Huyang Network reporters Li Ping, Guo Xuewei, and Tang Yuanyuan intern reporter Li Yulang
In Xinjiang, when you think of "Hundred Flowers Village", what can you think of? It is a difficult time of reclamation, it is a special cuisine from all over the country, it is stocks, it is energy, it is real estate... Perhaps, people of each era have memory symbols about the "Hundred Flowers Village". "Hundred Flowers Village", as a long-established brand in the catering industry of Xinjiang and the Corps, has been unique in its dining style since its opening in 1959 and has become a landmark in Urumqi, Xinjiang.
On April 20, 1959, the "State-owned Hundred Flowers Village Joint Canteen" was opened, and on the same day, a total of 86 leaders of the party, government and military of the autonomous region came to congratulate and sign a commemorative souvenir.
Recently, the reporter walked into the 62-year-old "Hundred Flowers Village" to find out, it is like a calm and wise old man, while conservative, while innovating.
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Hundred Flowers Village Restaurant Culture Wall.
Green brick and gray tile courtyard, retro red lanterns, the aroma of various catering stalls, sesame sauce cold noodles, Xinjiang barbecue, Chengdu hot pot, Shaanxi oil poured noodles, Tianjin big buns, net red milk tea shops, trendy ice cream... A variety of delicacies are on the table.
Walking into today's "Hundred Flowers Village" (Xinjiang Hundred Flowers Village Co., Ltd.) gives people an all-encompassing feeling.
Baihuacun Catering Plaza, consumers are endless.
Time goes back to the end of the 1950s, when the Corps was in its infancy and great development. College and secondary school graduates from all over the country, urban and rural youth gather in Xinjiang.
Because Xinjiang food has distinct and strong regional characteristics, many people from the mainland who come to Xinjiang miss the taste of their hometown. In 1958, the commander of the corps, Tao Zhiyue, and the second political commissar of the corps, Zhang Zhonghan, decided to build a large-scale catering institution that brought together the tastes of the whole country in the bustling area of Urumqi City, and successively recruited chefs from the mainland. In 1959, the state-owned Baihuacun United Canteen was officially opened.
On the cultural wall of Baihuacun Catering Plaza, the opening pictures are still preserved.
For many second-generation chefs of "Hundred Flowers Village", they grew up snacking on the meals of "Hundred Flowers Village". In their impression, the "Hundred Flowers Village" at that time was a quadrangle canteen, and there were eight major cuisines in the country, and people here would do it.
It is understood that the name of "Hundred Flowers Village" means "hundred flowers blooming, a hundred schools of thought", and the name "hundred flowers" can also make diners think of beautiful flowers and fragrant flowers. The word "village" also has two meanings, one is that the internal structure of the "Hundred Flowers Village" restaurant at that time was mostly a combination of small stalls, covering many provinces and cities, just like a village; second, most of the soldiers of the corps came from the countryside, which was commemorated. Since then, the name "Hundred Flowers Village" was officially born.
For more than 60 years, "Hundred Flowers Village" has also been constantly changing, successively experiencing the early stage of entrepreneurship, difficult periods, and rebuilding periods, until June 26, 1996, a stock referred to as "Hundred Flowers Village" appeared on the big screen of stock trading on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The appearance of the stock marks the official listing of Xinjiang Baihuacun Co., Ltd., the first enterprise in the Corps and the third listed enterprise in Xinjiang.
From the former canteen, it has gradually developed into a group company integrating energy, coal chemical industry, real estate, high-tech industry, catering and information industry, and diversified operation has added beautiful colors to "Hundred Flowers Village".
Hundred Flowers Village Dining Plaza, cattle bone stalls.
Fragrant Hundred Flowers Village beef bones.
A kind of inheritance: cold noodles with sesame sauce Warm memories of generations
There are exclusive recipes in the long-established dishes, historical memories, and childhood flavors. For the "Hundred Flowers Village", the Baihua Village Sesame Sauce Cold Noodles that grew up with it are the "elders" here.
Baking, ingredients, preparing cold noodles... This is the daily work day of Qi Rui, the "Hundred Flowers Village" sesame sauce cold noodle master. As a ferryman between ingredients and delicacies, the 58-year-old Qi Rui has been dealing with the sign of sesame sauce cold noodles for decades.
As a hot item in the "Hundred Flowers Village", the production of sesame sauce cold noodles also has its own unique production skills. Cook the noodles in boiling water, remove them from the board and let them cool, sprinkle the cooked rapeseed oil a little and shake them apart, until they cool and do not stick to each other. The soul of the cold noodles with sesame sauce lies in the sesame sauce, plus the mixture, accompanied by fragrant cucumber shreds, and a cold noodle with sesame sauce is made.
The chef concocts the cold noodles with sesame sauce in The Hundred Flowers Village.
After such treatment, the noodles are smooth and chewy. The tahini is just the right thickness, and each noodle can taste the aroma of sesame seeds firmly, while other spices just neutralize the greasy of the tahini, and it is very appetizing to eat.
"From the age of 16 when I entered the 'Hundred Flowers Village' to now, I have been working here for 43 years, and when I was busiest, I had to consume about 45 bags (25 kg/bag) of flour in a day, and I remember that at that time, I was deeply loved by consumers." Qi Rui said.
In fact, behind the "Hundred Flowers Village" sesame sauce cold noodles, there is a little-known story. "In the year it first opened, business was booming here, the chefs were so busy that it was common to not have time to eat." Qi Rui said that once at dinner, because the noodles were cold after the meal, everyone wanted to mix and mix and eat.
Baihuacun cold noodles, which have more than 60 years of vitality.
Coincidentally, the chefs who happened to eat together that day were from Wuhan, Shanxi, Sichuan, and Xinjiang. When putting the seasoning, the Wuhan master put sesame sauce in the noodles, the Sichuan master put the pepper, the Shanxi master put some vinegar, and the Xinjiang master put some garlic. Everyone tasted it, and it felt very delicious, and everyone thought, let's sell it like this. After being put on the market, I didn't expect it to be very popular, and "sesame sauce cold noodles" broke out of the fame.
From 1959 to the present, the "Hundred Flowers Village" sesame sauce cold noodles have gone through more than a long time, but the chefs who make cold noodles have not only relied on the cold noodles to break into the market, but embarked on the road of continuous research and development. Today's "Hundred Flowers Village" sesame sauce cold noodles, has developed strange taste of cold noodles, Hundred Flowers Village Gaodan noodles, Hundred Flowers Village cold powder and other new products, also loved by consumers.
Baihuacun Cold Noodles has developed new products.
A original intention: diversified development to create a gourmet feast
Young people's favorite milk tea, fried chicken, brine from Chengdu, Sichuan, old Shaanxi people's noodle restaurant, Yunnan bridge rice noodles... Nowadays, walking into the second-floor catering square located in "Baihua Village", in addition to many Xinjiang cuisines, catering brands from all over the country have sprung up in the public's field of vision, catering to the preferences of different consumers.
In today's long-established brands generally facing development difficulties, the current "Hundred Flowers Village" has become more and more "young" and "diversified" while maintaining the original traditional cuisine, and the characteristic cultural wall, high-value store decoration style, and a variety of cuisines can always attract the attention of consumers at the first time. Zhang Zhonghan's inscription of the golden signboard, unique grid, imitation cement brick wall, with red lanterns, poplar trees and other elements, in which there is a strong sense of age.
BaihuaCun Catering Plaza, decorated with the characteristics of national tide.
"'Baihua Village' has more than 30 special catering stalls, the more distinctive are 'BaihuaCun' cold noodles, Qifang Street Caesar grilled buns, barbecues and so on." Xiao Xiang, general manager of the catering department of Urumqi "Hundred Flowers Village", introduced to reporters that in the future, "Hundred Flowers Village" catering will actively expand the food market, explore a number of special catering to introduce the "Hundred Flowers Village" catering square, so that the citizens of the capital can taste the special cuisine from all over the country at their doorstep, fully reflecting the original intention of the "Hundred Flowers Village" to be a hundred rivers.
Timeline of the development of Baihua Village.
Attached: A minimalist chronicle of "Hundred Flowers Village"
In 1958
Chen Mingchi, director of the Commercial Division of the Corps, conceived of the creation of the Corps "Hundred Flowers Village Hotel".
In 1959
On April 20, the "State-owned Hundred Flowers Village Joint Canteen" was officially opened.
In 1966
In August, "Baihua Village" was renamed "Revolutionary Village", full name: Xinjiang Military Region Production and Construction Corps Supply and Marketing Department State-run Revolutionary Village Canteen.
In 1975
From April 20, 1975 to December 3, 1981, the corps system was abolished, and the "Baihua Village" was renamed as the "Baihua Village" State-run Joint Canteen of the Agricultural Reclamation Bureau of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
In 1976
On October 6, after smashing the "Gang of Four", the "Hundred Flowers Village" was restored. Urumqi Municipal Party Committee Secretary Abudong Nyaz announced the restoration of the name of "Hundred Flowers Village" and added the word "Hotel", and the title of "Hundred Flowers Village Hotel" was born.
In 1996
Xinjiang Baihuacun Co., Ltd. became the first listed company in the Corps and the third listed company in Xinjiang.
Year 2000
In September, at the second national "Chinese Famous Snacks" recognition meeting held in Yinchuan, the "native chicken lid cake, red oil sour and spicy cold powder, Baihuacun sesame sauce cold noodles, snow vegetable minced meat burrito" launched by Baihuacun Hotel was identified as "Chinese famous snacks".
In 2008
On September 8th, in the second Urumqi Food Festival "100 Recipes and Dishes Flat Exhibition" activity evaluation, Xinjiang Baihuacun Fast Food Chain Company's sesame sauce cold noodles won the honorary title of "Xinjiang Famous Snack Gold Award".
In 2014
In October, Xinjiang Baihuacun Fast Food Chain Co., Ltd. was awarded the honorary title of Ulumu Catering By urumqi Bureau of Commerce.