This American is called Luo Lang. He is from Texas, USA, and has been in China for more than 20 years. He first studied Chinese at Shanghai Normal University, and later studied as a graduate student in the Chinese Department at Tsinghua University, and also worked as an American Chef at the Embassy in China. He usually introduces himself as an ordinary cook who loves traditional Chinese food.
He has his own restaurant, and his master comes from all over China.
In 10 years, Luo Lang began to search for Chinese food from various places in the Loess Plateau. He said that the oldest food in China is millet, so he went to Shaanxi, and then went to Gansu to learn ramen. Later, he heard that ramen is After being introduced to Xinjiang, he went to Xinjiang. Along the way, he traveled all over the Silk Road, and then all the way south, he wanted to see the seasonings, so he went to Sichuan. Along the way south, the staple food changed from noodles to noodles. Then he went to Guizhou, and later he left his footprints in Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, and Guangdong.
When talking about why he, a foreigner, wanted to stay in China to explore Chinese food, he said it was because of a bowl of noodles.
In 2009, there was an earthquake in Sichuan. He was riding from Xi'an to Hanzhong, passing through Raofeng Town in southern Shaanxi. Shaanxi is to the south and Sichuan is to the north. They are so close that many loess houses in the town collapsed. At that time, he was in an abandoned elementary school and set up a tent by himself. At that time, a local old lady found an empty classroom in this elementary school as her residence, because her home was gone, her wife was gone, and her children had fled to other places. But early the next morning, the old lady cooked him a bowl of noodles. It turned out that the old lady went to the market early in the morning. That bowl of noodles was very simple. It consisted of a bundle of noodles, a handful of spinach, an egg, a tomato, and some soy sauce and sesame oil. They were the cheapest and most common ingredients. But he still couldn't forget it. Luo Lang said that he felt that the old lady had My whole spirit and love were put into that bowl of noodles.
Luo Lang was also making delicious food before, but he always felt that something was missing, so he traveled all over the country, trying to find out the different flavors in the food.