According to legend, a chef of the Imperial Chef of the Ming Dynasty cooked noodles as thin as hair while eating spring cakes in beginning of spring. Just like a dragon beard, the emperor has a big appetite. He tasted it and admired it. He was very happy and full of praise. Since then, this kind of fried noodles has become a very fashionable snack. Because the posture of hand-pulled noodles is like majestic mountains and rivers, the hand-pulled noodles are as thin as hair, and like intertwined dragon whiskers, hence the name Longxu Noodles.
In the Qing Dynasty, Longxu Noodles became a delicacy given to each other by dignitaries. Soon the palace adopted a eunuch's suggestion and named Longxu Noodles a tribute, named "Longxu Noodles Tribute Noodles". After Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Tianjin, he once appraised the handicraft products of the nine countries, and "Longxu tribute noodles" ranked first among the nine countries and won a medal. Foreigners are not convinced. Three years later, they are still candidly admit defeat at the Nine-Country Arts and Crafts Appraisal Meeting.
A few years ago, I once ate authentic Longxu Noodles in a farmhouse. When the noodles were served, the whole room was filled with the fragrance of soaking the soul. Look at the noodles carefully: white and slightly blue, flexible and bright, as thin as a beard and hollow, fluttering in a black coarse porcelain bowl. The host gently picked up a pair of chopsticks, a bowl of noodles hung on it, and there was no soup in the bowl; As soon as the chopsticks were loosened, the noodles fell into the bowl again, and the soup flooded the noodles again. This kind of noodles can endure cooking, the soup is clear and absorbs water, and the leftover noodles are still as good as new.