The signal of Shanghainese entering the summer is not ice cream and sour plum soup, but cold noodles, cold wontons, and mung bean soup! When it comes to Shanghai cold noodles, we have to mention this snack bar in Putuo District, which has a history of 92 years. The earliest was in 1929, a Wuxi boss opened a noodle shop at the intersection of Ruijin 1st Road Yan'an Middle Road, because the business was booming, and the boss opened a branch next to the big chiming bell on Changshou Road. After liberation, the two stores were also merged into the Putuo District Catering Service Company. Now this shop on Shiquan Road is a branch of the former Big Ziming Bell that was merged into the Putuo District Catering Service Company. This shop is known by many as the "grandmaster" of shanghai beach cold noodles, for decades relying on a bowl of cold noodles to gallop the food jianghu, has always adhered to the traditional practice of the old bottom, noodles are blown cold with electric fans, with unique sauces and peanut butter, refreshing and appetizing, is the perfect taste to fight the heat of the summer. As long as the cold noodles are listed in the summer, every morning at six or seven o'clock, there are many grandfathers and grandmothers to queue up to buy.
The environment of the store is general, which is the appearance of the old state-run store. The popularity of the meal time is frightening, even if the peak time comes, it is basically full, and there are many uncles and aunts nearby who bring their grandchildren to eat together, which shows its authenticity! The tables are all square tables, and each table has four people, and basically they will share the table. Although there are many employees in the store, the aunt who cleans up is a little less, and after eating at the previous table, she has to find her aunt to ask her to clean up the table.
The price of his family's cold noodles is one or two 4 yuan, and two or two sell. Toppings are self-selected, frugal by people, the cheapest is 3 yuan of vegetarian chicken, the most expensive eel is 28 yuan. Cold noodles are made of small thin flat noodles with golden color and egg flavor, cooked in a large pot of wide soup, and poured with boiled soybean oil, while blowing cold with an electric fan, while using long chopsticks to keep turning, so that the noodles can quickly cool through, so that the cold noodles can lock in the water will not dry and hard. After serving the cold noodles in a bowl, pour a spoonful of fragrant peanut butter and tahini sauce, garnish with soy sauce, vinegar, and a small amount of red pepper oil. Order one or two portions of your favorite spicy meat and three-wire toppings, so that the bowl of cold noodles after mixing well is indescribably delicious in terms of color and taste! Eat into the mouth, the combination of peanut butter, sesame sauce and vinegar, together with cold noodles and spicy oil, spicy meat collides together, instantly bloom in the mouth, the taste is smooth and refreshing, fragrant, spicy, fresh, sweet, noodles are strong, rich in layering, that indescribable aroma and satisfaction, will make you eat it can't stop!
Tonkatsu is a Chinese-style pork chop, peppery and salty, very large, the meat is also very thick, fried very fragrant, even if the skin is not crispy, it is still very delicious, one person can even eat two pieces will not feel greasy.
There is also mung bean soup, fresh meat mooncakes, pot stickers... Wait for snacks to be served, order at the entrance, and then take your ticket to the different windows to line up for pickup. His pot stickers are also very famous, they are freshly made in the store, the bottom is fried scorched and crispy, you must be careful when eating, a light bite can feel the rich juice rushing to your mouth, if you do not pay attention, you may also rush to your collar, and it is very hot. The juice is sweet, the seasoning is nice, the meat is not too tight, and the tender meat contrasts with the crispy bottom shell.