I come from a small county in Jiangsu. The biggest feature of the small county is that it is cheap and good, and the food has its own characteristics.
I like noodles in fish soup best. Whenever I go back, I will definitely go to the old place for a bowl. This time-honored brand has been around for more than forty years, and the boss has a gap in his mouth, so the locals will say "fish soup noodles with gaps". Where to go now? You can eat very full for 5 yuan. I remember when I was a child, 2 yuan was enough. At that time, my grandfather often took me to eat. Maybe I was growing up at that time. Every time my grandfather had two sides, I had three sides. Noodles are very simple. The soup base made of thick eel bones is boiled with a local self-made knife. After boiling, it is picked up and put into the soup, served with chopped green peppers, sprinkled with some pepper, and a bowl of delicious fish noodle soup is just fine. Sometimes it is served with a bowl of soybean milk, which is nutritious and full.
Now, there are many similar ones next to that old shop, perhaps because of its fame. " Huozui's fish noodle soup "has not been innovated for many years, and it is just ordinary noodle soup, with fried eggs at most. There are many kinds of noodle restaurants around, including eel noodles, beef noodles, shredded green pepper, tomatoes and eggs, and three delicacies, and the brands are also very attractive-Jiangyan authentic fish noodle soup, Jiangyan fish noodle soup time-honored and so on. But to be honest, we can barely accept the addition of eel, but the addition of other toppings is a bit speechless. The fish soup itself is fishy, and the taste of other ingredients is really flattering.
However, no matter how many fish noodle soup restaurants are added around, only "Huozui's fish noodle soup" has survived to this day, perhaps because it is cheap and good, or because of our local feelings.
Another thing that often reminds me is the Gu Yue Teahouse. I can't remember how long it has been open. I remember that during the summer vacation when I graduated from high school, the giant salamander (one of my best friends) and I walked together every morning to lose weight. During that time, we ate all the breakfast in that street. Of course, the most visited restaurant is Gu Yue Teahouse. However, after losing weight for two months, the weight has increased by more than ten kilograms, which has become a must-talk item for our parents every time they see us.
Breakfast in Gu Yue Teahouse is particularly rich:
A big meat bag is full of meat, and the hands are all chopped by hand. Every day, pork is bought on the same day at the market, never overnight, and no soy sauce is added to the meat stuffing. Around 22, when the price of meat is high, the price of meat buns in his family only increased by 3 cents, so many people went to his house to buy meat buns because of meat addiction at that time.
buckwheat flour cake: about .3 mm thick, with crisp edges and moderate hardness in the middle, with local shallots, you can smell the fragrance before you reach the table. Put a piece in your mouth, and it is best to roll it. The crisp edge and the softness in the center are mixed, which is especially delicious.
perm-dried silk: shredded ginger and scallion are drizzled with hot oil, served with shrimps, and then a pot of tea is brewed, which gives them a unique flavor.
Dried shredded pork: our Santai area features full-time dried shredded pork, served with bone soup, with river shrimp and shredded pork in it. Each family has its own exclusive ratio, but what remains unchanged is the delicious one, which makes people want to eat after eating it.
Small wonton and noodles are not the characteristics of their family, but many people order them. Many people who are in a hurry to go to work and school will have a meal, and the breakfast in the morning will be solved, which is economical and full.
There are still many delicious foods in my hometown, but every time I go home, the taste of these two families must be recalled. It seems that as long as it is there, the taste of childhood will come back.