Sesame cakes are probably a snack in many places, but they are made in different ways. The more famous ones are Zhoucun sesame cakes and Huangqiao sesame cakes. Zhoucun sesame cakes and Huangqiao sesame cakes have thin, crispy and crispy skins. I think they should be classified as dim sum.

Heze’s sesame cakes are one of the local staple foods. In my impression, there are about 8 pieces per pound.

To make Heze Shaobing, the key is to have a Shaobing stove. I always suspect that two iron pots are buckled together and then placed on a wooden stand. The top iron pot has a charcoal outlet. The gap is probably made by

It is made of clay, because when I was a kid, when I went to buy sesame cakes, I would often see new clay on the side of the pot.

The cover of the sesame cake is browned and sprinkled with sesame seeds, which makes it crispy. The core of the sesame cake is soft and soft with multiple layers of flesh and layers of condiments.

The criteria for evaluating a good sesame seed pancake should be that it has a lot of sesame seeds, is evenly heated without breakage, is burnt where it should be burnt, and is soft where it should be soft.

Heze Shaobing, the most famous of which is Zhao's Shaobing, used to be half a mile south of the Drum Tower, but now my mother said that no one in the Zhao family is doing this anymore, probably because they don't make any money.

Why is Zhaojia Shaobing so famous in Southwest Shandong?

I guess there are three reasons: first, the quality is good and stable, and it has gradually become a word of mouth; second, there are many sesame seeds, plenty of flesh, and good seasoning; third, it has been passed down from generation to generation.

But unfortunately, it has only been passed down for three generations, and because the profits are too thin, it has never been involved in hamburgers.

? There are two ways to eat Heze sesame biscuits. One is to eat them dry, with porridge. Heze people become confused (du), and the other is a more luxurious way to eat them, which is to eat sesame biscuits with beef.

There are several restaurants selling halal beef in Pan Yushou not far away.

? When I was a child, I lived in Zhongzhong East Street and was often arranged by my family to buy Zhao’s sesame cakes. I often accepted this assignment when I was very hungry. I always had to queue up and smell the aroma of the sesame cakes, which made me even hungrier. However, there were also rewards.

, when I buy it and eat it at home, I will always be rewarded with a sesame seed cake to cover it.

? When my son lived in Heze, he even ate Zhao's sesame cakes. Later, when he returned to Weihai, her grandmother would bring more than ten of them with her every time she came. I would always bake the sesame cakes with an electric pan.

It’s like eating homesickness.

? Talking about the later Heze Shaobings, there is Lijia Shaobing. It is located at the intersection of Bayi Street and Guangfu Street in Heze No. 1 Middle School. This Lijia Shaobing probably opened there in the 1990s. Its selling point is that it is large and has many sesame seeds.

It is deeply loved by the students of No. 1 Middle School in Heze because it wards off hunger.

However, there is a unique criterion for evaluating the quality of Heze sesame cakes, which is that the sesame cake core has multiple layers of flesh and multiple layers of seasonings. The seasonings are each family’s secret recipe, using self-ground five-spice powder and finely ground sesame oil.

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This is also the specialty of Zhaojia Shaobing, and the biggest difference between Heze Shaobing, Zhoucun Shaobing and Huangqiao Shaobing.

? The best place for sesame seed cakes in Heze is probably north of the Drum Tower on Jiefang Street. There is one in the Maternal and Child Health Hospital. It has some of the authentic taste and recipes of Heze sesame seed cakes. I haven’t been back for a few years, and I heard that it is not open anymore. I don’t know why.

As for the Zhaojia Shaobing restaurant in Danyang Market, it should be owned by someone with the same surname Zhao, and it has nothing to do with the real Zhaojia Shaobing.

?We can never eat real Zhaojia sesame cakes anymore.