Harbin, the capital of the Northern Kingdom, is the capital of Heilongjiang Province. "Ice City", "Pearl under the Swan", "Lilac City" and "Moscow of the East" are its reputations.
This is a city that has historically been on a par with Shanghai, but unfortunately Shanghai is now the "Paris of the East" and Harbin is the "Little Paris of the East".
It is a city where old and modern coexist, and it is also a city of extreme romance. When you think of Harbin, what comes to mind?
Is it the central street, the Sofia church? Or is it the Harbin Ice and Snow World, or, a Madier popsicle?
The Harbin I remember is the rock sugar gourd and Harbin red sausage on the street.
When you come to Harbin, you can see the figure of rock sugar gourd everywhere. The rock sugar gourd here is really an "ice" sugar gourd, which is placed outdoors to freeze the cold.
And here, everything can be put into the rock sugar gourd! Okra, cucumber, chicken feet, marshmallows: That chicken feet rock sugar gourd is actually sweet!
In addition to the sugar gourd, in Harbin, the most common is the Harbin red sausage. Whether at the airport, on the dining table, or in the commissary, harbin red sausage figure can be seen everywhere.
Red sausage is a sausage native to Russia, Lithuania and other countries, processed with pork, starch, garlic and other materials, named for its fiery red color.
This Harbin red sausage has a history of nearly a hundred years, and has also become a symbol of Northeast specialties, Heilongjiang specialties and Harbin specialties.
When guests from other places come to Harbin return home, they all want to bring something to give to their relatives and friends, and most people's choice is "Harbin Red Sausage".
It's just that the chaos of the "jianghu" of Harbin red sausage is really eye-opening.
In Harbin, there are many red sausage brands, Qiulin red sausage, commercial committee red sausage, Qiulin LiDaosi red sausage, Jiao Yuchang red sausage, Madier red sausage, Harbin Meat Union, Lao Dingfeng....
So how should I choose? I posted a question on the Internet, and many locals in Harbin gave me a lot of advice to share with you.
The craziest thing to buy Harbin red sausage is this red sausage of the Commercial Committee, and there are long queues every day. Friends said that the time he went to the queue at four o'clock in the morning, it was not yet the turn of the front.
Is it hunger marketing, or too many foodies? In order to buy a red sausage, it will not be! At four o'clock in the morning, this cold day is freezing at minus 20 degrees, is it really so delicious?
Another friend did not believe it, and took a taxi to the Commercial Committee Red Sausage. At first glance, sure enough, there was a long line with many locals in it. Finally, because of catching a plane, he actually bought a few pounds in the hands of scalpers to take home.
Locals say that because the Commercial Committee red sausage is unique, there is no semicolon, the front shop and the back factory, hunger marketing, it seems that there are more queues to buy.
"The quality of the red sausage of the Commercial Commission is really good, especially in the processing of materials, the tendons and fascia on the lean meat are basically removed, the taste is particularly good, the processing and irrigation adopts the traditional old process, and there is no out-of-style old-fashioned red sausage."
However, some people say that this is a queue of people who spend money to create such a queue to buy, and only in this way will it lead to the phenomenon of being difficult to find.
If you have been to the most representative street in Harbin, Central Avenue, you will see red sausages all over the street.
Several big brands of red sausages in Harbin have their own advantages, some love the Commercial Committee, some like Qiulin, and some prefer Jiao Yuchang.
"Foreign tourists do not have to join the hustle and bustle of the Commercial Committee and delay time." It is recommended to go to a regular Qiulin store to buy it. ”
"Don't want to go to the commercial committee to queue, if you want to feel the atmosphere a little, but not too crowded, then go to the basement of the Qiulin Commercial Building, there is a place called Qiulin Li Daos Main Store or flagship store, most locals actually recognize the Qiulin Li Daos brand."
Therefore, Qiulin and Qiulin Lidaos are actually two brands, which are a bit ignorant for foreign tourists.
Founded in 1906, the Madier Cold Drink Hall, in addition to a must-have Madier popsicle, of course, you can also buy Madier red sausage.
At the end of Harbin's Central Avenue near the Songhua River, there is a blue Madier red sausage store, and the window is full of red sausages.
That night, for dinner at the Matier Western Restaurant, the first course was sour cucumber and Matier red sausage, which tasted very good.
However, this icy snow, the roasted red sausage on the central street is more popular with tourists. Fragrant and hot, it is the most memorable taste belonging to Harbin.
"Qiulin's century-old shop, and the front shop and the back factory, there is no semicolon, and its fruit and wood incense are unique.
The meat factory is a local state-owned and directly subordinate meat and sideline food production unit directly under the Commercial Commission. The Red Sausage Factory of the Commercial Commission is a service company established by the young people who returned to the city in the past eight years, hired a retired teacher of the meat factory, established a meat processing factory, and also opened up the front shop and rear factory model, becoming the first high imitation in the red sausage industry.
All kinds of red sausages competed, Qiulin Company was merged, "Qiulin Lidaosi" came into being, with its output to expand marketing, and quickly occupied the market, because of the similar taste with Qiulin red sausage, gradually recognized, but the color process is slightly inferior. ”
A Harbin native replied to me in this way, and the context was very clear.
I remember that day I went to a shop outside the old road, zhang bao shop founded in 1902, the most famous here is the rib bun, 6 yuan a piece.
In between waiting for the bun, he ordered a portion of his family's red sausage, which still has endless memories.
"Harbin red sausage? I really can't get used to the taste of garlic inside! So I laughed.
"The most authentic taste is the meat union, the most intimate taste is Ridaus, and the cleanest is the commercial committee." This is a summary of a local foodie.
After seeing so much, have you found your choice? What brand of Harbin red sausage have you ever bought? Chat in the comments section.