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By the Lotus Road in Zhuhai, there is a couple who treat the "taste" almost obsessively, with some obsession, and insist on the most primitive and authentic craftsmanship, so as to make a really delicious clay pot rice.

hello, I'm Paul's kitchen. I don't know if you like clay pot rice, but every time I pass by Gongbei, I miss this clay pot rice, and I can't help but turn around and eat a pot first.

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A shabby little shop

Chaoxiang Clay Pot Rice is an old brand that is shabby and doesn't even have a menu. No matter how the outside world changes and the times change, it has never tried to make some changes in the past, but it has stood for 16 years.

The shop is divided into two floors. The first floor is a simple operation room. The materials needed for clay pot rice are simply listed on the chopping board and cupboard. One cupboard and one stove are a delicious "manufacturing factory".

On the second floor, there is a dining area consisting of several plastic benches and folding tables. The environment is simple, but people who really know how to eat may feel glad to find the right place when they see such a grounded environment.

The boss is an elderly Chaoshan couple. They don't know or think about advertising. The business is prosperous by word of mouth of regular customers. No matter their position or age, people who come here have only one purpose-to eat the clay pot rice that they are thinking about here again.

and today is the tenth time I have been in Chaoxiang clay pot rice.

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A bowl of past lives with clay pot rice

A mouthwatering mixed brocade pot

When the casserole was served, it was steaming, and the aroma of oil transpiration came to the nose. A few shiny green vegetables are thickly covered with all kinds of meat, and the oil in the meat oozes into the rice, and the appetite is provoked defenseless.

When the vegetables on the surface are brushed aside, rich meats such as pork ribs, ham, bacon, slippery chicken, preserved duck, fish gizzards, patties and so on come into view. I have already felt the pleasure of feasting before I entered the entrance.

with all the ingredients in this pot, what else is not enough?

preserved chicken soup

price:? 2/ Bao

Here, you can mix whatever ingredients you like. I personally prefer this pot of bacon-flavored slippery chicken: the aroma of bacon permeates the rice and chicken, and the oil overflows, making the chicken look more greasy.

The taste of bacon is just right, not too light or too snatching, especially suitable for Cantonese tastes. I have to say that the clay pot rice made with an open flame stove is fragrant.

bacon patties and fish casserole

Price:? 2/ serving

After having the mixed brocade pot for the first time, repeat customers can always choose the ingredients according to their own preferences, such as chicken pot, ribs pot or fish and duck pot.

all the ingredients are full, and I'm afraid I can't eat any more food after eating. If there are too many choices, some guests will tell the boss if they don't match, and he will recommend different best taste combinations.

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Life is nothing but a bowl of clay pot rice

The diners who come here, the neighbors who often visit, and the food lovers who still come from afar after several years may be the reasons why the couple took the trouble and felt gratified.

in the past 16 years, the frequent diners have long been inseparable from this clay pot rice, and the couple can't do without the diners.

Even during the Spring Festival, people stick to this stove to keep warm, for fear that diners will not get this delicious bite when they think of it. Just as parents are afraid that their children will be hungry.

Looking at the sense of the times revealed everywhere in small shops, I can't help but sigh that what really matters about a good pot of clay pot rice is not whether the clay pot is seasoned with side dishes, but whether the person who makes it really cares.

a shabby little shop will have a different life!