Pension services are related to people's livelihood and people's hearts, and Yangpu has always taken pension services as an important livelihood project to grasp, from pension to "enjoy the old", weaving a dense pension "service network".
In order to show the achievements of the development of elderly care services in the urban area, the Yangpu District Civil Affairs Bureau and the Yangpu District Financial Media Center jointly launched the column "Taste Walk: Happy Elderly Care on the Tip of the Tongue", taking everyone into the elderly canteen in the district and telling about the happy pension life on the "tip of the tongue".
"Let's go for breakfast!"
In the streets of Changhai Road, many residents have a habit in the morning - to go to the "big canteen" to "just have breakfast". Located on the first floor of the comprehensive old service center at No. 20 Changhai Road Street (Huansha), Guoshun East Road, the Huansha Community Elderly Canteen opens at 6:30 a.m. every day, serving more than 20 kinds of breakfast every day to serve residents.
The most memorable is the fried "steamed bun" that "comes out of the soup"
Freshly out of the pot, with a bowl of fragrant salted soy milk; A drawer of xiaolongbao dipped in vinegar and a bowl of steaming millet porridge ...... "foodie interpretation version" of "the plan of the day lies in the morning", that is, "eat well at breakfast, and have no worries for a day". The quality of breakfast is firmly linked to the happiness index of the residents.
At half past seven in the morning, the canteen for the elderly in the Huansha community was at its most lively. In front of the dining window, one side is neatly lined up with freshly fried fritters, sesame balls, pumpkin pies, freshly baked flatbreads, buns with various fillings, and siu mai; On one side, the white mist is steaming, and several chefs are making fried buns, pot stickers, and xiao long bao, which are fragrant and attractive.
Huansha Community Elderly Canteen, located in the "fortress" of Huansha Street, Changhai Road Street, radiates more than 10 surrounding natural communities and more than 5,000 elderly people. It is also adjacent to two middle schools, a university and many enterprises and institutions, with huge service demand, and is the hottest "breakfast restaurant" shared by residents, students and office workers.
"The most distinctive thing is the fried steamed buns, which my husband and I order every day." Aunt Hou, a resident, lives in Wujiaochang, and sends her grandchildren to school every morning with her wife. After saying goodbye to your children at the school gate, the first thing you do is to have breakfast in the cafeteria. "There is a lot of juice in the fried steamed buns!"
The fried "steamed buns" that my aunt said are the famous fried buns in Shanghai. In the Huansha Community Elderly Canteen, the fried buns have been made into a different feature - the fried buns here are freshly wrapped and fried by the pastry chef every morning, compared to other shops, they are smaller, the size of an index finger and thumb touching a circle, easy to eat, a bite will have a rich soup flowing between the teeth, delicious and rich. In the words of diners, "the soup is like pouring out".
In the kitchen, there is always a chef busy in front of the pan in the morning. There are more than 50 raw fried buns in one pot, and they can be sold short after a while. It's sold here, and the next pot is ready. "It's too late to fry, and there are a lot of raw fried buns to eat." The master said with a smile.
In addition to fried buns, at present, the Huansha Community Elderly Canteen provides more than 20 kinds of breakfast every day, including old Shanghai "golden partner" flatbreads, fried dough stickers, soy milk, traditional noodles xiao long bao, pot stickers, as well as noodles with a variety of toppings and handmade wontons, which are widely popular. Middle school students carry soy milk to school, and retired aunts and uncles order a drawer of small cages and two taels of fried rice and "chew slowly" in the dining area of the canteen. The sun shines into the room, and there is a picture of good-neighborly and harmonious fireworks......
Work starts at 3 a.m., and the classic breakfast is handmade
Freshly wrapped, freshly fried, freshly fried on the same day...... Fresh and hot food is always inseparable from the busyness of the kitchen.
At 3 o'clock in the morning, the lights were turned on in the canteen for the elderly in the Huansha community and the preparations for the day's meals began. Pastry chef Wang Wei was one of the first people in place and was known as "Master Wang". At this time of the day, Chef Wang has to start rolling out the skin and wrapping the raw fried, wontons, and xiaolong...... A large number of pastries are made waiting for diners. Usually it is busy until just after 6 o'clock, and the guests come one after another.
Wang Wei has been making noodles here for more than 3 years since the opening of the Huansha Community Elderly Canteen in 2019. With his rich experience, he has become more familiar with the tastes of local diners. The large number of customers has allowed him to practice fast and good skills. Wang Wei has a skin in his left hand, fills the stuffing with his right hand, and then quickly rotates, pinchs and closes, and a beautiful and neat xiaolongbao is ready, which takes 13 seconds.
"A xiaolongbao is packed in the pot with 10 grams of skin and 20 grams of filling, with a total weight of 30 grams. There are a lot of bags, and I can weigh out the amount when I pack them, so that each one is about the same weight, and there will not be much difference, and the eating experience will be better. Wang Wei said that there is another feature of the pastry here, that is, the meat filling is mixed with skin jelly, which can make the filling more fragrant and juicy, so that every pot sticker, raw fried, and xiaolong are full of juice.
At present, in addition to breakfast, the Huansha Community Canteen for the Elderly also serves lunch and dinner every day, and its business hours are 6:30-9:00, 11:00-13:30, and 17:00-19:00 every day. In addition, the elderly over 60 years old can also enjoy priority meals from 10:30 to 11:00 every day, and can also order meals from them through the neighborhood committee to achieve home delivery services.
It is reported that in the future, the Huansha Community Elderly Canteen is also expected to cooperate with the takeaway platform to provide a wider range of food delivery services for surrounding diners.