The Paper's reporter Li Jiawei
Recently, the movie "Love Myth" was screened, and many people said that it was one of the most vivid depictions of Shanghai, and more enthusiastic audiences debated the butterfly puff pastry on Tianyaoqiao Road.
Tianyaoqiao road signs. The pictures in this article are all taken by The Paper's reporter Li Jiawei
In the film, Shanghai's exquisite fashion and fireworks are vividly presented in front of people's eyes through montage lenses, and many streets, theaters and cafes with a rich Shanghai flavor can be seen in the scenes.
Among them is a small road in Xuhui District, Tianyaoqiao Road. A line at the end of the movie says: "Is the butterfly puff pastry delicious in an international restaurant, or is it delicious from a small shop on Tianyaoqiao Road?" This question triggered a heated discussion among the audience, so that the film critics were "crooked".
Some netizens said, "After reading it, I want to know the name of the small shop that makes butterfly puff pastry on Tianyaoqiao Road." "Tianyaoqiao Road is a dim sum street, from Xujiahui all the way to almost all the dim sum shops, every house has a sign dim sum, blind guess a Hashi", some people say "this topic I will, Tianyaoqiao Road butterfly puff pastry is the old dim sum shop magnolia", and some people commented that "the old Xiangzhai is quite delicious, Harbin is too sweet". For a time there were many opinions.
Street view of Tianyaoqiao Road.
Some netizens commented
Whose butterfly puff pastry?
On December 31, a reporter from the surging news (www.thepaper.cn) came to Tianyaoqiao Road and walked onto the street and quickly felt that it was a popular and pyrotechnic street. On both sides of the road, there are Internet celebrity food, there are also century-old shops; on the road, there are young people with coffee and laughter, and there are also silver-haired but energetic uncles and aunts.
Which butterfly puff pastry on Key Bridge Road in "Love Myth" is it? The reporter looked all the way, there were too many tempting dim sum shops on both sides of the road, and there were many fans in every house, and there was a long queue at the door.
The movie "Love Myth" is set in Shanghai. Movie posters
From north to south, here is the Harbin Food Factory, founded in 1936, which is regarded by many as an insurmountable peak in Shanghai's time-honored dessert industry, and through the window, you can see many varieties of desserts. Not far from it is another well-known brand, Lao Xiang Zhai, and one of its fist products is also butterfly puff pastry, a long-established brand with a strong Shanghai style that has influenced the taste buds of generations of Shanghainese.
Shanghai Harbin Food Factory.
"In recent years, our butterfly puff pastry has been winning gold medals in Shanghai and is very popular, and there are four different types of butterfly puff pastry in the shop: large, small, sweet and salty." The staff of the old Xiangzhai shop told reporters that she remembered that as early as 1996, Lao Xiangzhai launched the butterfly puff pastry, which has been a specialty product in the store for decades.
At the Harbin Food Factory in Shanghai, freshly baked desserts are put on the table.
The bulk butterfly puff pastry of the old incense
She said that with the release of the "Love Myth" movie, more customers have come to ask about it recently, "it's quite interesting, they're not just for dessert, maybe they just think it's fun." ”
Walking along the road, Mi Qing Shop directly posted the same poster of the movie at the window, generously promising that as long as the "Love Myth" movie ticket stub is presented, the purchase of butterfly puff pastry can be immediately reduced by ten yuan.
There was a long line in front of the Shop.
At the end of 2020, Miqing Shop just opened its first store on Tianyaoqiao Road, and its main products include butterfly puff pastry. The person in charge of the store told reporters that the butterfly crisp in the movie "Love Myth" is most likely from their store. "There are people from the film crew who have come to buy desserts, it should be their crew, who bought a lot at a time, and there are a lot of butterfly crisps." He said.
A poster was posted on the window of the Shop of Qiqing, saying that showing the ticket stub of the movie to buy butterfly puff pastry could be reduced by ten yuan.
Later, he was very happy to learn that butterfly puff pastry had been made into the movie. "After the movie was released, we also launched an event, and with the movie ticket, we can reduce it by ten yuan." He said that in the past, there were many elderly customers in the store, but now many young customers also come to visit, and the butterfly puff pastry is very popular.
In just a few hundred meters, the reporter also saw more dim sum shops such as magnolia food, red house pastry and so on. Which of the butterfly puff pastries is the most authentic, I am afraid it is difficult to easily draw a conclusion.
Magnolia food window selling desserts.
Tianyaoqiao Road outside the butterfly puff pastry: cooked food, various venues and urban micro-renewal
The popular Tianyaoqiao Road is actually not only a gathering place for dim sum shops, but also many delicatessen shops, such as Xinya Food, Wufangzhai, Shanlin Dahong, Chongming Old Shop, etc. Each shop is also full of diners, and the food in the window with thick oil and red sauce inherits the taste of Shanghai's classic Benbang cuisine.
There are also many delicatessen shops on Tianyaoqiao Road, such as the mountain forest dahong.
Chongming old shop on Tianyaoqiao Road.
Classic Haipai style food in the window.
Along this winding Shanghai road, there are also large and small cafes, KTV, exquisite restaurants, continue south to pass the Shanghai No. 4 Middle School and Shanghai Stadium.
The aunt who picks desserts.
Strolling all the way, feeling the fireworks of the world, whether it is day or night, Tianyaoqiao Road is always full of a dynamic and vivid rhythm.
Tianyaoqiao Road is located in the north-central part of Xuhui District, from Zhaojiabang Road in the north to Longhua West Road in the south, with a total length of Highway 2.5. Its northern end is adjacent to the bustling Xujiahui business district. This small road has a history of more than 100 years.
The reporter learned from Xuhui District that in 1905, when Zhaojiabang Road had not yet been filled and built, in order to facilitate the worship of church believers from Hamabei to Xujiahui Catholic Church in Bangnan, the church funded the construction of a wooden bridge in Zhaojiabang near Xujiahui, named "Tianjian Bridge". In 1914, a new north-south road was carved out next to the Tianyao Bridge on the south side of Zhaojiabang, named Tianyaoqiao Road.
In recent years, Tianyaoqiao Road has continuously released new vitality in the urban micro-renewal of Xuhui District. According to the Construction Management Committee of Xuhui District, in 2021, Tianyaoqiao Road (Longhua West Road - Zhongshan South 2nd Road) will complete the "all-element" upgrading with overhead line entry into the ground and the rectification of the pole, and create a high-quality demonstration road in Shanghai. After the completion of the renovation, Tianyaoqiao Road (Longhua West Road - Zhongshan South 2nd Road) no longer has a messy cable in the sky, providing a more open space and a safer neighborhood environment for surrounding residents and pedestrians on the street.
At present, Tianyaoqiao Road (Zhongshan South 2nd Road - Lingling Road) is stepping up the implementation of upgrading and transformation, including paving of sidewalks, all kinds of cables into the ground, and streetside box pole finishing. After completion, Tianyaoqiao Road will have a more refreshing road landscape and a more comfortable traffic environment, and the century-old Tianyaoqiao Road will glow with new radiance.
Responsible editor: Zou Jiawen Photo editor: Jin Jie
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