Laobian dumplings are a specialty of Shenyang City, Liaoning Province. Laobian dumplings are famous for their thin skin and large filling, delicious flavor, rich and non-greasy, loose and easy to chew. Shenyang Laobian Dumplings is the most famous flavor restaurant in Shenyang, operating more than 100 kinds of dumplings. Since 1983, Laobian Dumplings has been rated as "Municipal Famous Brand Flavor Food" for consecutive years, and in 1989, it won the "Golden Tripod Award" issued by the Ministry of Commerce.
The founder of "Lao Bian Dumplings" is called Bian Fu. He moved to Laishen from Hebei in the eighth year of Qing Daoguang (1829 AD), and at first, he only built a very simple stall bed commonly known as "horse rack" near Ozu Bridge, selling it while making it, and the shop name was "Bianjia Dumpling Restaurant". However, due to the small size of the storefront and the fact that there is no unique job, the business is not very good. In the seventh year of Tongzhi (1870 AD), Bian Fu's son Bian Degui inherited his father's business and carried out "technical upgrading" of "old bian dumplings", and after a special study, Bian Degui changed the ordinary sautéed stuffing to soup sautéed filling, making it loose and chewable, delicious, and forming a unique unique flavor. Since then, "old side dumplings" have become a hit and have become a well-known delicacy. In the old society, in order to keep the business and occupy a place, the old dumplings used the sautéed stuffing as an heirloom. In history, the head of the old side dumplings in order to keep secrets is to pass on the unique live son not to the wife, the man not to the woman, every day after the store closes, wait for the guys to go out before personally filling. In 1940, The third generation of Laobian Dumplings, Bian Lin, moved Laobian Dumplings to the most lively North Market in Shenyang at that time, which was a "five-square miscellaneous land" with the same name as Beijing Tianqiao and Nanjing Confucius Temple. Open a shop in the North Market, and suddenly let the "old side dumplings" become famous throughout the northeast. After liberation, Laobian dumplings became a favorite food of the common people. In 1956, the public-private partnership, by Bian Lin as the manager of the old side dumpling restaurant, under the support of the government, the old side dumpling has a great development, was listed as one of the special flavor halls in Shenyang. During the Cultural Revolution, the "old side dumplings" were greatly impacted, and the plaque was smashed and forced to close down. In 1979, under the care of the party and the government, the "Old Bian Dumplings" hung a gold plaque again, and invited Back Master Bian Lin, who retired at home. Since then, it has not only restored its old brand, but also continued to develop in the business, innovating the preparation of 26 kinds of fillings with water products, meat and vegetables, developing round cages on the table, and adding high-grade "wine pot dumplings" to make the traditional flavor more colorful.