Chengdu, Guihua Lane.
The hotel is not far from the wide and narrow alley, near the People's Park. There is a clean alley turning left out of the hotel, and the air is faintly filled with a faint fragrance of osmanthus flowers, and the more you go inside, the stronger the smell. Looking around, the street trees on both sides of the alley are all osmanthus trees, no wonder the fragrance is fragrant. The age of the tree should not be short, the trunk is thick and tall, the branches and leaves are dense and luxuriant, and a cluster of reunion umbrella inflorescences grow in clusters in the leaf axils, hanging between the trees, looking like a huge embroidered umbrella in the distance, giving passers-by a shady alley. In the shade of the trees are scattered osmanthus flowers, a layer of light yellow. Occasionally parked cars, the roof of the car, the windows are also dense or sparsely scattered osmanthus flowers, to this rigid means of transport with a touch of charm. The alley is not long, three or five hundred meters. The alley entrance is posted with a street sign: "Osmanthus Lane", which is indeed worthy of the name.
Chengdu, Fly House.
I have long heard that Sichuan has called those restaurants with good taste, low prices and narrow shops "fly restaurants", and gradually formed a scenery.
On the second night of arriving in Chengdu, I found a small restaurant in the nearby alley, the storefront is really not large, four tables, the husband and wife are operated, the boss is the chef, and the boss lady is in the hall. It was dinner time, the customers in the shop came and went, it seemed that the business was still good, and when we went in, there was only one table empty. The menu is a single-page piece of plastic paper with home-cooked items listed on it. We ordered three classic and homely Sichuan dishes: shredded fish, pot meat, mapo tofu, plus two bowls of rice, a total of 50 or 60 yuan. Fish and meat shredded side dishes are simple, only green pepper fungus carrots, shredded meat is soft and tender, very under the rice. Back to the pot meat oil is not greasy, garlic sprouts are also very flavorful. Mapo tofu is a perfect combination of smooth, hot, hemp, fragrant and spicy. Several dishes are not as spicy as imagined, it is a mixture of sweet and spicy and spicy, fresh flavor takes the first place, and spicy is secondary.
A few days later, in different alleys, I found one such small restaurant after another, some stir-frying, some making noodles, some main hoof flower soup, some specializing in boiled fish... Although the dishes are different, they have their own tastes, and every time they make people eat well. Rice is also very special, after the dish comes up, the rice brought up with the empty bowl, maybe a large bowl, maybe a small basin, maybe a wooden barrel more than half a foot high, the guests use a male spoon to serve themselves. Whether you return to the bowl or not, it is the price of a bowl of rice, and when the waiter puts it down, he will kindly add a sentence: "You eat first, not enough to add." "I don't know if it's a unique style in Chengdu.
It is said that in the hearts of Chengdu people, the status of the fly restaurant is not worse than that of the five-star hotel, and the fashion elite in suits and leather shoes, the home elderly with slippers and vests, will find their favorite taste in their own small restaurants, and eat without scruples.
