Zaotang Noodles is a specialty noodle dish from Shashi District, Jingzhou City. It is also the most well-known local representative of "Tai Zao". It is characterized by its thick oil and fat, and the delicious soup. Its influence on the daily life of local people is probably equivalent to that of Wuhan Hot Dry Noodles.

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1. How are Zaotang Noodles made? Zaotang Noodles are a popular dish in Shashi area and have been around for nearly a hundred years.

The traditional way of making this kind of noodles has its own set of precautions. The noodles must be alkaline noodles, which are usually made by each noodle factory and delivered to each noodle shop on time.

What’s more important is the soup used in this bowl of noodles. The soup uses hens, pork bones, loach, pork belly, grass carp and other “chicken, duck and fish meat”. The noodle shop owner has to wake up at three or four in the morning to make the soup and warm it up.

Carefully simmer the essence of the food into the soup, and the sauce will become thick and milky white, which is very delicious.

Second, the origin of morning noodles. Regarding the origin of this kind of local snack, a more tenable view is that its emergence is related to the opening of Shashi in 1895.

Since the opening of the port, there has been busy cargo transportation and trading, and a large number of dock workers have to go to work in the morning.

In order to better meet the requirements of this group of customers, who require sufficient energy and thick water and oil, the local restaurant owner deliberately makes the breakfast noodles thicker and fatter.

It was "too early" to get up in the early morning and go to the noodle shop. After eating a bowl of hot noodles and soup, a day of hard work began, and the name "Morning Noodles" spread.

3. Where can you find the authentic and delicious Zaotang Noodles? In today's Shashi District, Jingzhou City, there are many stores famous for their Zaotang Noodles. Not only are they loved by locals, but tourists from other provinces who are on vacation are also going to taste these delicacies.

The Fu Shou Zaotang Noodle House on Zhongshan Road was once selected as a representative of a TV food variety show, so it is very famous.

The price of this noodle shop is slightly higher than other noodle shops, and there are more people queuing up, but even so, the business is still very popular.

In addition, Xiyuan Noodle House on Gongnong Road and Xiangming Noodle House on Hongxing Road are both famous morning noodle restaurants.

If you still have the opportunity to travel to Jingzhou City for vacation, it is recommended to take a morning to try the taste of this kind of special noodles.