When people describe an old shop, they often use the three words of "old brand" to express, the old brand has a long history, experienced feudal society, with a certain color story, skilled cooking technology, exquisite knife skills, higher requirements for the masters, so the old brand is not white call, really have a certain housekeeping skills, in addition to the control of the taste, more important is the persistence of excellence, looking around, looking at the north and south cities, it belongs to Beijing's old brand more, especially to Wangfujing and Qianmen Street, it is "old brand" A place to get together.
The Qing Dynasty was known as the Eight Banners disciples, thanks to the ancestors of the accumulation of virtue, followed the emperor into death, after laying down the Jiangshan, they were also knighted, and the descendants enjoyed the blessings of Qingfu, the month and month had imperial grain, and after a long time, the Eight Banners disciples also lost their fighting spirit, hanging Er Lang Dang, did not want to make progress, gradually fell lonely, all day long a poor and exquisite, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, Cixi began to bow to the government, the Eight Banners disciples secretly invested, built a restaurant according to the shareholding system, hired Shandong people with exquisite cooking skills, legs and feet, Manchu and Han, because the relationship between the Eight Banners was hard, Confident enough, the restaurants opened are basically on Qianmen Street, what is that place? For the common people, the children of the Eight Banners can do it, and they can communicate with each other behind their backs.
On the surface, the boss is Han, in fact, the big boss behind it is the Eight Flags disciples, of course, do not do it, a blockbuster, under the operation of the Eight Flags children, the restaurant business is booming, the door is like a city, because it is in the downtown area, luxurious decoration, a magnificent faction, in a good word of mouth, gradually formed the famous "Eight Buildings", the name of the four sides.
The "eight buildings" are Dongxing Building, Zhimei Building, Taifeng Building, Hongxing Building, Zhengyang Building, Qingyun Building, Xinfeng Building, and Chunhua Building. In the old feudal society, being able to eat in the eight buildings was a symbol of status, and ordinary people did not want to think about it, and those who came here to consume were all officials and businessmen, landlords, and celebrities with heads and faces, and a prosperous scene.
In the "eight buildings", seven of them are Mainly Lu cuisine, in the thirty-fourth century, the war was everywhere, most of the eight buildings were closed, it can be said that at that time, Lu cuisine was the first in the world, Beijing cuisine is the predecessor of Lu cuisine, the peak of Lu cuisine, that is, in the Qing Dynasty, and later gradually lost a lot of essence, for Lu cuisine to become the first of the eight major cuisines, many people are not convinced, that is because they do not understand history, only saw the present, Lu cuisine was the earliest court cuisine, the imperial dining room is mostly Shandong cooks, Shandong people are diligent, Hard.
From the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, and then after liberation, the entire Beijing catering industry, the competition is very fierce, only the "eight buildings", experienced the wind and rain, standing firm, although the eight buildings are not first-class restaurants, but the second category is absolutely no problem, the boss is good at management, the guys have high eyesight, the chefs are exquisite, and there is a unique food culture, today we will take a look, the details of the "eight buildings", what dishes they were operating at the beginning? And what's unique about it.
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Dongxing Building is the first of the "eight buildings", the seniority is older, the most famous, opened in 1902, Qing Guangxu twenty-eight years, located in the north of Dong'anmen Avenue Road, the neighbors of this location, most of them are court officials, it can be said that the land is scarce, mainly based on Lu cuisine, burned a good hand of Jiaodong cuisine, to 1944, due to poor management, there is also a saying that the old treasurer retired, less treasurer does not want to forge ahead, squeeze employees, chefs lead employees, open a new store, named Cuihua Building, or the original class of people, over time, The centaurs kicked out Dongxing Lou and replaced it with Cuihua Lou, but the original record is still Dongxing Lou, roasted sea cucumber with green onions, and fried chicken in sauce are all the best dishes in the store.
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Zhimei Lou opened in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, the original operation of Gusu cuisine, naihe know not much, and later resold to Shandong people, Zhimei Lou and changed to the business of Shandong cuisine, Quiet Shuya, decoration antique, there are live fish four to eat, nine turn intestines, kung fu balls, cloud slice bear paw, three silk shark fin, is also a typical Lu cuisine, pay attention to the color and fragrance beauty, to the Guangxu years, the hotel once again expanded, Zhimei Lou chef, for the imperial kitchen stove, because of good taste, color and fragrance fully occupied, the business was once hot, after experiencing the war, Zhimei Lou was in a slump, Although it was later reopened, the business was not as good as before.
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Tai Feng Lou opened in the thirteenth year of Qing Tongzhi, mainly engaged in Shandong style dishes, cooked a good dish, sauce fish, pot roasted chicken, sand pot shark fin, braised mullet egg, scallion roasted sea cucumber, are the best dishes in the store, the glory of Tai Feng Lou, the house has more than 100 rooms, can accommodate sixty tables at the same time, at the same time, as the saying goes: "Singing cavity, chef's soup", the chef at that time, quite responsible, the required broth, are with fresh live chicken, elbow hanging soup, and every day to change, now under the banner of Lu cai restaurant, Using more additives to mix, it is really smashing the sign of Lu cuisine.
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Red Star Building main Shandong cuisine, the staple food is famous for dumplings, good taste, low price, trading Xinglong, there are meat filling, vegetarian filling, fish filling, chicken filling, sweet, salty, fish and shrimp, dumplings are delicious or not, the focus is on the filling, just from the filling, the dumplings of the Red Star Building, no one can compare, one or two sides can pinch 20 dumplings, this technology can only be done by the teacher, the signature dish has pot collapsed abalone, roasted sea cucumber, steamed duck, vinegar pepper fish, the largest restaurant in Nancheng belongs to Hongxing Building, the 90s hotel competition is fierce Hongxing Building was not innovative enough, and the business was gradually lost, and later it was lost.
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Zhengyang Lou Restaurant, 130 years of history, the main Shandong cuisine, to the 90s, the store added specialties, there are "crab" dishes and "roasted shabu", etc., a moment of reputation in beijing, many people have not eaten ah, all want to come to see, at this time zhengyang lou business, too good, Zhengyang Lou's predecessor is a tavern, is Shandong people to do, and later earned a small amount of money, gradually expanded the scale, from Jinan specially hired two Lu cuisine masters, many military and political people, have eaten in Zhengyang Lou, There was also a large-scale state banquet, and later because of the war, coupled with the master was dug into the wall, and finally shut down, in 1984, Zhengyang Building reopened, and for various reasons, had to close.
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Qingyun Lou is an earlier batch of high-end Lu restaurants, founded in 1820 in Qingdaoguang, the cuisine has hibiscus chicken, crispy chicken, sweet and sour Yellow River carp, nine turns of large intestine vinegar pepper fish, scallion grilled sea cucumber, bad fish fillet, are typical Lu cuisine representative dishes, exquisite knife workmanship, delicious taste, and later the boss chose another industry, Qingyun Lou closed its doors, the main backbone members of the store, all scattered, until 2009, Qingyun Lou was rebuilt at the original site, reopened.
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Xinfenglou mainly engaged in Shandong cuisine, Beijing small famous Fengze Garden, presumably everyone has heard, its original class of people, are from Xinfenglou, belongs to the collective job-hopping past, Xinfenglou in the 30s, extremely hot, well-organized, the boss will operate, the chef cooking skills are high, due to the changes at that time, shareholders led the guys to cook away, another way, opened a Fengze Garden, Xinfenglou has since been in a slump, hot business, increasingly light, in a very short period of time, lost its glory, and later had to stop business, It's gone.
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Chunhua Lou was opened in the early republic of China, in the "eight buildings", the other seven are operating Lu cuisine, only Chunhua Lou, is mainly Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisine, there are pot sticker chicken, squirrel cinnamon fish and other representative dishes, in the Lu cuisine dominated the capital, Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisine seems out of place, but it is the use of small and exquisite taste, Chunhua Lou stood firm, exquisite dishes, giving people a delicate feeling, now mention Chunhua Lou, presumably most people do not know, Chunhua Lou closed the door earlier, people have long forgotten it.
People are alive, all things in the world, are so, you can imagine how brilliant the "eight buildings" were in the Qing Dynasty, the door is like a city, the business is hot, a prosperous and prosperous world, but only after a hundred years, it has closed down for a large half, and now the only remaining "eight buildings" are only 3, namely Zhimei Building, Taifeng Building, Dongxing Building.
Experienced in the war, with historical color of food culture, abruptly stopped, they were also brilliant, but also experienced loneliness, "old brand" carries the excellent national culture, but also a spirit of excellence, "old brand" is a life, a culture, a historical inheritance, to know more, in fact, it is also very good.
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