Text/Li Wei
Speaking of snacks, many people will contact flour, in fact, there are many kinds of snacks, including livestock fish meat also has a lot of famous snacks, industry insiders call the former "vegetarian snacks", the latter for "meat snacks".
Rising to a higher level, snacks are a type of white case, and white case is divided into large cases and small cases. The big cases include small noodles, buns, steamed buns, fritters, and sticky pieces. Similar to Guangzhou morning tea style. The food in the small case is more exquisite, including anchovy crisp, like raw noodles, baking points and so on. The style is close to table snacks.
Many people also have a misunderstanding of snacks, that is, they have always been regarded as a leisure food, in fact, snacks have a long history as a meal, and they are also excellent dishes to accompany wine.
Meat and vegetarian combination, taste salt and taste
Searching the history of Chongqing snacks, although there are mostly "vegetarian snacks", there are also many "meat snacks". The early representatives of "vegetarian snacks" include buns, steamed buns, oil mash, leaf rakes, glutinous rice balls, hair cakes, buckwheat dumplings, baked cakes, etc., which mainly arose in the period after the opening of Chongqing.
The stage of the War of Resistance. With the influx of dignitaries, merchants, rich gentry and celebrities from all over the world into Chongqing, the categories and grades of snacks have gradually diversified and upgraded. Raw fried buns, oil tea, pot sticker dumplings, spicy bean fish, saliva chicken, dengying beef, king duck roast duck, etc. began to appear, and "meat snacks" also increased.
During this period, Chongqing operated many snack bars, and "Chengdu Rare Food Restaurant" was one of them. Relocated from Chengdu to Chongqing, the restaurant is a cold pub that specializes in brine dishes, pickled wax products and cold wine. There are many varieties of "thin steamed" snacks, and they are very classic, such as: Yuanbao chicken, spiced meat, Guan Dao meat, fragrant belly, gold and silver liver, smoked beef, lamb chops, rabbit and other products, especially Yuanbao chicken, butterfly pig head is the most famous. These dishes are representative of "meat snacks".
The famous snack of "Star Linxuan" is a must-see
In the middle of the last century, a restaurant named "Xing Linxuan" not only had a long history, but also became famous in the mountain city, and its research and development and innovation of "cold mix beef" and "five-spiced roll beef" were also a must, the former was rated as a "special flavor" dish in Chongqing in 1958, and the latter was named "famous snack" by the relevant departments of Chongqing in 1964.
"Xing Linxuan" was born during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and the store was set up in a stilt building, specializing in beef dishes. In the winter of 1938, Guo Moruo was evacuated from Wuhan to Chongqing, and his apartment and office were in The Tianguan Mansion in Chongqing. Opposite is the "Star Linxuan", because of the convenience and because of the characteristics of the dishes, Guo Moruo often patronizes this shop. After getting acquainted with the owner, he found that the store did not have a store name, and after obtaining the consent of the boss, he personally inscribed the name of the store "Xing Linxuan", and also specially commented: "Although this lu is small, its taste is timeless." ”
As a result, the "Star Linxuan" famous mountain city has also achieved a good story in the history of Chongqing snacks.
Historical snacks are also red and willow green
The Song Dynasty was a prosperous dynasty in Chinese history and a stage in the prosperity of the snack industry. According to the Tokyo Dream Record, we can see the prosperity of snacks. The book writes in the section "Mathang Street Mat": The night market is full of tourists, the shop business is booming, the ladies are wearing bright hairpins, and the cars and horses are noisy. The night market also has a lot of sour, pork pancreas, hu cakes, japanese cakes, suspects, wild fox meat, fruit wood soup, enemas and the like.
If the above snacks are more related to flour, then the next introduction to "Zhouqiao Night Market" is more related to "meat snacks". "Go out of the Suzaku Gate, until you reach the Longjin Bridge, go south from the Zhou Bridge, and when the street is filled with rice, stewed meat, and dried meat." Cones in front of the king's building, wild foxes, meat breasts, chickens. Meijia deer goose, duck, chicken rabbit, belly and lung eel, bun, chicken skin, waist kidney, chicken crumbles. Fifteen words each." "Until Ryutsu bridge has to stop the brain meat, called miscellaneous chewing, until the three more."
"Tokyo Dream" also describes in detail the situation of the Northern Song Dynasty Night Market, of which there are many "meat snacks". According to the author Meng Yuanlao, from about 1120, night shifts could also eat tripe, blood jelly, fried pork liver and fried goose meat at the night market.
A feature of Chongqing snacks in the golden age
Ancient times aside, from modern and modern times, Chongqing's snack history has gone through three golden stages. The first is after the opening of the port of Chongqing, the second is during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and the third is after the reform and opening up.
Here we mainly talk about the snack situation in the 1980s, that is, after the reform and opening up of Chongqing. It is no accident that Chongqing has become a delicacy, and it is not accidental that Yupai Sichuan cuisine is famous throughout the country and the world, and it is closely related to Chongqing's inclusive and open-minded character of Chongqing's inclusive and eclectic geopolitical culture.
Therefore, Chongqing snacks never conform to the rules, but constantly innovate and boldly forge ahead. In such a humanistic environment, Chongqing snacks continue to alternate between the old and new, spicy noodles, cover noodles, sour and spicy powder, bowl chicken, spiced smoked fish, chicken shredded cold noodles, golden hook scribbles, etc. began to appear, gradually becoming the mainstream snacks, and more "XiaobinLou" that is, the birth of "Chongqing Famous Snack Center", through the creation of snack packages and snack banquets and other forms, so that Chongqing snacks are brilliant.
The Eighteen Ladders of Ba Yu Huailiang
Through the above description, I believe that everyone has a deeper understanding of snacks, that is, snacks are not only made of flour, but also "meat snacks" with livestock, fish and meat as the main ingredient. And it is not only leisure food, but also a staple food of the meal, and it can be accompanied by wine and meals.
"Bayu Huailiang" is located in the eighteen ladders, single-family shops, four floors up and down, more than 1,000 square meters, the main snacks. Here to hire the national famous chef, a wide range of culinary masters to guide, the north and south snacks gathered, the east and west famous points concentrated, will also restore the original famous world-famous "Chongqing snack banquet", and strive to go from Chongqing to the country and the world.
To this end, "Bayu Huailiang" issued the initiative of "revitalizing Bayu famous snacks and making the world fall in love with Chongqing", which has a wide influence inside and outside the industry and is highly praised.