As a Northeastern person, I always feel uncomfortable if I don’t have a small barbecue every now and then. I have been making skewers for more than 20 years, and there are only one or two that taste the best. These two are either big restaurants, or small barbecue restaurants in residential areas. What impressed me was the taste and freshness of the ingredients, which was much better than many big stores.
I often ate at the first store when I was very young, when I was still in preschool. The food at home was always good, and my mother was willing to spend money to cook delicious food for me. There were not many children who often went to restaurants in that era, and I was one of them. It wasn’t that my mother didn’t like to cook, but my father was too busy and often traveled on business, so we couldn’t eat much at home, so my mother often took me out. eat.
There is a barbecue restaurant opposite my house. The newly opened store is not very popular, and there were not many people eating barbecue at that time, so its business has not been popular. One time when my father came back from a business trip, my mother didn't prepare dinner, so she went to this restaurant to have a barbecue. What impressed me the most was their banjin, which is the most delicious banjin I have ever eaten in my life. Why do you say this life? Because nowadays, barbecue restaurants no longer have such thin pieces of ribs. They all have thick pieces of ribs that cannot be chewed at all.
I ate a lot of tendons and mutton skewers at that time. The ingredients at that time were not adulterated, and the pure mutton was really delicious. It was delicious with a little bit of seasoning.
I think another point is very important, because it is a rare occasion for three people to eat together. When I enjoy the food, I am actually enjoying the warm family time. Naturally, I am happy and everything I eat tastes delicious.
The second store was discovered this year, near my new house after marriage. This store can be said to have an unimpressive appearance, and people with mysophobia may not enter it. Although this store is on the first floor of a high-rise residential building, the high-rise building is quite old. In addition, the interior of this barbecue restaurant is not very decorated, just a few simple tables and stools with white walls and floor tiles.
Although this shop is so shabby, the grilled skewers are definitely delicious. Of course, I didn’t order the ribs. As I said before, 90% of the ribs here are chunks of ribs. I’ll get injured every time I eat them, so I don’t dare to try them again.
The biggest feature of this small shop is the grilled sesame pancakes, which even my picky husband is full of praise for. Other barbecue restaurants use old-fashioned sesame biscuits brushed with spicy sauce and sprinkled with sesame, cumin and white sugar. The spicy sauce and dry ingredients sprinkled in this restaurant are all specially made, and only he has them. The skin of the sesame seed cakes is extremely crispy after baking, and the sauce is full of sweet and spicy when you bite into it. The texture is really hard to get rid of once you try it.
The beef skewers and grilled tripe are also very delicious. The meat skewers in barbecue restaurants nowadays are adulterated or mixed with a lot of fat, but this restaurant does not have them. They are just pure beef skewers. The pieces are huge and very enjoyable to eat. The roasted tripe is very delicious. The tripe is cooked in a pressure cooker before being roasted. It is very tender and not chewy. Moreover, the tripe slices in this store are large and thick, and the price is not high. It is really affordable.
Nowadays, most people eat barbecue with their husbands. In a few years, they will also eat barbecue with their children. It is like a continuation of eating barbecue with parents when they were young, and a continuation of family ties.