A drinks room
But it is famous for its buns and dumplings
Among the old Sichuan restaurants, the history of Xiyuan is not very long
But there are many memories and memories left for old Chengdu
In the early 1950s, four Jiangsu and Zhejiang people opened a sweet shop in Chengdu's Cotton Street, named "Trade Union", specializing in buns, fritters and soy milk, and selling some flavored snacks. This was the predecessor of the famous restaurant "XiYuan" on Chunxi Road in the 1980s and 1990s.
The former long-nosed bus was a cotton street specialty
The reason why it was called the Trade Union was because at that time, in addition to the four bosses in the store, four other workers were invited, and the bosses hoped to work together with the employees to do a good job. With such a original intention, it is natural for everyone to do their duty to ensure the quality of production and provide enthusiastic service.
Because there were many foreign businessmen in the cotton street area at that time, especially from the south of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the flavor of the trade union food was very appetizing to them, so the business gradually flourished.
In the following years, the federation experienced many adjustments in personnel and store sites, first in the late fifties, after the public-private partnership, seven of the eight members of the old trade union left, leaving only the original worker Zhang Yucheng, and another group of employees from other restaurants, the shop was also moved to Zitong Bridge Street, Zongfu Street, and finally came to Chunxi Road in the sixties.
Chunxi Road nameplate
During this period, the trade union sweet shop has more products than the original, especially added several Sichuan-style snacks, including sanhe mud, eight treasure rice, pearl balls, sweet water surface, etc., in addition to adding a variety of drinks. This product structure of the "drink + eat" two-line layout has been used since then, and several hot selling varieties have been created.
At that time, Chunxi Road, after experiencing the first peak of the Republic of China, had a brief depression of several years before and after liberation, and then gradually began to recover and became the most prosperous and lively commercial center in Chengdu. Chunxi Road is not only a consumer destination for Chengdu people, but also an entertainment venue for popular gatherings.
Dahua News movie tickets
Since the end of the Qing Dynasty, huachang company in the alley behind the new street to broadcast the American activity video drama (i.e. movie), Chunxi Road and nearby there have been Xinming Cinema (in Chengshou Street, after liberation changed to Youth Palace Cinema), Dahua Cinema (in the Youth Association, after liberation changed to News Cinema), Zhiyu Cinema (in Wangfujing, Zongfu Road) and other theaters.
The nearest news cinema to the Federation of Trade Unions was relocated from the original Dahua Cinema in the YMCA Gymnasium, and the new courtyard was located in Sanyigong, a large entertainment complex run by brother Pao. At the beginning of the relocation, it was named Dahua News Cinema, and later directly used the name of News Cinema.
Red Guard photo gallery negative bag
Various consumer entertainment venues have brought a large number of people to Chunxi Road, and the trade union restaurant has obtained good business results with solid production. Unfortunately, the good times were not long, in the mid-to-late sixties, a storm swept everywhere, Chengdu ushered in a round of renaming with the characteristics of the times, Chunxi Road was renamed Anti-Imperialist Road (Victory, Hero, Dongfeng, Hongqi words are all over the city), so the Trade Union Restaurant also has a crying and laughing name "Anti-Imperialist Sweet Shop".
It was not until the 1980s that Chunxi Road ushered in another highlight moment, returning to its original name and quickly rebounding, becoming the famous Southwest First Street in one fell swoop, and the Federation of Trade Unions also took advantage of this east wind to become a food star on Chunxi Road that looked inconspicuous, but left many good memories in the heart of the old Chengdu.
Chunxi junction in the 1980s
The site of the trade union in the north section of Chunxi Road was originally a wooden structure bungalow, all of which was torn down and rebuilt in 1983, changed to a brick-concrete building on the first floor and the bottom, added a second floor business space, and doubled the operating area on the original basis, although the area is still less than eighty square meters, but in the inch-rich Chunxi Road, it is already very satisfying for a restaurant. After the completion of the new store, it was officially renamed "Xiyuan Beverage Hall".
According to the industrial and commercial registration information of Xiyuan in the 1990s, the registration place at that time was No. 33, north section of Chunxi Road, and the person in charge was Bai Lanqiu. This simple message reflects the transformation of the operating mechanism behind it, the transformation of the planned economy into a market economy, and the transformation of the separation of ownership and management rights. It is in this context that Manager Bai has brought Xiyuan to an era of rapid development.
After the restructuring, Xiyuan continued the previous product structure, and gradually established a pattern with buns and dumplings as fists and noodles, drinks and desserts as support. In the early years of Chunxi Road, there was a restaurant called Le Lu Chun, where a young man named Liao Yongtong learned pastry techniques, and later created the famous mole beard longan bun, about the mole beard after the dragon gate array single.
Although Xiyuan did not write the bun into the name of the store, it has long been famous, and the products of the professional bun shop are comparable, which is a must on Chunxi Road at that time. White and tender skin, barbed in the cotton, loose but not scattered, carefully formulated core, oil and gas overflowing, lips and teeth left fragrant. The taste in this memory will not be lost with time, just like an old wine, which is more and more fragrant in the heart.
Red oil dumplings, for illustration only
The main varieties of Xiyuan dumplings are red oil and original soup. Dumpling skin is customized with fine powder, when making it, it is not to prepare the amount of the day at one time, but to make it in batches according to the sales node, so that the skin can maintain a moderate temperature and moistness, select high-quality pork leg sandwich meat, and the size of the dumplings is uniform, the core is solid, and the thickness is moderate.
Here to insert a sentence, the outer skin of the noodle food species is not as thin as possible, but according to the specific situation of the core, maintain a reasonable thickness, in order to achieve the best coordination between the core and the skin.
Original soup dumplings, for illustration only
Xiyuan's red oil dumplings are salty and sweet in the mouth, slightly spicy in the aftertaste, and the specially made red oil not only makes the dumplings rich in flavor, but also adds the smoothness and fragrance of the skin. The soup used for the original soup dumplings is made of old hens and stick bones, and if you take a small bite of the dumplings when eating, and then put them in a bowl and immerse them in the original soup, it has a different flavor.
In addition, Xiyuan's various juices, drinks, coffee, desserts are also popular because of their outstanding quality, especially the drinking method of wheat straw straw as straw that was popular in many beverage shops at that time, which is simply a painting of the era style on Chunxi Road, which is an absolute Internet celebrity in today's words, and the popular name is SiGua Si, which is a transliteration of the English word squash, which means juice drink.
After careful polishing by everyone, Xiyuan gradually entered a better state and reached its peak in the 1990s.
The artifact of the year
At the beginning of this century, due to the renovation of Chunxi Road, Xiyuan disappeared from public view, and it is said that it later appeared near a vegetable market near the Chengwen interchange, but it also completely bid farewell to the historical stage a few years later.
Leave the best time, the best taste, to Chunxi Road, to Chengdu City, to Chengdu delicious mouth, to all people who love it. Writing big articles in small snacks, painting big landscapes in small drinks, after several changes, still do not forget the original intention, while leaving behind the spirit of Sichuan flavor that is diligent in taking, fine at tuning, and good at tasting.
A generation of Sichuan flavor famous shops, Xiyuan, well-deserved.
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