The origin of the name of the three best in Tianjin?

In the north gate of Tianjin city outside the street, there is a narrow curved hutong, hutong narrow to what extent, you listen to the name will know - ear-eye hutong. That is to say that this alley is both narrow and curved, like the human ear. At the mouth of the Ear Eye Hutong, there is a fried cake store, named "Ear Eye Fried Cake Shop" after the place. The "ear-eye fried cake store", there is really something to it.

It is said that in the Qing Dynasty during the reign of Emperor Guangxu, there is a foreigner called Liu Wanchun, in order to make a living, the streets of Tianjin set up stoves to sell fried cakes. Because he was good at thinking, and fine work, coupled with the integrity of the business, and gradually formed its own unique style. Very popular with the people of Tianjin. Later, with his savings, he opened a fried cake store at the exit of the narrow ear-eye hutong outside the North Gate, named "Zengshengcheng".

With "Zengshengcheng" more and more hot cakes sold, like to eat the mouth of the people are also more and more, plus adjacent to the ear-eye hutong mouth, people will be this delicious cakes called ear-eye cakes, and "Zengshengcheng" to the big no. no one called. Over time, people only know "ear-eye" and do not know "Zengshengcheng". The owner of the shop, simply change the signboard called "ear-eye fried cake store".

Ear-eye fried cakes are made from the finest sticky yellow rice that is fermented by water milling, and the finest red beans that are boiled and peeled, and then stir-fried with red pond juice to make the filling. It is said to be processed in three frying pans: first, it is deep-fried over a medium flame, then put into another pan to be deep-fried over a high flame, and finally, it is put into a pan of sesame oil to be deep-fried for a while before it can come out of the pan.

After a number of procedures, the processed fried cake is golden in color, soft and crispy, filling sweet but not greasy, looking at it gives a person a refreshing feeling, not to mention eating it, surely delicious. Oh! By the way, with the small bean congee with green roses and sugar, the taste will be even better.

Now, the ear-eye fried cake has been changed to use the south of the river rice, the process of deep-frying, I have witnessed in the past: there are three pots, but only two pots in the processing, the third pot is the control of the oil used. But the flavor is still good.

After the liberation, the ear-eye fried cake had a great development. Especially after the reform and opening up, the ear-eye fried cake is in the domestic and international awards. Now it has broken out of Asia and is famous all over the world.

Second, eighteen street twist

Into the Tianjin Guifaxiang twist company's store, the first into the eye, is a very eye-catching glass display cabinet, a meter long large twist placed in it, both advertising, but also set off the eighteen street twist's long history and irreplaceable popularity.

When it comes to the eighteen street twist, there is some trouble. Because there are two companies say they are the authentic eighteen street twist, is the public said that the public has a reason, the mother-in-law said that the mother-in-law has a reason, so that the fight to the court, the party by the court to make a fair argument, but also set out the winners and losers. This article does not relate to this matter, just a little account, but also from the side of the importance of this brand.

On the history of the 18th Street twist, there are two kinds of statements, I think it is better to write out together.

Saying one: the founder of the eighteen street twist is Fan Guicai, Fan Guilin two brothers. These two brothers in today's Dagu South Road, eighteen streets each opened a twist store, a "Guifaxiang", a "Guifacheng". Due to the proper management, the twist made by them was very distinctive and popular among the people. When people asked "where did you buy the twist", they answered "Shibajie". Over time, "Eighteen Street Twist" became the customary name for people.

Saying 2: In the late Qing Dynasty, a man named Liu Laobai opened a twist store on the 18th Street of Dagu South Road, named "Guifaxiang". This Liu Laobai people are very smart, studied a variety of sisal practice, especially in mastering the good sisal crispy but not burgundy on the unique, can also be said to have a handful of great skills. As for the name of the twist, the same as above, here will not repeat.

There is also a legend that explains how the eighteen street twists create characteristics: said eighteen street twists have a young shopkeeper, a trip out to play, back home is tired and hungry, to eat dim sum, but coincidentally dim sum is not there, there are only a few left to eat dim sum crumbs. There is nothing else to eat, that the young shopkeeper's bright idea, let people put the dregs of the snacks and twist noodles and made together into a twist under the pot to fry. The result of the fried twist and the previous different, both crispy, but also not burgundy, and the aroma, very delicious. Later on, they worked out a set of masterpieces according to this method. From then on, the reputation of the eighteen street twists also became more and more famous. Personally, I don't doubt this claim and find it highly credible.

No matter how you say it, this eighteen street twist is in tianjinwei stood a foot, become a famous specialty snacks. And also exported to many countries in the world. In the field also opened several branches. If you come to Tianjin, if you are interested, you can go to the Dagu South Road to go there, that eighteen streets of twist's main store is located there. As for some people asked: "Tianjin's eighteen street twist is full of the main store, what is the reason?" To this question, I can only answer this way: "Maybe this is people's business strategy."

Three, the dog indifferent buns

In the 2001 Spring Festival Gala, Feng Gong and Guo Donglin and said a comic, one of the Tianjin fast-paced, the already famous at home and abroad, the dog indifferent buns of the popularity of a big increase. No wonder that the next day, the boss of the "dog meat" set up a feast and invited Feng Gong's family to spend the first day of the Lunar New Year in the dog meat hotel! Because of this invisible to the dog indifferent buns advertisement, and also a penny did not spend, its effect than those with a few million, tens of millions of dollars, desperately to the Spring Festival evening ads in the pile of enterprises, I do not know how many times better to go.

You don't say, not a few days, the United States of America, New York has a telephone call, asked to discuss with the "dog indifferent" in the United States to cooperate in the matter of opening a store. The old boss of the hotel may not be able to do anything now, but he is still happy. But then again, if the "dog with no" this "diamond", he wants to life can not take that "porcelain work", I think, ultimately, or because the product is too hard, coupled with hundreds of years of continuous summarization of innovation, only to achieve the "porcelain work". I think, in the end, it is because the product is excellent, coupled with hundreds of years of continuous summarization of innovation, only to achieve this effect. I'm not sure if I've ever been to a place where I've had a good time.

Dog Li Baozi is indeed very distinctive, we can see one or two from the introduction of the recipe: "The stuffing is made of lean meat on the elbow of the bladder of the pig plus special soy sauce, sesame oil, monosodium glutamate, minced onion and ginger, and other ingredients and broth stirred together; the surface is also not the same as the other buns, the use of half-raised flour, from kneading, pulling agent, rolling, filling, pinching package, on the drawer, on the big stove, all have a clear specification. From kneading, pulling agent, rolling, filling, pinching buns, on the drawer, on the stove, there are clear specifications standards, pinching out the buns pleated flowers well-proportioned, no less than fifteen or sixteen folds of each bun. Just out of the drawer of the buns, looks like a mist in the bud chrysanthemum, but also like a lotus to be released, very cool eye comfort, bite, oil and water, fragrant and not greasy." Although there is a saying that "buns have meat not in the fold", but this delicious buns plus beautiful folds, not only can make you appetite, but also the enjoyment of beauty it!

Dog Li Baozi has a history of more than a hundred years. It is said that in the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a man named Gao Guiyou, whose nickname was Dogfu. He opened a baozi store named "Deju No.". Because he was skillful, smart and willing to study, he made the buns delicious and beautiful. However, as his buns became more and more famous, people used to call them "dog-neglected buns", and as time went by, no one called out the name of the store anymore. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, when Yuan Shikai was practicing in Xiaoyou Station, he also invited Empress Dowager Cixi to taste the buns as a tribute, and the Empress Dowager ate it and said goodbye, which made the fame of "Dog Fool" even bigger. The company's name is "Dengfeng" (狗不理), and the name is also a legend.

On the eve of the liberation, due to the market depression, the "dog indifferent" has been difficult to sustain, and eventually closed down. 1956, in order to explore and protect the national traditional food, the government will be the old chef of the dog indifferent and other bun store chef invited back to re-establish the business, the establishment of the dog indifferent hotel, the collection of all the strengths of the family, so that dog indifferent Baozi, a traditional food rich in Tianjin characteristics, was carried forward and went to the world, and was also recognized and welcomed by diners from all over the world.

Now, on the basis of the tradition, "Dogfu" has developed the series of products of Dogfu Buns and Dogfu Beer, which makes the specialty food of Dogfu Buns more beautiful and famous at home and abroad.