Sichuan is a big province of gastronomy, delicious and fun Sichuan people have invented a series of local cuisine, of which the "dragon scribe" is very conspicuous.
At first glance, the name is both domineering and smooth, giving people a feeling of being so tall that tourists who don't know why they think it is a special practice of lobsters.
In fact, when the food comes up, foreign tourists laugh and say that it is too common after seeing it. What a "dragon copyer", this is not the wonton in the small restaurant on weekdays!
To be precise, the Dragon Scribe is a ravioli.
Wontons are a traditional boiled pasta dish in China, especially common in the north. The ancients believed that this was a sealed bun, there was no seven tricks, so it was called "Chaos", according to the rules of Chinese characters, and later changed to "wonton", at this time, there is no difference between wontons and water dumplings.
Written by Yangxiong of the Western Han Dynasty in the "Dialect", "the cake is called the wonton", wonton is a kind of cake, the difference is that it is filled with meat, steamed and eaten, if cooked in soup water, it is called "soup cake".
Wontons have a very high status in the northern diet of our country, with the saying of "winter solstice wontons and summer solstice noodles". During the Song Dynasty, every winter solstice, the town shops were closed, each family wrapped wontons to worship the ancestors, rich and noble people a plate of sacrificial wontons, there are more than ten kinds of stuffing, called: "Baiwei wontons".
China's land is vast, the customs of various parties are different, and the food culture is also very different.
Wontons arrived in the Sichuan area and evolved into clear soups, such as red oil, seafood, stewed chicken, sour and spicy, and original soup, and the name was changed to "scribe". For example, Guangdong calls wontons wontons, and Hubei calls them bun noodles.
Why is it called "scribe"? I looked up a lot of information, and it is said that it has the meaning of "take your hand". The humorous Sichuan people also give wontons a warm and caring side.
In fact, there is still some difference between copying hands and wontons.
When I ate the scribe in Chengdu, I obviously saw that the wrapping method was much more delicate than the wontons, and the dough folds had to be folded several times, which should be related to the fact that the northerners did not pay much attention to appearance. In addition, the filling of wontons includes pork, shrimp, vegetables, etc., but the scribe only uses pork to grind meat, and the skin is thin and filling, tender and fragrant.
Another difference is that there is less scribe soup, only a small amount of soup, generally not more than scribe. There are many wonton soups, and the wontons are floating on the soup, which should be the reason why the north is colder and needs to drink soup to warm up.
The so-called "Dragon Scribe", originally a local scribe brand in Chengdu, began in the early 1940s, when the founder chose the name, because the original name had a thick character, he borrowed the harmonic sound of "dragon", crowned before the scribe, so the name "dragon scribe".
The price of Sichuan scribes and northern wontons is also similar, in the northern second- and third-tier cities, eat a bowl of wontons up to 6-7 yuan, some chicken soup wontons may cost about 10 yuan, some county towns 5 yuan wontons also have a lot.
Chengdu copy of the price is similar, may be cheaper, basic 6 yuan a piece, some are small bowls, 4 yuan a piece, after serving up only five or six copy, the method is very exquisite.
Copycats are also very common in Chengdu, basically noodle restaurants will sell, some will be directly marked with wontons, presumably because most of the northern tourists, or the owner is a northerner.
Therefore, eating in Sichuan, don't see the wontons after ordering the copy, and think that the boss is wrong, in fact, the two are the same thing.
Author: Fawn, a well-known traveler! Take you through the unpopular, interesting and free scenery of various cities in China