Then the California beef noodle restaurant chain in Fushun opened not much, I remember the South Station on the West Fourth Road, there is one, in the Sanlian shopping mall diagonally across the East Fourth Road, there is another one, in the Banquet House Hotel downstairs, Wugong Street and Yumin Road intersection of the Yuanxue Building next to a building is the original site of the Zhejiang International Trade City, seven hundred across the street there is a as for the generals twelve later, the traffic post and the East State Area are gradually opened up. At that time, the beef noodles seem to be 6 yuan a bowl, I do not remember clearly, but not so expensive now, and then again, that time to open the salary which is now more ah!
One day more than ten years ago, I happened to walk in the South Station on the West Fourth Road, I heard that a new restaurant was opened, so I went over to join in the fun and then eat a meal. When I just walked to the door, I think the decoration is a bit special, you have seen the general restaurant plaque with a person's head on it? Of course KFC has them now. Also in the back of the plaque more than two words 'king', this point is really rare, I have seen the king of ham sausage, I really have not seen the king of beef noodle miles! So I went in and asked for a bowl of noodles and a small dish of pickles to eat.
The bowl of beef noodles is bigger than the old-fashioned two bowls, with the head of Mr. Li Beiqi, "the king of beef noodles in California," printed on the top, and the bowl is flooded with countless splashes of oil in the dark brown soy sauce broth, which seems to be pressed by a machine. If the "Sanshin Iman" is the once-popular "exploding head," the California Beef Noodle is a gentle ruffled head, smooth and strong. On top of the noodles, there are five or six pieces of beef cut into squares, which are the "pillars" of California beef noodles - beef cubes, which have not yet lost their square shape, but have been cooked to the point where the meat is visible, and even those with a bit of sinew melt in your mouth. The beef is also covered with a starry sprinkling of scallions and cilantro, as if to put the finishing touches on the beef noodles.
At that time, my mouth wasn't as gripped as it is now, and I couldn't get enough of the beef noodles. The original California beef noodle soup flavor is not as refined as now, but it is very comforting to eat, the bowl is not too big, that year I was not yet in elementary school, I enough to eat. What about the small savory dishes, there are many kinds of large quantities, there are dried shredded tofu, shredded seaweed, peanut rice, and soy sauce beef, California chicken ... The interesting thing is that back then, the California chicken more than twenty dollars a plate, I think it's too expensive, so far I have not bought it.
I remember when the "California Beef Noodle King" only had the signature beef noodles, and there was no rice package, but every meal time the store was packed, and in recent years this scene has not been.
Later in junior high school, I suddenly remembered that there is such a restaurant, re-entered the door, once again taste the flavor of beef noodles, the feeling of the already very accustomed to it. 2008, the founder of the beef noodle Mr. Li Beiqi passed away, in order to commemorate him, "California Beef Noodle King" was renamed "Mr. Li", "Mr. Li", "Mr. Li", "Mr. Li", "Mr. Li", "Mr. Li" and "Mr. Li". "Mr. Li", and gradually everything called "California Beef Noodle King" became a pirated version.
In 2013, I lamented that the California beef noodle has been rising in price since it cost $6 a bowl, at first a dollar a dollar, then two dollars two dollars, a bowl of noodles has risen to 16 yuan. But think about it, what doesn't go up in price now? Even the 19 buses have become a dollar a ticket. In addition, Mr. Lee's has blossomed, and I haven't been to most of them!
This summer, I returned to Fushun, mom asked me to eat something, I remembered California beef noodles. I walked into the store, found that once familiar waiters do not recognize, when the young store manager also became a body fat middle-aged women, beef noodles it? 21 yuan a bowl.
2021-08-07