There is culture and story and taste
Known as the "first grasp in the western region, smell the fragrance and get off the horse quickly", the old Mao hand grasp is the only one in Ningxia hand grasp specialty catering industry that has been preserved and handed down to this day for nearly a hundred years. Lao Mao Hand Grasp was rated as a famous Chinese restaurant and has been handed down for five generations so far. The Islamic style and ethnic color make Lao Mao Hand Grip unique among many famous restaurants.
Founded in 1915 in Wuzhong City, the hometown of the Hui nationality, Lao Mao has received millions of domestic and foreign tourists since it reopened in 1988. Old Mao Hand Grasp has been inherited from the ancestral secret recipe for decades, and because of its fine workmanship and unique taste, it has been recognized as "Chinese Famous Snack" by the China Cuisine Association, and the "Mao Qiang" trademark has also been rated as a famous trademark in Ningxia. The Old Mao Hand Grab Mutton Shop has become a "window" for displaying Ningxia and Chinese Muslim halal culture, and tourists from Muslim countries come to Ningxia and go straight to it as soon as they get off the plane.
According to Mr. Mao Qiang, the fourth generation of lao mao hand-grabbed lamb and the current general manager of the food building, "old Mao grabbed by hand, the taste shocked the world" relies on three major characteristics: fresh, tender and fragrant; oily but not greasy, mellow and delicious, not greasy and not fishy.
Special halal food on the tip of your tongue
In the selection of sheep, boiling meat, cutting meat and accessories are very particular about the old hair hand grasp lamb.
First, it's about sheep selection.
The selection of sheep can not be too big, nor too small, to choose more than eight or nine months, under one year old "karma sheep", the weight of about twenty-eight to thirty pounds, such a meat quality is good. And the sheep must be local to Ningxia and eat licorice, mountain ephedra and other beach sheep, such sheep do not have a little smell.
Secondly, it is to cook meat.
The meat is fragrant after warm, slow simmering, high heat, different spices in different processes, and then out of the pan.
Again, it's the meat cut.
It is necessary to use the unique knife of the Hui people to cut, so that the fat and thin are interspersed, not too fat and too thin, so that the cut out meat is good-looking, it is delicious to eat, and after it is plated, it can be colored, fragrant and flavored, and eaten while hot can achieve the effect of fragrant smell.
Finally, there are excipients.
There is a maxim for eating hand-grabbed meat: "Eat meat without garlic, and the taste is halved." "Therefore, it will be more delicious to eat with the special condiments of the Mao family meat restaurant." After eating meat and then drinking the Mao family's special Eight Treasure Tea, it can achieve the effect of lifting qi, replenishing weakness, replenishing blood, benefiting the kidneys, aphrodisiac, and strengthening the body.
A century-old hairy hand grabbed lamb healthy walk the world
Old Mao hand-caught lamb not only has a head to eat, but also has a unique environment.
This century-old shop is full of strong Hui cultural atmosphere, and the standing signs on the table are also printed with the common sense of Muslim culture; on both sides of the corridor are precious calligraphy works and photographic works, as well as old photos of friends at home and abroad as guests of "Old Mao Hand Grasp", one after another telling a beautiful past, showing the development process of this century-old store.
"In doing business, we must first learn to be human." Mr. Mao Qiang said, "My wealth comes from society and should be returned to society and the people. Over the years, he has donated hundreds of thousands of yuan to the disaster area, the Hope Project, the Martyrs' Cemetery, the widows and the elderly, laid-off workers, and the disabled. In September this year, the 7th Ethnic Minority Games will be held in Ningxia, in response to the call to "run the Universiade well, build a great Yinchuan", he donated more than 200,000 yuan, becoming the first Hui private entrepreneur to donate funds to the Games. He said, "The holding of the National Games in Ningxia is a great joy for millions of Hui people, and I feel very honored to be able to contribute to ethnic exchanges and publicity in Ningxia." ”
<h1>The concept of old hair grasping</h1>
spirit
Love and dedication, honesty and trustworthiness, good deeds and accumulation of virtue, willing to contribute.
Wish
Where there are old Mao's hands, there is a figure that is enthusiastic about public welfare and repaying the society.
Practice
Win glory for Ningxia and add color to the nation
oath
Carry it forward and pass it on from generation to generation.
dream
Go out of Ningxia and write a legend.