Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Eating, drinking, shopping and shopping, the whole afternoon passed.

Chen Nian and An Hongdou were also a little tired.

It's just that it's just late afternoon.

Looking at the red clouds in the sky spread in the small town on the ground, the soft orange-red light slowly spreads in every corner, and in the central square, red, orange and yellow lights are intertwined, bright and gorgeous.

On the street, people stop and stay from time to time. The afterglow of the setting sun shines on people's faces, casting subtle golden rays of light, blurring out beautiful light and shadows. Against the backdrop of such a Buddhist gate, their faces appear more pious.

At this time, Chen Nian was standing under the sun, An Hongdou looked at Chen Nian's profile.
"Chen Nian, you are so handsome."

Chen Nian turned his head in doubt: "How can you say this properly?"

"Why, why don't you tell me you're handsome?"

"It's okay to say, but don't you already know that I'm handsome?"

"Huh? Did I know that before?"

"Don't you know? Aren't you because I'm handsome?"

"Ah? I'm with you because of your talent and delicious cooking. I was conquered by you."

"That's it, I thought it started with good looks, got stuck in talent, and was loyal to culinary skills."

"No, I'm face-blind, I can't use my eyes, so I just eat my mouth."

"Face blind? Are you Dong Ge too?"

"Hahaha, you can call me An Qiangdong from now on."

"Okay, Brother Dong, where are we going next?"

"Are you hungry? How about we go to that local restaurant you mentioned earlier?"

"I'm really hungry when you say that. Although I ate a lot in the afternoon, I digest quickly."

"Okay, then let's go eat," An Hongdou said.

Immediately afterwards, the two took a taxi back to the hotel to put down their things, and then went out to take a taxi to the hotel.

After getting in the car, the driver knew the name of the restaurant as soon as Chen Nian said it.

"Are you from out of town or local?"

"We are outsiders."

"Then I have to tell you that this restaurant is in a community. You have to enter through the unit door. You can't find it outside."

"Did you turn your home into a restaurant?"

"It's about the same. We locals often go to this store. It's delicious. If you are visiting from other places, then this is the right place to go." The driver said enthusiastically, "Have you gone to Chuanye Shanzhen? "

"I went."

"Has he drunk the highland barley wine?"

"I drank it too, and it feels okay, it's different from the usual wine."

"Yes, that one is indeed different, a little sour."

At this time, An Hongdou was a little curious: "Why is the wine sour? Is it spoiled?"

"No." Chen Nian shook his head, "The production process of wine and vinegar is similar. When I was young, my second aunt made wine at home, but sometimes it would be over-brewed and turned into vinegar. At this time, the organic acid in it was sterilized at high temperature. Acidification reaction occurred in the process of brewing, but this is only one aspect. On the other hand, highland barley wine contains a lot of acetic acid, so it will taste a bit sour. Besides being sour, highland barley wine is actually a bit bitter. How about this? , I’ll ask for another one when we’re eating, and you can try it too.”

"Okay, but I may not finish it."

"It's okay, if you can't finish drinking, isn't there still me here?"

Chen Nian was explaining knowledge to Hongdou, and the driver was stunned in front of him.

"Young man, what do you do? How do you know all this?"

"That's what I learned." Chen Nian replied with a smile.

"Learning to brew wine?"

"Almost, we have this in our major, and I also know students who specialize in brewing."

"Good."

Chatting, they also arrived at the place.

As the driver said, this restaurant is located in an old residential building, but they came early, and there are only two tables of guests here.

"Hi, how many are there?"

"Two."

"Then sit here."

The boss arranged for the two of them a small table closer to the inside.

Sitting here, the old age feels very friendly. The Fly House does not have a big signboard. Even the name of the restaurant is named after a single dish. This kind of restaurant usually relies on the taste to attract customers.

"Boss, what are the special features here?"

"The special feature is the hot mix chicken, with the taste of Danba, and all the regular customers who come to our place to eat." The boss said enthusiastically.

"Then I'll order a hot chicken."

"And the dishes in the front of the menu are also special." The boss wrote in the small notebook while handing the menu to Chen Nian.

Chen Nian gave An Hongdou again.

"Raw beef? Boss, is this raw beef eaten raw? Or do you want to cook it like a hot pot?"

"Raw beef, but if you're not used to it, you'll have diarrhea." The boss said honestly, not blindly recommending it.

"That..." An Hongdou hesitated.

"Come one!" Chen Nian was very interested in this kind of food that he hadn't eaten before.

"Okay, why don't we go to the bottle at night." An Hongdou had the same idea as Chen Nian, and it was just a routine hesitation just now.

"Okay, then when you turn around and have diarrhea, you can't say that I gave you unclean food to cause your diarrhea." The boss said innocently, obviously he had experienced this kind of thing before.

"Don't worry boss, we are not that kind of people." Chen Nian smiled.

But the boss spoke again at this time: "You two, I think it is enough for you to order one more dish or another soup. If there is more, I am afraid that you will not be able to finish it."

"Do you have any recommendations for that soup?"

"Yes, you can order this corn soup, which is also a specialty of Jiarong Danba."

"Then have another soup."

After ordering, the boss went to the back to place an order.

Looking at the decoration of this store, it is also very human, just like the decoration of an old house.

"By the way, boss, what is Danba?" Chen Nian asked curiously when the first dish was served.

"Danba is actually a place name here. I hear you also have a Sichuan accent, but you may be from Chengdu and Chongqing. Every year, many tourists from Sichuan and Chongqing come here to experience our Danba flavor."

Chen Nian is from Sichuan, but it is indeed his first time here.

After answering, the boss went to work.

The first thing to serve is the hot chicken, the bottom is the chicken mixed with chili and various seasonings, and the top is many three-centimeter-long shallots at the end of the month.

It looks very rough.

When aging, first remove the shallots on top.

The chicken below is soaked in the soup, sesame, chili, and peppercorns, it looks extra appetizing.

This cousin looks a bit like husband and wife lung slices, but husband and wife lung slices are cold dishes. Although this is also a mixed vegetable, it is hot.

Chen Nian first put a piece of chicken thigh in the red bean bowl.

Then he picked up another piece.

The aroma of the chicken is very strong, in addition to the meaty aroma of the chicken itself, there are aromas of spicy oil and sesame.

The entrance chicken meat is very tender, and the chicken has been fully flavored.

"The meat should be marinated before, and then stir-fried after marinating. Look at the red beans, there are traces of braised chicken on the outside. Wait until the chicken has fully absorbed the bottom flavor before mixing with these sauces. Because it is hot, so It tastes more tender than the cold one, and the better the feeling after the entrance.

And when mixing, the ingredients are enough, the spicy taste is obvious, I feel my mouth is jumping after eating, it is not bad. "

Chen Nian commented while talking.

"This Danba specialty is really good. It tastes a bit like Zigong, but the local style is obvious, that is, we haven't stayed here for a long time, otherwise I have to eat all the Danba specialty dishes. " Chen Nian said with some regret.

"But we can also go to Danba in the future. Anyway, we don't have a fixed route this time. We can go wherever we want." An Hongdou said, "If you want to stay more It’s okay to eat in Kangding, anyway, the driver in the morning said that there are many places to play around.”

Chen Nian was a little moved when he heard it, but finally shook his head: "It's okay, let's go after taking pictures, maybe you can also eat Danba's specialties when passing by other places on the way, if you feel good here, we will also You can come here specially to eat, anyway, it doesn’t take a few hours to drive here.”

"also."

Not long after, the second dish was served.

The second dish was the corn soup they ordered earlier.

However, although this dish is called corn soup, there are many other ingredients on it.

And this soup bowl is also very large.

"No wonder the boss just said that two of us can order three. At that time, I was thinking that you have a big appetite, and you would have to order four dishes if you go out to eat. But according to this, the hot chicken and soup alone is enough. Enough for us to eat."

"The portions are really big." Chen Nian said, "but I heard that the dishes in the Northeast have bigger portions. I have seen it on the video before. The eggplant boxes outside are made of small eggplants, and then put five or six. But the eggplant boxes over there use round eggplants, and each eggplant box is almost as big as a face, and many people with small appetites will be full after eating one."

"So exaggerated!"

"Yes, the prices over there are also very cheap, especially their morning market, which is very lively. We will go to the Northeast to have fun in the future when we have time."

"it is good!"

With that said, An Hongdou filled the soup for two people.

"Chen Nian, I know the sauerkraut and corn in it, but what is this?" An Hongdou asked while picking up a piece of fried bean curd skin.

You can't tell just by looking at the age.

So I took a piece and put it in my mouth.

As soon as I tasted it, I tasted the meaty taste: "I feel a bit like fried pork skin, fried very thoroughly, and then boiled after frying, it's a bit like putting fried eggs in soup, can't you remember Remember the rotten cabbage I made for you a few days ago, and the snail noodle hot pot I made for you once?"

"I remember." An Hongdou nodded. He also tasted a piece of fried pork skin just now, "but I think this tastes more delicious than fried eggs."

"Indeed, this method is really good. I will study the fried pork skin later."

Just now, as soon as the pork skin was in the mouth, the soup inside was bubbling out. The cooking method is indeed very similar to fried eggs, but there is still a certain difference in the taste.

Because fried eggs are relatively soft, but the main skin will become very tough after being fried.

The aroma of the soup is also very strong, with some hangovers, which is probably the reason for the pigskin in it.

In addition, when Chen Nian was eating, he also checked on the Internet, and the most eaten ones in Danba were sauerkraut and pork.

So in this soup called corn soup, there are pig rinds and sauerkraut.

And Chen Nian also saw on the Internet that the sauerkraut buns and sauerkraut noodles in Danba are relatively famous, and you can basically find sauerkraut noodle shops everywhere on the street.

It's just that they didn't drink too much soup.

Because there is another heavy dish in the back.

Raw beef.

"Because you haven't eaten it before, I'll serve it to you last. There are some things in your stomach that are better when you eat them."

Looking at the blood-red beef with minced garlic and chili on top, Chen Nian felt a strong urge to try it.

Although compared to raw food, Chen Nian still prefers cooked food.

But there is always a special appeal to the uneaten.

Although when I was on the boat before the old age, I passed by Hawaii and ate medium-rare steaks there. Basically, only the outer skin was cooked, and the inside was still raw. At that time, I even complained about it.

But this time is different from the situation at that time, after all, this is in China.

And there are a lot of ingredients in this beef.

Top with cilantro.

"We all call this javelin beef, you should try it first."

Chen Nian nodded, picked up a few slices of beef and put them in his mouth.

The raw beef was cold.

The presence of the beef itself is not particularly obvious after the entrance, but the taste of the seasoning on it is stronger than that of hot chicken!

The spicy feeling is instantly on the head.

Rao Chen Nian has lived in Sichuan since he was a child, and he is very good at eating spicy food. He has to admit that this raw beef is really overbearing.

Although raw beef still has a special taste when eaten.

But with such a raw mixing method and seasoning, the light taste of the raw beef itself is no match for the seasoning.

So in the end, you can only feel the tenderness of the beef.

Very tender.

Very tender!
"Red bean, how do you feel?"

After Chen Nian finished eating, he looked at the red beans.

"I think it's delicious. I really like this kind of strong flavor, as well as the raw marinade before. Some ingredients are not the same taste when eaten raw or cooked! And there is no fascia in this beef. Getting up is effortless, and my only concern now is that I might have diarrhea afterwards."

"It's okay, don't worry about him, at worst, we'll go to the hospital together at night."

Chen Nian said.

"That's right, what's there to be afraid of!"

But after all, they soon asked for another bottle of highland barley wine.

Although the bactericidal ability of highland barley wine is average, it is always a psychological comfort.

After drinking highland barley wine, An Hongdou felt a little uncomfortable.

But in order to sterilize, An Hongdou still drank a cup slowly.

Raw mixed beef, hot mixed chicken, corn soup, there is no one dish that is a surprise.

Had two meals in Kangding today.

All eaten old-fashioned to be satisfied.

After eating and paying the bill, Chen Nian held the red beans in one hand and the unfinished barley wine bottle in the other.

"It's getting dark, let's go to the square to have a look after a while, then go to the Zheduo River and go back to rest."