"Crispy nuts le, ham children, onion oil, chicken ding children filling ......" If you walk in Taixing City, Huangqiao town, this kind of yelling must be endless. No wonder, this area of less than four square kilometers, the population of less than 20,000 Huangqiao actually have more than 100 small hotels, more than 20 restaurants, and bakery there are more than 60.
What I miss most about Huangqiao baklava is the variety of flavors. This burrito although maintains the sweetness of the two sides of the yellow, outside the spread of sesame seeds within the rubbing of the traditional characteristics of the pastry, but also so that the filling into the crispy scallion oil, meat floss delicious, bright chicken, sugar sweetness, osmanthus aroma, bean paste of freshness. Each flavor is so different, people never get tired of, just like gold, silver, agate, diamond emerald, each so dazzling eye socket, unique and precious, so that people want to have. I am so, every time from the old home back, the road always forced parents to buy a box of baklava, but also do not care about the hot and cold, grabbing each kind of different to eat a pass before counting on the gluttony.
From my father's story, I learned the origin of the Huangqiao baklava. 1940, Chen Yi and General Su Yu led the New Fourth Army to the north, in Huangqiao was surrounded by ten times the strength of the Nationalist Han Deqin's army. In order to feed the soldiers of the New Fourth Army so that they could win the war, the people of Huangqiao spontaneously made a lot of baklava overnight and sent them to the front line under enemy fire. The two generals were so skillful in planning and strategizing that not only did they not let the enemy win, but they won the battle of Huangqiao with fewer than many, and achieved a comprehensive victory. Of course, this victory naturally also has the people of Huangqiao a share of the credit.
And Huangqiao bakery after the fire of the Battle of Huangqiao baptism of fame, became and Beijing's Poria cake, Tianjin's big twist, Shanghai's crab buns, Yangzhou's Fuchun buns and other famous food comparable to the famous dim sum. Perhaps, it is really enduring far more than just taste, but also a part of the military and people's love of fish and water left in its smell, so that people are more nostalgic.
Now has long not eaten the hometown of authentic Huangqiao baklava, sometimes in Nanjing encountered this stall also bought a few, but always not a taste, seems to be less than the hometown of what ......