In the past few days, "Flowers" directed by Wong Kar-wai has become popular, and after only four episodes were broadcast, the audience ratings exceeded 2, becoming a topic darling in the circle of friends. For Shanghainese, it is Ma Yili's sentence "Zhujiajiao's pickles and Chongming's cakes", unlimited fans.
When it comes to "Zhujiajiao's pickles", you must be inseparable from this century-old pickle shop with Shikumen architectural style in Zhujiajiao Ancient Town, which was founded in 1886 and is located at No. 287 North Street of Zhujiajiao Ancient Town. The reporter visited on weekdays and found that before 10 o'clock in the morning, the Han Dalong Sauce Garden store was already a scene like a market: on the counter in the form of a "concave shape", the staff was full of more than 10 kinds of signature pickles, such as small radish heads, ginger slices, honey sauce pickles, wrapped melons, kohlrabi, and spicy shreds; "I heard that the pickles in this store are delicious, so I came to buy some bamboo shoots, sweet and sour, which is very suitable for the taste of our Shanghainese, so I bought some to take home. Ms. Wang, who came from the city, said in an interview.
According to Qiu Yuefang, the person in charge of the Han Dalong Sauce Garden, the pickle production skills of the Han Dalong Sauce Garden, according to the region, the season, and the taste of the local people, select the freshest raw materials and make different categories of pickles, forming Han Dalong's special pickles, "The first thing is to ensure the quality of the products, and then make pickles according to the different tastes of the citizens." Take the radish head that the public likes as an example, we strictly control the source of the ingredients, remove all the raw materials that are not in good condition and not fresh before production, and re-make the taste that does not meet the requirements of salty and sweet standards after production, so as to ensure that the quality and taste meet the standards of 'Han Dalong Sauce Garden Store'. ”
Chongming cake is one of the traditional specialty pastries in the Chongming area of Shanghai. At the end of the year, the number of orders for six or six pastry shops at No. 81 Meizhou Lane, Zhujiajiao Town, has increased day by day in the past two days. The reporter saw that the store was busy and orderly, and the staff who made Chongming cake first broke and ground the rice flour into powder, kneaded the flour, white sugar, brown sugar, and water together in a certain proportion, added red dates, osmanthus, and walnuts to decorate, and finally spread the rice flour layer by layer in the mold and steamed it; Not long after, pieces of fragrant pastries were freshly baked and placed in front of the counter for the public to buy.
"Six or six focuses on traditional handicrafts to make pastries. For example, Zhujiajiao people's favorite osmanthus white sugar cake is made of white sugar and osmanthus. It's simple, but it's the most classic, and it's like 'mommy' in one bite. The clerk Meizi told reporters, "It's almost the New Year, the number of orders for Chongming cake, osmanthus white sugar cake and brown sugar cake has increased in the past two days, and at present, a single 20 pounds of Chongming cake and osmanthus white sugar cake are being prepared." ”
According to reports, Liuliu takes glutinous rice as the main material, and according to different seasons and market demand, it has launched osmanthus white sugar cake, Chongyang cake, Chongming cake, eight treasure rice, zongzi, Qingtuan, etc., which can be said to be not the same throughout the year. At present, the osmanthus white sugar cake on sale in the store is 18 yuan per two catties, the brown sugar cake is 20 yuan per two catties, and the walnut red date Chongming cake is 25 yuan per catty.