Halal Ma Xiangxing Restaurant, a long-established restaurant that has been open for three centuries, is the oldest restaurant in Nanjing. Especially during the Republic of China period, ma Xiangxing would come to Ma Xiangxing from the upper and lower officials and nobles to the peddlers and pawns. At that time, Ma Xiangxing could be said to be the first brand of Nanjing Halal, which was well known and famous. The gluttons are also crazy to punch in, and the praise and propaganda articles written abound.
Most of the time-honored brands come from the folk, developed in the folk, and gradually formed the style is developed and inherited, and gradually create a star product, Ma Xiangxing's four famous dishes the driving force for the establishment of this (the four famous dishes are "beauty liver", "squirrel fish", "anchovy shrimp", "egg roasted wheat"). Beef and mutton are generally the main ingredients of the halal restaurant, and these four famous dishes are combined with the local specialties of Nanjing, which is actually Ma Xiangxing's preservation of the tradition at the same time, in order to cater to the market, cater to diners for innovation and improvement, won unexpected results, with these four famous dishes to become a famous restaurant in the Republic of China period.
Sometimes when the aura is more, it will be particularly dazzling, and sometimes even dazzling. Unconsciously reaching the top of the altar, you will be kidnapped by the titles of "first", "famous", "top", "intangible cultural heritage" and so on, and gradually lose your core in confusion. Today's Ma Xiangxing is no longer so famous, every time he visits such an old brand with deep affection, he will lament the decline of the old brand under the changes of the times, and the regret is more disappointed than the obsession and stubborn persistence of these famous stores.
Egg roasted wheat and anchovies
Just at lunchtime, with anticipation, I walked into Ma Xiangxing, the whole hotel is a 4-story building, the first floor sells snacks and cooked food, and the second floor part of the foreign stir-fry. Snacks and cooked food are frequented by the surrounding residents from time to time, and there are only one or two tables of diners on the second floor. The old brand stipulates that snacks on the first floor can only be sold on the first floor, and the first floor is clearly separated so that people dare not cross the thunder pool.
The second floor WeChat a la carte does not provide recipes, the enthusiasm of the waiter is based on the basis of no diners, first announced the rules, the old brand put up a dismissive posture to announce that the four famous dishes are not discounted, while other dishes plus members can enjoy the membership price, so the four famous dishes are like endangered animals in the zoo to be circled separately. Then there is the dish recommendation, the degree of recommendation enthusiasm is basically between not saying much and saying nothing, most of the old brands have their own "excellent temperament", the atmosphere of recommendation is full of "I am silent because I am famous, you do not understand because you are ignorant".
Squirrel cinnamon fish
The time to place an order and wait for the dish is the most beautiful, and your expectation can awaken all nerves, when the sensitivity of the five senses is extremely high. When hearing that the "beauty liver" was sold out, the anxiety and dissatisfaction that rolled in the mind, and the lack of explanation of the waiter, could not explain whether in the case of such a small number of diners, it was the ingredients of this dish or the customers who ordered this dish. Time is not long, the other dishes have come up, from the time to see "squirrel fish", "egg roasted wheat" must be semi-finished product processing, a taste of "anchovy shrimp" is more of a suspicion of semi-finished product processing. This shrimp is not false as a river shrimp, but the shrimp meat is inelastic, the "anchovy tail" is pasted on the shrimp meat like a wrapped cellophane, and the white fruit and peas are dry and woody. At this time, I can't help but be glad that the "beautiful liver" is sold out, and the unique delicacy is still left in the book of the old food, which is even more evocative.
Duck vermicelli soup
Cabbage buns
These famous dishes are more like brand fast food, like a famous meal, which is comparable to "visiting here" in terms of mood, and basically belongs to a kind of food with IQ tax. Famous dishes like fast food on the second floor are disheartening, while the real fast food snacks on the first floor are well produced. A bowl of duck vermicelli soup, duck soup is delicious, duck liver is fine, fried rice oil is fragrant, vermicelli is clear; a drawer of cabbage buns, green cabbage, oil residue, thin skin filling, eat a bite of bun on a bite of duck soup, moist and delicious. The contrast is strong and direct, and although the snacks are not exquisite, they are fresh, large and economical. The first floor is full of seats is not unreasonable, recalling the beginning of Ma Xiangxing's entrepreneurship, not only to take the people-friendly route, to win the recognition and development. The door on the second floor is the result of the aura shining, under the aura is the loss of the people's hearts, upstairs and downstairs ice and fire double heaven, intriguing.
Whenever the old brand is mentioned, the heart is always unspeakable taste, worship, admiration, support, superstition, boredom, helplessness, disappointment, regret, resentment, pride, admiration, in the face of different situations of the old brand, its various states and situations always make people have mixed feelings.
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