The capital of Henan was kaifeng at the earliest, and Kaifeng has a lot of famous food, such as boy chicken, fried cold powder, Peking roast duck, carp roast noodles, and lamb kang buns are all famous dishes in Kaifeng, but what I want to eat most is Kaifeng small steamed buns.
Kaifeng's small dumplings have a very long history, as early as the Northern Song Dynasty Kaifeng had a sale of small dumplings, then called "soup steamed buns", is the most famous snack in Kaifeng.
Kaifeng small steamed bun must be eaten hot, just from the steamer basket down the small steamer or fat drum inside is full of hot air, open the lid of the hot air dissipated, the bun will flatten down, into the shape of a chrysanthemum, so Kaifeng small steamed bun is also called "chrysanthemum bun".
Kaifeng's small dumplings and Hangzhou small dumplings are not the same, it is not noodles, but with hot noodles, the dough skin is super thin, put on the newspaper can see the following words, before this kind of soup bun skin practice is not passed on the secret, is the bag point master's housekeeping skills, there is a "teaching stuffing does not teach the skin" saying. Gently pinched with chopsticks, under the thin skin can see the soup wrapped in meat filling slightly trembling, it is really mouth-watering. Pay attention to "lifting is a lantern." Put down like a chrysanthemum".
Eat small dumplings must pay attention to hot mouth! Because they are just out of the pot to serve, so it is particularly hot, once on the table everyone rushed to pick up one, the hot bun is particularly tempting, but do not dare to eat. Professional eating method to "first open the window, then drink soup", first gently bite a small bite "open the window", delicious soup will flow out of the small mouth, at this time to quickly blow while sucking the soup, especially delicious!
The soup of the Kaifeng soup bun is not like the soup in some places where the soup is filled with pork skin jelly, so it is very fatty, and the kaifeng soup bun is to beat the water into the meat filling with a little bit of water, so although it has a lot of soup, it is not greasy at all, super delicious!
The soup is sucked clean, the bun is not so hot, you can bite it, the meat filling inside is particularly tight, and the fat is very small. The boss sells at least 10,000 buns a day and is robbed as soon as they are on the table!
Kaifeng is the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, but also the ancient capital of the Seven Dynasties, with more than 4,000 years of city history, there is the Forbidden City Dragon Pavilion in the Northern Song Dynasty, there is the Kaifeng Iron Pagoda built in 1049 AD, there is the Daxiangguo Temple noted in the history of Buddhism, and the Qingming Shanghe Garden restored according to the streetscape of the "Qingming Upper River Map", which is a city with a long history and a strong city style, which is worth a visit.
I have a bold idea, but without examination, Kaifeng Xiaolongbao and Hangzhou Xiaolongbao are famous throughout the country, and Kaifeng is the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, Hangzhou is the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, is it possible that Hangzhou Xiaolongbao was brought to Hangzhou by the chefs who fled kaifeng when the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed? Do you think it's possible?
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