Today, when various ins-style pastry shops appear in piles of copy and paste, the long-established "earthy pastries" scattered in the streets and alleys are beginning to be evocative.
The earthy taste here is not a derogatory term, it represents the cheap and delicious ancient taste in people's memory, and many times these traditional pastries can be bought for a large bag for more than ten yuan than the exquisite small net red desserts.
Sweets make people happy, cheap and delicious sweets make people happier! So with this "Kunming Earthy Pastry" picture book, the joy of increasing the portion is in your hands!
The century-old shop is auspicious and auspicious
87 Huashan South Road
27 yuan per person
Ji Qingxiang was founded in the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, has a history of 112 years, since its inception, it is on Huashan West Road, is a veritable century-old shop.
In 1927, a major event happened in Ji Qingxiang, that is, the misuse of soda to make white sugar mooncakes for sale. When this matter was discovered, the mooncake had already been sold out, and it was too late to remedy it. In that era when people's livelihood was simple and genuine, this almost became the disaster of Ji Qingxiang.
Seeing that 20 years of credibility were about to be destroyed, the treasurer Chen Huiquan made a decision, admitting the mistake and bearing all the compensation.
"Where customers who have purchased sugar mooncakes made by misuse of soda, even if there is only a small piece left, Ji Qingxiang is responsible for all returns and exchanges, and the fare for the car comes."
As soon as such a notice was posted at the door of Ji Qingxiang, it caused a sensation in the whole city. Therefore, Ji Qingxiang's reputation is so famous that not only did not affect the business, but customers flocked to it.
The 1920s and 1930s were the heyday of Jiqingxiang's development, and before the Mid-Autumn Festival, queuing up to buy Jiqingxiang ham mooncakes almost became a major landscape in Kunming. There are also wealthy merchants in Vietnam, Myanmar and Thailand who hire horse gangs to buy in Kunming through the Tea Horse Ancient Road.
In the "Jiqingxiang Old Shop" on Huashan South Road, traditional pastries such as heavy oil cakes and back cakes are placed in thick white plastic bags, gluten saqi horses are placed on the plate, and the soft parts will be scattered with a light knife cut, and after taking out some of the old-fashioned weighing, the salesman wearing a white coat will crackle and use the abacus to calculate the price, so fast that it is comparable to modern instruments.
Hard shell cloud leg mooncake, the first of Ji Qingxiang, the shell is crispy, and the cloud legs inside are evenly distributed, fat but not greasy.
Many people of the older generation came eating auspicious mooncakes, even Wang Zengqi was no exception.
The heavy oil cake I took home was still not bad after four or five days.
The fennel is put in the mouth, crispy and fragrant, and does not have the feeling of sticking to the teeth of ordinary bread; gluten sachima melts in the mouth and is full of sweetness.
The Flying Tigers' trend inheritor, Gui Meixuan
40 Huguo Road
Gui Meixuan was founded in 1936 and has a history of 83 years.
In the 1980s, salted cream (now old cream) cakes and hadou appeared, and Gui Meixuan began to slowly occupy the stomach of the old Kunming people, these flavors were once accompanied by the people of Chuncheng to this day, and the fragrance has been wafting for 78 years, and the taste has long spread throughout the entire road of national protection.
Today's No. 40 Huguo Road, Gui Meixuan's decoration has become a bit "net red style", but overall it is generous and still very refreshing.
But just like Chanel's leather bag and Dior's perfume, for the people of Kunming, the salted cream cake is an enduring classic.
Salted cream cake not only has a unique flavor, but also kunming people have a special love for it.
Creamy and sweet, is a nostalgic old taste, its salty, sweet and delicate mixed with the memory of the old Kunming, it is incomparable in the hearts of every Kunming person!
Ha dou, ki bucket, like puffs can not be missed, inside the cream, especially rich.
Ham bread, sandwich ham is salty and sweet, full of ingredients, and the taste is amazing.
Cloud leg mooncake, marble cake, flower mooncake is also good.
The master of the east and west - Guanshengyuan
16-3 Nanqiang Street
20 yuan per person
Kunming Guansheng Garden originated in Shanghai, glory in Kunming, founded in 1915, has a history of 104 years, is a long-established pastry shop.
The old char siu bun is more popular, the bread is soft but has tendons, and the fat and thin char siu meat filling is really delicious.
Date mud cake, with a strong sweet aroma of jujube, the taste is soft and evocative.
Old noodles hand torn bag, the skin baked very crisp and fragrant, a circle of circles, torn by hand to eat very cool.
Ka Wah blossoming everywhere
There will be almost every bus stop nearby
25 rmb per person
Founded in 1988, Jiahua is said to have made flower cakes from the Qing Dynasty for more than 300 years, when it was deeply loved by the Qianlong Emperor and was enshrined as a royal court point.
Now it has basically become a souvenir that tourists from all walks of life must bring.
Three flowers, one piece of cake", the filling made of roses, with the unique rich aroma of roses, sweet but not greasy, the taste is superb, and the types of cakes are constantly innovating, such as classic flower cakes, purple potato flower cakes, barley flower cakes, matcha flower cakes, etc., and the taste of fresh baking is better.
Rose washed sand flatbread, the skin is soft, rose wash sand accounts for one-third of the thickness of the cake, full of weight, delicious.
Ham mooncake, small in size, soft in the shell, the filling is Yunnan's very famous Xuanwei ham, the taste is salty but not sweet.
Old Kunming's supply and marketing cooperatives - Source Trade Park
102 Huangtang Road
If there is a Daoxiang Village in Beijing, then Kunming may be the Source Trade Park, although it is many years less than Daoxiang Village, but the old Dianwei pastries for more than thirty years have not changed at all.
Big canteen, ham bread, mung bean sorbet... Each one is a favorite of Kunming people.
The shop is still selling pastries in the form of a canteen counter, and the sense of nostalgia is very heavy.
The crispy dough, delicate ham, plus preserves, honey, and the double-ingredient ham cake of Yuanmao Park have been on fire for thirty years.
The ham series of Yuanmao Park can be said to be an eternal classic, white puff pastry ham cake, puff pastry layer by layer, permeated with the aroma of flour.
One bite down, the salty and sweet taste of the ham is a large piece in the puff pastry, and no matter how much you eat, you will not get tired.
The coolness and sweetness of mung bean paste is a real classic, obviously so delicious, and it has become an ancient pastry that can hardly be bought, but fortunately, the source trade park came forward and kept this classic.
Landmark pastry shop - Kunming Hotel
138 Baita Road (near Kunming Hotel)
30 rmb per person
Kunming Hotel is a landmark location in Kunming, but also an old brand.
Their butter cake is said to be the favorite of many Kunming people for their birthdays when they were young, similar to the creamy little square of Shanghai ruby.
There are different cake flavors in the refrigerator in the store, some of which are not available until noon, but think of its popularity, eating this slightly salty cream is very fragrant, not greasy, moderate sweetness, very enjoyable!
The delicious source of the small streets and alleys is Xinyuan
Meteorological intersection in Xishan District
15 yuan per person
In front of the storefront is a workshop behind it, freshly baked and sold, and the pastries produced by the general assembly line are incomparable with this.
Every day at about 4:30 p.m., the queue begins, and the Holidays are half a month, and the attitude is so blunt.
It will not be sweet to the point of being greasy, there is no fancy craftsmanship, and the food is its own original taste. Pretzel bread and hibiscus cake, there are still very few to buy.
The best thing they can eat in their house is the signature croissants, which are just right
Fair price of the Sunny Pastry Factory
No. 38, Jingguo New Village, Guofang Road, Wuhua District
Puff pastry bread, heavy oil cake, hard shell ham, I am afraid that the old Kunming people have the deepest reflection of Xiangyang pastries.
The quality has not changed, the price is still fair, and it is the first choice for wanting to taste the old Kunming pastry.
As long as you smell it, the memories of your childhood will come back to mind.
Can bear the weight of the cake, generally is heavy oil cake, cake has a sense of heaviness, there is no hollow in the middle, in the era of material scarcity, there is not much choice, but everyone pays great attention to the "real", buy two cakes two can enjoy the happiness of full stomach.
Kunming people like to eat sweets
So a lot of old-school cakes in Kunming
They all have their own wind bones
That's why
Kunming's "Earthy Pastry"
will glow with its own charm
On the tip of the tongue of the Kunming people
Imprinted from generation to generation