup out of the soup is white and bright, like cow's milk, so some people also called the white soup.
Accessories to shredded seaweed, shredded tofu, vermicelli, cilantro, quail eggs, sea cucumbers, squid, etc., and then outside the table with cilantro, chili oil, sugar and garlic and other small dishes.
Others:
Tianjin's sesame flowers, Shanxi's vinegar, Shandong's pancakes, and Henan's noodles. Henan people love to eat noodles, the reason is probably related to the geographical environment. Agricultural province, a thousand miles of fertile land, a flat river, the main grain producing areas, wheat is the main crop. And is located in the Central Plains and Shanxi, Shaanxi, Shandong neighboring.
Soup noodles, fish noodles, fried noodles, lo mein, hard-working and intelligent people in Henan created a lot of noodle dishes. If you don't eat three meals a day without noodles, it's like you've lost your soul and are missing something, you don't have anything to eat, you don't feel solid, you don't feel like you've had enough to eat. The braised noodles are another delicious snack created by the people of Henan.
To the Great Wall is not a good man, come to Henan do not eat chow mein, that is also very regrettable! The braised noodles hall, in Henan is full of streets, basically has been synonymous with the restaurant, to the braised noodles hall do not think that only sells braised noodles, stir-fried dishes, staple food, alcohol and so on, called braised noodles hall just to attract attention, solicit customers.
The braised noodles hall do braised noodles delicious, all in your careful observation, look at the mutton pot, smell the mutton flavor, whether it is a single pot underneath, where there is a lot to say, the discerning person a glance can be seen.
It is rumored that Henan braised noodles evolved from Xi'an steamed buns, which were brought to Henan during the Qing Dynasty because the people in Henan didn't like steamed buns and preferred noodles, so they evolved into braised noodles. Now the soup in the braised noodles can vaguely smell the flavor of Xi'an steamed buns, of course, this is a legend, there is no real evidence, listen to it.
Watching the master under the meat is also a good enjoyment, thin sheet of noodles, leisurely pulled into a long thin strip. Like a musician directing the music, but also like a magician playing a skillful technique. The white noodles, up and down, like a dragon flying, like colorful silk play flowers, curved dragon gnarled, instant pot, the eye has not yet seen what is going on, the noodles have been cooked in the pot.
The soup is white and fresh, the noodles are smooth and tough, put on a few large pieces of lamb, supplemented by shredded seaweed, shredded tofu, vermicelli, cilantro, quail eggs, etc., and then outside the table with cilantro, chili oil, sugar and garlic and other small dishes, the taste is better, so hot and hot and a big bowl of nourishing chowder on the front of you. Sesame sauce, salt and monosodium glutamate are put at the bottom of the bowl, so you can use your chopsticks to pick them up before eating!
The bowl of braised noodles is also very delicate, are ceramic blue flower bowl, why use such a big bowl? It is rumored that Henan is located in the central plains of the country, which is mainly agricultural and requires physical labor. From the ancestors there inherited a big bowl to eat, big bowl to drink, big strength to do things, big heart to treat people's habits, which is very much like the Shaanxi people. Second, Henan hospitality, will not be flowery language, lest the guests shy, not enough to eat, always smilingly ask long and short, change the way to give you more rice, lest the guests are slow.
...... eat a head full of sweat, a big bowl of chowder under the belly, a hiccup, wipe the sweat, pat belly, so comfortable!