An early morning market
lit. fireworks in midtown (idiom); fig. the scene of a disaster
I've had a taste of the city streets.
Li is going to take youStroll through the morning market in the market townparticle placed after each item in a list of examples
To experience the simple life of the city
Feel the strong human touch
Today we go into the
Fengquan Street, Honglanjizhen
Every morning, Honglan market town of fireworks will spread from Fengquan Street, noodles, wontons, doughnuts, pancakes ...... street breakfast store dense aroma, quietly awakened the sleeping taste buds.
Along Fengquan Street from north to south, Bakong Noodle House comes into view. This 16-year old restaurant serves a wide variety of breakfast items such as duck blood vermicelli, wontons, dumplings, etc., but its main specialty is noodles in red soup. Although the store is small, it is very popular, and in the words of the owner, "every bowl is a signature".
The noodles are wider and thinner, smooth and chewy, and served with a piping hot red broth and freshly made toppings for a savory, fresh taste. "The flavor hasn't changed since I was a kid, and I basically come back every week for a bowl." Mr. Li said.
"Boss, two doughnuts and a sesame ball, pack it up!" "We've been buying doughnuts from him for more than ten years, we just can't get tired of them." In the alleyway on the side of the vegetable market, a couple is busy in front of the doughnut stall, doughnuts, sesame balls ready to fry, fluffy and crispy. 20 years, the owner of the stall, Master Mao has been here at the stall, every day at 4:30 a.m. out of the stall, the morning around 9:00 a.m. closed, the peak of a day to sell 200 sticks of doughnuts.
Further inside, the baklava from Xingwang Baklava Shop is also very popular with the residents in the neighborhood. Every morning at 5:00 am, the aroma of baklava wafts out from here, with a husband and wife kneading and kneading the baklava, and one watching the oven bake the baklava. The baklava has two flavors: sweet and salty, sprinkled with sesame seeds, and richly scented and crispy.
In addition to breakfast, this alley also brings together a variety of authentic old-fashioned food. Honglan Jade Belt Cake, Honey Sugar Lotus Root ...... Whether it's early in the morning or late in the evening, there's always a steady stream of customers coming here to buy them.
When it comes to the old stores in this old street, Honglan Commercial Food Factory must be on the list. The Honglan jade belt cake produced in the factory is a traditional specialty that is a household name in Lishui, and the owner of the factory, Mr. Yan, who wipes, steams, and cuts ...... the cake, has been operating here for more than 30 years. The years flow, people come and go, smoke and fire, everyone is familiar with the jade belt cake, the taste is still soft and sweet, that is the flavor of memory.
In the middle of the old street, the sugar lotus root sold in front of Huangzhonghuang brine store attracted Li's attention. Just out of the pot of sugar lotus root soft but not rotten, sweet but not greasy, glutinous rice stuffed solid, a mouthful of sweet and glutinous taste, full of osmanthus fragrance, that is a satisfaction. "Lotus root resistant to cooking, soft but not rotten is the best fire." The boss said, the family's rock candy glutinous rice lotus root has been done for 15 years, popular, passing by the old customers will buy a box to take home.
In addition to the food stores on Old Street, the Honglan Farmers' Market is bustling with the sounds of chopping, hawking and bargaining.
In September last year, Honglan street put into operation for more than 30 years of Honglan farmers market upgrading, in the original site of the market re-planning 76 aquatic products, vegetables and meat and other business stalls, and on both sides of the 60 stores to enhance the image of the façade, to provide the masses with a safe, clean, civilized shopping environment.
Into the farmers' market, vegetables, meat, aquatic products and other stalls area neatly arranged, fish and shrimp, dry goods, groceries, small general merchandise and so on. Residents buying food left and right, stall owners weighing, packing, busy and happy.
Vegetable market is the closest place to life, where there is an influx of figures fighting for their lives. Master Zhu has been selling pork here for more than 30 years, every day at 2:00 a.m. to go out, 5:00 p.m. in the evening to close the stalls, "365 days a year, dark to dark to go, have long been accustomed to!"
Early in the morning to catch the market residents are mostly neighboring households, follow their footsteps into the deep alleys on the west side of the market, leisurely and comfortable atmosphere of life came to the fore. Vibrant trees and plants, sitting on the side of the road chatting with the elderly ...... secluded old alley, time seems to be very slow.
Tailor store, shoe repair store ...... in the old streets, some old craftsmen with craftsmanship and skillful hands to retain time. A shoe mending machine, a tool box, the box is placed inside the rope, shoe glue, nails and other objects, is the shoemaker master Wang's "food guys". 72 years old, he set up a stall for more than 40 years, non-stop for the people to sewing, but also "sewing" with the life of the fireworks. The "Match" is also the fireworks of life.
