Beef noodles and rice wine are the standard breakfast of Xiangyang people, but every nightfall, there is a delicacy in Fancheng that concerns the heart of the wanderer, that is, the old godmother vermicelli soup. This May Day, the reporter visited the Dongfeng Road Night Market to find the taste of the mother in his memory.
Xiangyang, the martial arts world written by literati and ink writers, is also an important node of the Ancient Tea Horse Road, which travels from south to north, and also creates a unique food style where Xiangyang meets north and south. In the Dongfeng Road Night Market, there is an inconspicuous night market stall, but it is an eternal memory in the hearts of diners.
Lao Gan Ma vermicelli soup, Xiangyang people have a soft spot for it. A bowl of belly, warm from the tip of the tongue to the stomach. Long Banghai is now the head of the old mother's vermicelli soup. Thirty years ago, Lao Long's mother relied on this bowl of vermicelli soup to feed a large family, sweet potato powder was added to the soup, accompanied by a secret meat sauce, soaked in meaty vermicelli, fragrant but not greasy, this is the old mother's vermicelli soup that makes people dream.
The quality of the taste, the ingredients are the key, there is no room for sloppiness, every morning, Lao Long personally selects the ingredients to be used that day. After the purchase was completed, Lao Long's lover began to make the most critical noodles of the noodle soup. Oil, seasonings, minced meat, stir-fry in turn, it seems simple, but the real operation is not simple.
Stir-fry over medium heat, and the minced meat and seasonings gradually take on an attractive reddish tinge with the blessing of hot oil. Add decades of ancestral secret recipes, and as soon as the green onions are put away, a pot of steaming rice is out of the pot, and everything is ready to wait for nightfall. The simple vermicelli with the fragrant meat sauce "slips" and slides into the mouth, wrapped in a hint of spicy, from the taste to the touch, patting and wrapping around the tip of the tongue.
Lao Long's vermicelli soup can be paired with different dishes to extend another flavor. This is also the same as the character of Xiangyang people, the north and the south are compatible, enthusiastic and generous. After work, meet here, whether it is a new friend or an old friend, order a bowl of vermicelli soup, drink and talk happily here, fill your stomach and warm your heart.
Now, Lao Long has also passed on the store to his son Xiaolong to run the business, just as he took over the family from his mother.
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Source: Xiangyang Rong Media Center Economic Life Channel
Reporter: Wu Junjie
Braided hair: Liu Peng | Editor: Xie Xuefei
Editor-in-charge: He Wen | Review: Huang Chao