At the beginning of the lanterns, a pair of old friends sat face to face in front of a shop on Zhongshan Road Snack Street, Nanning City, Guangxi, sipping refreshing beer and sipping old friend noodles, enjoying the city of Nanning comfortably. Romantic nightlife in the southern capital.
Scenes like this often appear in the streets and alleys of Nanning City. "Old Friends fans are so good!" I heard words of praise when I was walking on the streets of Nanning City. I looked around and saw several steaming bowls of Old Friends fans sitting around a round table, and the alluring fragrance hit my nostrils.
"Not eating Laoyou Fen for a few days is like not seeing an old friend for a long time!" Many Nanning people who have eaten Laoyou Fen feel this way. This feeling of addiction is getting stronger and stronger day by day, which is why the name "Old Friends Fan" came into being.
There is a legendary story about the origin of Nanning’s “Old Friend Fans”: An old man visited Nanning Zhouji Teahouse to drink tea every day. One day he did not go to the teahouse because of a cold, so Zhouji’s boss made refined noodles as a side dish. Use sauteed minced garlic, tempeh, chili, sour bamboo shoots, minced beef, pepper, etc. to cook a bowl of hot noodles and give it to this old friend. The old man broke into a sweat after eating it and his symptoms were relieved, so he got the name "Old Friend Noodles" from this. Since southerners like rice noodles, some people cook them with rice noodles instead of noodles, which gave rise to the current Laoyou Noodles.
Yan Kunsheng, president of the Guangxi cooking and catering industry, said that Laoyou rice noodles have its own unique characteristics. Its hot and sour taste is different from other rice noodles. effect. This is the difference between its choice of ingredients and other rice noodles, and it is also the reason why Laoyou Noodles can not be forgotten among the many competitions in the rice noodle industry.
"Eating Laoyou Noodles in Nanning is actually tasting its culture." Lu Feng, the owner of Laoyouju Rice Noodle Shop on Sixian Road, Nanning City, said that Laoyou Noodles, with a history of more than 100 years, has its special characteristics. The sour, spicy and fragrant tastes are closely related to Nanning’s climate and environment.
Lu Feng said frankly that the reason why Laoyouju is famous in Nanning is related to its long-term cultural card. Walking into the "Laoyouju" rice noodle shop on Sixian Road, the rich cultural atmosphere is like walking into the century-old history of Nanning's snack culture. In the bright restaurant, which is dominated by orange and white tones, if you look up at the walls on both sides, two white-painted wooden boards tell the story of the history of Laoyou fans and the characteristics of Laoyou fans.
"The fragrance of flowers comes from bees." The old friends and fans who have spread their fragrance for thousands of miles are about to welcome new distinguished guests. As the China-ASEAN Expo is approaching, the number of ASEAN guests visiting Nanning is gradually increasing. The old friend powder with a century-old history should be at the expo to enchant ASEAN guests with its unique fragrance!