Guangyuan, Sichuan's Signature Street Food – Enjoy It Every Day for 365 Days!
Remember a city's flavor, it always starts with a certain food, you miss it, it's not because of skyscrapers and nightclubs. Today is February 25th, the year is over, many rural people are ( – successively going out to work and travel), leaving their hometown. As long as you travel far, you will have a homesickness, and homesickness is not only about loving your hometown and relatives, but also about missing the unique local snacks on the muddy market, such as Guangyuan's cold noodles. Today, we're talking about our local snack – cold noodles.
It's a snack that can only be found in Guangyuan. Although it's called 'cold noodles', the main ingredient is not noodles, but rice. It looks similar to Shaanxi cold skin. Its method is unique, using high-quality local rice, mixed with the water of the Jialing River or mountain spring water, soaked overnight, and then the soaked rice is ground into a paste in the morning, then spread with a piece of muslin in a steamer, and the rice paste is evenly poured into it, steamed until it becomes plump, and then taken out to cool. Then it's cut into thin strips about one centimeter wide. Then it's mixed with soy sauce, oil splashed with chili flakes, vinegar, garlic water, and various ingredients. It's ready to eat. The whole process, from cooking to cutting, depends on 'speed'.
Guangyuan cold noodles are translucent and elastic, with a smooth and tender texture. The taste of the cold noodles in all the cold noodle shops is basically the same. The difference in taste depends on the recipe of the sauce. Mainly, it's about how the various ingredients are processed. Eating Guangyuan cold noodles must have rice dumplings, which is the 'standard side dish'. It really makes you feel refreshed!
Small town cold noodle breakfast shops are mainly concentrated in snack streets or independent cold noodle stores. The owners generally pay attention to the decoration of the shop. On the Guangyuan market, cold noodle shops are usually located on the street. When the villagers go to the market, they pass by and sit on a stool and eat a bowl of cold noodles, and then continue to go to the market. In summer, it's mainly cold, and in winter, it's necessary to ensure the temperature of the garlic water, which is warm and hot. The elders eat every bowl of cold noodles, which is personally made by the boss, and it's closer to the taste of home. A bowl of cold noodles costs only 4 yuan, which is very cheap.
Guangyuan cold noodles are also called steamed cold noodles, and it's a traditional noodle product of Guangyuan, Sichuan. It's unknown what the reason is, but only Guangyuan can make this kind of quality and taste of cold noodles. Some people speculate that it's about the water, so it can't be made outside Guangyuan.
A bowl of cold noodles is the most ordinary breakfast for local people, and it's also the homesickness that overseas Chinese can't forget. No matter where you are outside, the thing that most people miss is Guangyuan cold noodles. The villagers are most craving this, so every time they go to work and come home, the first thing they want to do is to eat a few bowls of cold noodles.
Guangyuan cold noodles, this specialty snack is well-known throughout the family. If you don't eat it for two days, you will feel that life is missing something. It has a unique taste that makes people long for it. It nurtures the taste buds of local people and also attracts many tourists to taste it!
This specialty snack that can only be found in Guangyuan, Sichuan, do you like to eat it? For this food, what feelings do you want to express? Welcome everyone to leave a comment in the comment section, and let's discuss together!
