What is the difference between the old hot pot in Chongqing and the ordinary hot pot?
This is a friend to Chongqing Youpin's question, in order to better answer this question, Youpin had to take this friend and eat a meal of Chongqing old hot pot.
This hot pot restaurant is relatively hidden, and the tour products are also known through the introduction of friends. Following the intricate streets of Yuzhong District and bypassing the alleys of residential areas, I finally found this shop - the old hot pot of Mugang Street.
"Are the old hot pots all open in residential areas?" Friends expressed doubt.
"It's not absolute, but you'll definitely find an old hot pot in most neighborhoods, especially in such neighborhoods," you replied.
Enter the store, sit down, and then choose the bottom of the pot, since it is an old hot pot in Chongqing, of course, it is the choice of red soup.
However, the tour product is more strange, this old hot pot, there is actually a Mandarin duck pot bottom, which is somewhat surprising. It seems that in order to adapt to the tastes of more people, the store has also made a certain compromise.
As soon as the bottom of the pot was on the table, the friend seemed a little surprised: "How is the bottom of the pot solidified?" ”
YouPin had to explain: "The bottom of this pot is actually the same as those that are common, and the solidification is just to let diners see more clearly and enhance the perception at the same time."
Large pieces of red oil and butter are presented in front of you, and you can intuitively feel the authenticity of the bottom of the pot.
In addition, the unique nine-palace grid in Chongqing's old hot pot has also been added.
In the early days, the nine-square grid was a form of tableshare between strangers, and it has developed to the present, and the main purpose is to facilitate the boiling of different ingredients.
Wait until the bottom of the pot boils, and you can start scalding the hot pot.
The reason why Chongqing people say hot pot is that as a signature dish, several ingredients basically only need to be hot with chopsticks.
Including hairy belly, duck intestines, waist slices, etc., quickly blanched in the pot, and then put into the oil dish, cooling at the same time, but also to alleviate a certain degree of spiciness, after the entrance, delicious and fragrant.
Unlike the new hot pot, which uses a lot of vegetable oil, the old hot pot usually uses butter as the base, and the animal fat can better absorb the essence of the base and bring a unique taste.
This is also the reason why after eating the old hot pot, the taste on the clothes is difficult to dissipate for a long time.
In terms of the form of the old hot pot, there is only red soup, in order to promote the hot pot to more areas, the mixed form of Mandarin duck has been developed.
Even if it is also a red soup, the old hot pot will be more spicy than the new hot pot.
On this point, in the performance of two friends eating hot pot, it can be intuitively seen.
One is a local, although he can also eat spicy, but in the face of the old hot pot, he still lost the battle, and even asked for a bowl of boiled water, and washed the hot ingredients with water before starting to eat.
Another friend from out of town could not eat spicy, but still insisted on eating. In Chongqing in winter, it didn't take long to eat a state of sweat.
In order to take care of the two of them, You Pin also deliberately chose a slightly spicy pot bottom, which was still not possible after all.
The above is the difference between the old hot pot in Chongqing and the ordinary hot pot.
After figuring out the many characteristics of the old hot pot, you still have a question - why is the old hot pot hidden in the residential building?
Collected a lot of friends' opinions and roughly summarized them.
These old hot pots are basically exclusive, and they fry their own pot bottoms, and the scale is usually relatively small.
Because the applicable noodles of the old hot pot are narrower, the target is basically locals, and it is difficult for foreign tourists to find such shops.
In residential buildings, it can effectively reduce the operating costs of the store, be close to local residents, and bring more direct benefits.
Of course, there will also be some old hot pots, because of the continuous expansion and joining, there is also a relatively large scale, and the store has been opened to the bustling business circle.
However, as far as the experience of the tour is concerned, the outstanding advantage of these old hot pots hidden in residential buildings is not the taste, but more of a sense of familiarity, so that people can be satisfied.
Do you like to eat the old hot pot or the new hot pot? Let's discuss it!