Regan Noodles is a special snack of the Han nationality in Wuhan, Hubei. It was originally a special food in Wuhan, and it is very popular in many places in Hubei. Regan Noodles is different from cold noodles and noodle soup. Noodles are cooked in advance, supercooled, oiled, and sprinkled with sesame sauce, sesame oil, balsamic vinegar, Chili oil, shrimp, spiced pickles and other ingredients, which are more distinctive and add a variety of flavors. When eating, the noodles are slender and smooth, the sauce is delicious, the color is butter, the fragrance is delicious, and there is a very refreshing spicy taste.

Wuhan is very hot in summer and lasts for a long time. For a long time, people have added edible alkali to noodles to prevent deterioration. This is the predecessor of Regan Noodles-Daoxiao Noodles. "Hankou Ci" in Qing Dynasty recorded: "Three days is not normal too early, and a wolf meal can be forgotten. Daoxiao Noodles shredded beans, fish rice balls, chicken soup. " [2]

At the beginning of the 20th century, Li Bao, a food vendor, continued the previous practice in Daoxiao Noodles. He cooked noodles, drained them and mixed them with sesame oil to make Regan Noodles strips with unique flavor. After Cai inherited his skills, he formed a set of specific technological processes through repeated improvements, and created "Jiri dry noodles", which is known as "refreshing, buttery, fragrant and delicious". [2]

Cai, a noodle soup seller in Chang Di Street, Hankou in the early 1930s, was squeezed by Huang Bei Cai. His noodle soup is very popular. Guests often have to wait in line for a long time to buy them, and many guests can't wait to leave at once. Cai is shrewd in business. In order to speed up the delivery, through repeated experiments, he finally found out a set of "powder scattering" technology-that is, first cook the noodles for seven or eight times until they are cooked, then quickly cool them and oil them evenly, so that when selling noodles, the delivery will be fast. Once Cai saw a sesame oil workshop in the street. After seeing them extract sesame oil from sesame seeds, sesame paste was put aside and the aroma was fragrant. He had a brainwave. Why not try adding sesame sauce to noodles? So Cai bought some sesame paste from the boss of sesame oil workshop and went home. After repeated attempts, he felt very satisfied, and people around him said it was delicious. At this time, he is confident to launch his new product and sell it on the street. Regan Noodles, the favorite snack of Wuhan people, was born. (At this time, Cai named this noodle "Ma Sauce Noodles", and it was not officially called "Regan Noodles" until 1950 was registered for industry and commerce).