Changsha, a thousand-year-old city with a history of more than 3,000 years, its cultural heritage is hidden in every city wall, hidden in every old alley. Now mention Changsha, the first thing that enters people's minds is "Orange Island", "IFS", "Huangxing Road Pedestrian Street", "Pozi Street" and other punching points, which are also the places where foreign tourists must punch in Changchang. Under the neon lights, a prosperous Huangxing Square has the reputation of "Sanxiang Commercial First Street".
Huangxing Road was built in the 1930s, initially built as the section from Nanmenkou to Bajiaoting, completed in 1933, originally called "Nanzheng Road", and later renamed Huangxing Road to commemorate one of the main leaders of the Xinhai Revolution. Since 2001, in order to reshape the commercial street, Huangxing South Road began construction, improving the environmental facilities such as pavement, greening, landscape, leisure chairs, etc., and was completed in 2002 to have today's Huangxing Road Pedestrian Street.
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The people of Huxiang, who dared to be the first, began to develop commerce on Huangxing Road during the Qing Dynasty: cloth shops, banks, tea houses... It was the commercial center of the ancient city at that time. From the original burden on the streets of the ancient city to the traffic of the Star City, the dots of starlight in the middle of the night to the flickering lights, the business has developed rapidly here, more merchants have opened stores here, and this thousand-year-old city is shining because of these commercial forms.
A dish with a century-old history, Hunan traditional Hunan cuisine chopped pepper and fish head, quietly appeared on Huangxing Pedestrian Street.
Dai Zong, the founder of Tanzong Chopped Pepper Fish Head, is the third generation of the kitchen, and nearly three generations of careful carving, carefully cooking a delicious and exquisite minced pepper fish head. From the moment it is presented to the table, it is not only a dish, but also a heritage.
On the left side of the Huangxing bronze statue, the new shop of The Octagonal Pavilion Xiatan Zong Chopped Pepper Fish Head (Huangxing Bronze Statue Shop of Pedestrian Street) opened on December 31, 2021 across the Chinese New Year's Eve. During the opening period, the store was full of people, and customers in the waiting area lined up in a long line to taste this "century-old Hunan cuisine".
Good water produces good fish, and good ingredients produce good taste. The main ingredient of Tanzong chopped pepper fish head is only more than six pounds of large male fish heads, which are from more than 20,000 acres of water, and the water quality has reached the national drinking water standard. Adhere to the use of non-GMO rapeseed oil, the use of chopped pepper is 5 kinds of chopped pepper ratio, ancient process pure handmade. It is from this that this Hunan toutou signature dish is so lingering, widely acclaimed, and in 2018 it became the representative of Hunan cuisine that entered the United Nations.
It is reported that this is already the 9th store opened by Tanzong in Changsha, compared to the previous stores, Fat Sister learned that in order to be closer to the atmosphere of Huangxing Pedestrian Street and some old alleys around it, Tanzong has made some changes in the environment and layout of the store this time, combined with the national style and national tide, so that foreign customers can enjoy food at the same time can complete the "punch card" task.
Under the door is displayed a large chopped pepper fish head mold, the visual impact is strong, for customers to punch in the card to take photos, behind the model is a semi-open kitchen, the chef on-site production, suitable for casual shooting.
(Giant chopped pepper fish head with chef at the entrance of the shop)
Huangxing Road Pedestrian Street as a Changsha landmark where consumers from all over the country often come to punch cards, the store also set up an exclusive punch card wall of Tan Zong, the punch card wall uses the brand color blue tone of Tan Zong, and the walls are equipped with "Changsha", "Orange Island Head Chairman Mao Silhouette", "I❤ Changsha" and other contents, one of which is placed in the center of the Tan Zong chopped pepper fish head. Let customers realize the freedom of punching in the Tanzong store.
Next to the punch card wall, tanjong store specially set up an observation deck and dining table, the observation deck is facing the opposite of the INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL Center, which is tantamount to punching the C position, through the floor-to-ceiling window, diners can directly see the Kaws doll on the IFS and shoot with it.
This century-old Hunan dish has achieved a "C-bit debut" here, and the excellent geographical location, at a glance, is a pink zebra crossing, and is a Kaws doll crowded by others to queue up to take pictures.
A city is always evolving, and merchants are also adapting with the times. Changsha, a thousand-year-old city, has developed to today's "Star City" that never sleeps, and its prosperity has brought about the emergence of one brand after another, and has also made Xiaoxiang classic dishes gradually famous throughout the country.