Now there are more and more varieties of burgers in Maimai, but every time you must order the Big Mac and The Pig Fillet Egg Fort, coupled with a Fries Coke, Hiccup is obsessed with this sense of happiness that makes the stomach satisfied.
And for many friends, Hamburg is also full of many good memories, like a 100-point exam when I was a child, a birthday party... You can all eat hamburger fried chicken that Mom and Dad reward.
For this familiar taste, Peninsula Jun is more and more curious about the story behind it, digging carefully, and sure enough, it found a lot of interesting materials: as early as the 60s, China has appeared burgers; in the 70s, McDonald's officially brought burger and fast food culture to China...
In this issue, Peninsula Jun would like to talk to you about these interesting facts and interesting histories, even if you are not a burger lover, you can feel a lot of interesting changes and developments.
60s
Hong Kong, Mini-Scabs and Hamburg
China's earliest Hamburg story begins in the 1960s, when Hong Kong shipping was well developed and the wharf brought together people and information from all over the world every day.
After a casual conversation, the owner of a taxi shop learned that "hamburgers were popular in Pibang" and decided to attract customers with this novel bun with beef cakes, which was officially sold in 1963.
Because of the new contact, everyone always eats the onion rings in the hamburger all over the place, and the boss simply chops the onions and mixes them in the beef cake in order to take care of the diners, not thinking that 50 years later, this has become a feature of the Hong Kong-style burger.
Early Hong Kong-style hamburgers are also called "miscellaneous harbor bags"
After the burger sold well, the boss simply stopped the tobacco and alcohol business, and changed the number of soldiers into a fast food restaurant that only sold fried chicken legs, fries, and hamburgers, and named it "Shixin".
At present, Shixin Fast Food Restaurant has become a long-established restaurant that carries the history of Hong Kong's catering, just like the ice room and tea restaurant.
The double-layer cheese egg burger is the signature of the restaurant, the meat steak x2, the Garton sesame bun is dried on the outside, the inside is soft and hot, and the omelette is very wok-fried. Coupled with the cheese bottom, with salad dressing, the taste is sour and sweet, and when it comes to the meal, it attracts many nearby polytechnic students to queue up.
In addition to Eating Hong Kong-style burgers, the store still retains yellow rubber chairs, red brick floors, and tiled walls, and these old fast food restaurants are very rare today.
70s
McDonald's opened and Hong Kong burgers became popular
When the dim sum in the tea house sold 8 millimeters a cage, McDonald's burgers were selling 2.1 yuan / one, Big Mac 3.9 yuan / one, so expensive, Mai Mai naturally spent money to advertise to attract consumers: 100% pure American beef refined hamburger, smooth American milkshake, the main authentic American flavor.
In 1975, Hong Kong's first McDonald's opened
Then, Mai Mai took advantage of the situation to "make things" and transported an invincible giant from Hong Kong Island to Kowloon in a boat. Even now, it is estimated that many people will also be attracted, pick up the mobile phone and snap a photo, send a circle of friends.
After a series of market investments, Hong Kong's Wheat burger sales easily broke through one million in the third year; by 1982, Hong Kong became the first market in Asia to sell pork fillet egg burgers.
In the 80s and 90s, Mai Mai continued to take advantage of the situation and launched the "Big Mac Urgent Password" competition to win dolls and Hamburg.
Double-layer beef Jumbo, sauce onion with cucumber, sesame lettuce and sesame seeds, everyone has eaten laughing haha, and now it is still so pleasant to read.
There are also McMayman mascots, McDonald's Uncle, Feifei, Hamburg Thief, once had their children's paradise meal, which was really surprising and happy.
21st century
Left hand beer, right hand burger
Growing up eating the various forts of wheat, the next step is to find the larger world of burgers. After 2000, Hong Kong opened a lot of distinctive American small shops, eating hamburgers like steaks, Angus cattle, Australian cattle... All kinds of beautiful beef and, of course, that damn popcorn cheese.
Like Shake' em buns in Wellington Street, Central, the burger bites down, the flesh is plump, the thick fat aroma spreads in the mouth down to the throat, and the beef juice is dripping on the plate. Add the combination of onion grains, mushrooms, red yellow peppers, and mayonnaise, and the layers come from this.
The accompanying fries chicken wings, soda beer is also complete, the most people order is a milkshake, composed of evil syrup, peanut butter, chocolate, ice cream, how sweet, high calorie is certain, but as long as you take a sip, the thick and smooth taste will definitely make you forget the guilt in your heart!
The atmosphere of the store is also very American, and the staff, design, and restaurant brand are 100% abc, which makes people feel like they are in an American town. If you delve into food culture, you're sure to find the bad taste hidden in menus and wall signs.
Half a century has passed, and burgers have changed a lot, and hopefully, we still have the appetite and happy mood of eating Big Macs when we were young.