Whenever I watch "Qing Ping Le", I imagine those familiar celebrities wandering the streets of Kaifeng more than a thousand years ago, raising a glass to drink, chanting the wind and reciting the moon, pointing out the rivers and mountains, and stirring up words, I can't help but have a sense of intimacy. In a certain time and space, I must have passed by Fan Zhongyan, Yan Shu, Ouyang Xiu, and Su Shi.
Although the capital city has long been lost in time, it has no prosperity in the past. But the traces of history have long been deeply engraved on every inch of its land, and after thousands of years, it still retains the atmosphere of the imperial city.
The most distinctive of course in the diet, probably the characteristics of the Imperial City Root people, Kaifeng people pay attention to eating, but also the most able to eat, every household has a few good dishes, some even called ancestral work. Even if it is just a fly shop or a street stall in Kaifeng, the taste will not be bad.
Come to Kaifeng, don't superstitious signboards, those large hotels with bright facades and luxurious decorations, the biggest feature is expensive. Even the world-famous "first floor" buns are only used by Kaifeng people to occasionally entertain guests from afar.
Don't rush into the famous snack concentration - Gulou Night Market, there are indeed many types, snacks are also dazzling, as for the taste, in the eyes of Kaifeng people, the taste is not too good.
The real foodie must be like me, not afraid of hard work but never to deal with, even if it crosses from the east of the city to the west of the city, the south of the city rushes to the north of the city, it must find the most authentic one, even if it lurks in the deepest and most partial alley. Kaifeng's small alleys are quite distinctive, turning around and running through the avenues of Kaifeng. Those unique flavor shops are scattered around the corners of Kaifeng.
The Kaifeng people have a relationship in business, which can be testified by the "Qingming Upper River Map". From the northeast to Guangdong, from Xinjiang to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, from South Korea to Malaysia, from Japan to Germany... Regardless of the land, foreign, as long as it is delicious, Kaifeng people will not refuse, and some flavors will be improved even better.
Every time my friend came to Kaifeng, he would take me to a small alley near the Drum Tower to eat lamb steamed dumplings.
The shop was small, and a few small tables and stools were randomly placed, as if they had arrived at some ordinary person's house. The business hours are very Buddhist, and they do not open until five or six o'clock in the afternoon to welcome guests. Several delicious small cold dishes, the cage is steamed a few kinds of buckle bowls. There is no attentive and regular waiter in the shop, two or three people, idle on the steamed dumplings, guests come to put down the work to walk over to say hello, very kind. His steamed dumplings can eat the fragrance of the noodles, a light bite, the juice immediately flows into the mouth, the filling is fat, it is really delicious.
Lamb steamed dumplings
Such small shops abound in Kaifeng, they are hidden in the depths of an inconspicuous alley, not publicity, not gorgeous, the business attitude is very casual, some only at noon hospitality, some only open at night. Although it looks like you can't come and go, there are still people with a strong will like us who come to the door and don't give up.
I have always had a dream to retire to Kaifeng. Walking around Longting Lake in the early morning, breakfast is enough for five yuan per person. During the day, I wandered around the city and spent more than ten or twenty dollars wherever I went to eat. At night, make a pot of good tea, lie in a rocking chair by the alley, and taste the world' changes.
Without further ado, let's just put on some real material!
Open the dumplings
Soup buns, dough tendons, thin skin filling, bite a small bite from the side, first suck the broth juice inside, and then eat a bite of buns, delicious in the world! If you want to invite guests, go to the Huang family, if you want to have a light meal, you may wish to go to Daxing Bun Shop.
Sauté cold powder
Sauté sweet potato cold powder, salty and fragrant, preferably with a little tar skin. Every Kaifeng night market has a good stir-fry, to see who is the captain, can not be wrong.
Double hemp fire
Double hemp fire, layer after layer of oil crisp, pepper and salt flavor is the most delicious, my favorite is the college gate Beijing restaurant.
Four-flavored dishes
Braised beef breast, yellow cauliflower, simmered gluten and roasted balls four kinds of dishes put together, and then brewed a bowl of piping hot and delicious mutton soup, sprinkled with coriander and oil spicy seeds, this is a bowl of authentic four-flavored vegetables, the old Kaifeng favorite one, is the old Zhao family near the temple gate, early in the morning queue, until noon.
Almond tea
Almond tea has a strong almond aroma, accompanied by peanuts, osmanthus flowers, hawthorn and the like, sweet and sour appetizers, women's favorites, all night markets have.
Lamb kang buns
Lamb kang bun is added with crushed lamb foam and cumin, made of sheep fat kang, crispy and caramelized, old Kaifeng favorite bite. I think the best thing to eat is the original Wuyi Road Night Market old two families, Wuyi Night Market moved, only ordered his takeaway on the Internet.
Bucket chicken
The bucket chicken is not much to say, but my favorite food is the YixingZhai family on the edge of the mosque.
Carp noodles
Carp noodles, the hair-like noodles on it are pulled out by hand, and it is said that some can be seven or eight and pass through the eye of the needle together, which shows that the kung fu is good. Huang family, the first floor, Daoxiangju these old shops have.
Donkey broth
Although donkey broth is a specialty of Luoyang, the taste of Kaifeng Three Donkey Broth is even better. Hua San opened several stores in Kaifeng, just nearby, and the taste is good. There is also an old shop near Shizhuan, although it is called Luoyang Donkey Meat Soup Restaurant, it is definitely an authentic Kaifeng taste.
Sheep's hooves
Sheep's hooves, the best taste of the old white family in the Drum Tower Night Market.
Lamb broth
The opened mutton soup can choose white meat, stuffy meat, crispy meat, belly and lungs, etc., just wear a pot helmet, and come to a bowl in the morning without hunger. Even more famous than it is the sheep double intestine soup, but unfortunately many people can't enjoy its taste, just like some people can't accept durian and stinky tofu. There are quite a lot of authentic ones near the gate of The Sheep's Head Tang Temple, the Sheep Double Intestine, the Sun Ji near Xinjiekou, and the old shop for decades.
Yellow braised fish
Yellow braised fish, Gulou Night Market has one of the most famous, the spoon is a boss.
Spicy peanuts
This is Xingshengde's spicy peanuts, opened a lot of branches across the country, but the Kaifeng locals who recognize the brand and recognize the store, but prefer to line up tens of meters to go to the old store to buy, and people who are super picky in eating are never willing to settle.