Flat rice noodles are the most common breakfast for ordinary people in Anyang, Henan Province, also known as "braised dishes". The so-called dishes that ordinary people eat between food markets are called "pot-stewed dishes", as well as slightly higher-grade things such as meat, quail eggs and mushrooms. The top grade is called "braised sea vegetables", which is made of high-grade ingredients such as squid and wild mushrooms.

The real essence of flat rice noodles is the thick ginger and garlic juice. The best flat rice noodles in those days were recognized as the old shopkeeper in Cui Ji, and the materials used were quite elegant. People in Henan are generally tolerant of food, but he is very particular about it. The taste of ginger and garlic juice he makes will never be forgotten.

In Anyang, Henan Province, the streets in the morning will be filled with a special smell of ginger and garlic, which is the smell of rice noodles with shoulder poles. Most flat rice noodles are cooked together in a big pot in a small shop on the street. In a big black iron pot, there are vermicelli, duck blood, pig blood, tofu, vegetables and so on. It's all cooked Gollum. At first glance, it doesn't seem very appetizing, but according to the way the local people around you eat well, let's try a bowl.

A bowl full of flat rice noodles, sweet potato powder is very tender, stewed duck blood and tofu, mellow bone soup, and a spoonful of Chili oil to enhance the fragrance, and then a delicious scallion cake is served. Although it is ugly, it tastes really good and smells particularly fragrant. The appearance of this flat noodle dish is not amazing, but it has profound connotation.

Powder is the main ingredient, and "flat rice noodle dish" as its name implies is a flat vermicelli stew and service. This kind of vermicelli is usually made of sweet potato powder. Pure sweet potato powder is not rotten after long cooking, and its fragrance is mellow. It tastes strong, chewy and of course expensive. Other side dishes, such as tofu, pig blood, duck blood and green vegetables, have their own characteristics, and they are extremely harmonious with each other.

The key to flat rice noodles is soup. It takes 4-6 hours to cook carefully with big bones and more than ten seasonings. Good bone soup has a great influence on the taste of flat rice noodles.

Chili oil is also the soul. The secret Chili oil is ruddy and bright, spicy and fragrant. Adding a little carefully made Chili oil to flat rice flour suddenly makes it spicy and mellow, with endless aftertaste.

Stew a pot of delicious food with simple ingredients and gulp down vegetables and soup, which is spicy and delicious and very satisfying. Simple and real happiness can't be replaced by eating western food with a knife and fork and stuttering dessert.