When foodies are homesick, they always have more reasons than others. When they go out, they always sigh from time to time, "This taste is only available in my hometown!" Or pass by a restaurant with a "hometown flavor" sign, and after tasting the food, you frown and frown, "It's still delicious from my hometown!" "Looking at the reluctance on that face, I was eager to fly back to my hometown to eat a bite immediately."
Today's hometown flavor, in the eyes of many foodies, it is very common, almost every city or every brine stall can see its figure, it is beef. The question for foodies comes, what can beef be so unusual? At first, we thought so, but the local foodie said that this plate of beef was an unspeakable taste secret in their hearts.
In the early morning, Baotun Town slowly woke up in the busyness of the people. If it weren't for the guidance of a master, we would never have imagined that in such an inconspicuous town, there was still a three-story high restaurant hidden. Let us can't help but wonder, what kind of confidence dare to invest in such a large-scale restaurant in the town?
I thought that the restaurant was such a big bluff, but I didn't expect that it was only eleven o'clock at noon, and the foodies in the nearby ten miles and eight townships, or with their families or groups of three or five, came and went in and out of the restaurant one after another. Their purpose here is very simple, the beef has just come out of the pot at eleven o'clock in the afternoon, and they eat the most xuan while it is hot!
Chen Fengchan and Chen Po brothers, a good hand at making hot beef. What kind of beef to use when making, when to put each part of the beef out of the pot, what are the ingredients... The trick has long been deeply engraved in my mind. Speaking of the source of this craft, Chen Fengchan's eldest brother told us that since his grandfather, the family has been doing this line of work, and it has been the fourth generation in their hands.
As for why they should eat hot beef, Chen Shan, an old man who is now relegated to the second line, said that in fact, there is no specific reason, because they put the beef off the pot every morning, and wait until noon to catch up with the guest just in time to get out of the pot. At this time, the beef was hot and soft, and the tender taste was full of meat aroma, and over time the locals became accustomed to eating hot beef. Therefore, this taste preference slowly spread and became a local feature.
We who stood in front of the pot and waited for the beef to come out of the pot also experienced what a real "fragrant aroma". When the beef came out of the pan, the soup that came down was enough for us to feed for half a day. The beef is soft and rotten, and if you gently pull it with your hand, you can see the unique texture of the beef along the crack.
The hot beef that had just come out of the pan did not wait to be cooled, and it was quickly sent to the front hall. After all, in the front hall, there are still a group of diners waiting for meat. Don't pick or choose, cut to which piece to which piece, on the plate, this is the way to come here to eat hot beef. The hot beef is slightly red in color, soft and delicious to eat, there is no excessive material taste and salty taste, more is the aroma of the beef itself.
Beef is hot and soft and sticky, and when it is cooled, it will be another flavor. The outer layer of the cooled sauce beef has a slightly dark sauce color, but the diners said, don't look at the color is not good, but the taste is very good. Cut into thin slices of beef and eat them directly with tender and salty flavor, without feeling too much fiber. Then pinch it into the freshly baked hot cake and bite it down, not to mention how exciting it is!
How much the locals love this hot beef can be seen in the father-son diners. "When I was young, my father brought me to eat, and now it's my turn to bring my father to eat!" Yes, the reason why food makes people feel affection and miss is mostly because this taste accompanies and enriches a person's childhood.
- Two or three things about hot beef -
Shop name: Baotun Chen Shan beef old shop Address: Zhoukou City Baotun Town old supply and marketing cooperative diagonally opposite (click to navigate) Consumption: 60 yuan per person Business hours: 11:00—14:00 17:30—21:30