The eight bowls in Cangzhou, also known as lao xi, are essential dishes for locals when setting up a banquet. There are more than eight kinds of eight kinds of bowls, such as braised lion's head, button meat, steamed fish, chicken and duck, etc. are very rich. It is said that these eight bowls evolved from the full table of the Manchu Han Dynasty, and with the development of the times, the eight bowls evolved from the original only when they were served and during the New Year's Festival, and now they can be eaten anytime and anywhere on weekdays.
Eight bowls are delicious, but the amount is very large, one person can't finish eating, and a shop stews eight bowls together to make an old table stew. There is a big brother in Hebei on the side of the national road to open an old table stew restaurant, has been opened here for more than 30 years, his family's old table stew put eight kinds of buckle bowls together to stew, broiler chicken dishes are very complete, cost-effective, 10 yuan tube full, to eat are big masters, because this shop opens on the side of the national road, passing drivers and people on the construction site next to it will choose this restaurant, which is also the reason for the many male guests.
The shop is very spacious, there are about dozens of tables, when the meal can accommodate 100 people at the same time, even so it is still full, the kitchen in the store is also very spacious, there are four or five pots, not idle, some fried, some stewed, some fried, orderly.
Put the old stew into a large insulated bucket for 10 yuan a full bowl, steamed buns for free, rice for two dollars a piece, and free millet porridge seaweed soup. The main feature of the old table stew is that it is complete and nutritious, especially when eaten in winter, it is hot and hot, and the stomach feels very comfortable when eating, as for the taste, it is a very homely taste.
Although it is made of stew, but for the choice of ingredients, the boss still has requirements, fresh and clean, not shoddy, after all, more than 30 years old store, has many repeat customers. The boss said that the stew is made according to conscience, and the dish that is stewed will not taste very bad.
In addition to the stew in the shop, there are braised mackerel, braised large carp, the processed mackerel is fried in oil first, and then stewed in the seasoning water for more than half an hour, very flavorful, mackerel spines are very few, it is very enjoyable to eat, the locals also like to eat stewed carp, his family stewed spicy carp, the meat is thick, and there is no muddy taste, the price of 30 yuan a piece is slightly higher, but many people like to eat.
The only drawback of coming to this restaurant to eat old table risotto is that there are too many people and the environment is very noisy, but the dining in this environment feels very grounded.