Wotou is a very common snack among the people. Wowotou is particularly famous because it has a legend. When Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beijing, Cixi fled in a panic, and one day she was hungry on the road. A man named Guan Shili gave her a Wowotou, which was delicious to Cixi. After returning to Beijing, Cixi asked the chef to steam steamed buns for her.
No matter what the imperial dining hall did, Cixi shouted that it didn't taste like this. I'm afraid the chefs are all broken. Chefs all know that Cixi is cranky and eccentric, and they dare not steam steamed buns for her. They changed the steamed buns, used good new corn flour, which was too thin, and added bean flour, sweet-scented osmanthus and sugar to increase the softness and sweetness of the steamed buns.
Cixi really loves to eat, and will eat this snack every time she fasts in the future. Because this kind of steamed corn-bread is sweet and delicious, and has the fragrance of chestnuts, it is also called "chestnut noodle steamed corn-bread", and 100 steamed corn-bread per catty is "small". In fact, chestnut noodles can't be steamed in that yellow color. Chestnut noodles are just misinformation. Only this kind of steamed bread smells like chestnuts. The so-called "Wotou" is a cone-shaped steamed food with a hole at the bottom. Originally made of corn flour, because it is difficult to steam corn flour without fermentation, making this shape is conducive to rapid steaming.