Either eat bowl noodles, or Nanjing people will chop a duck and eel. If we talk about fish noodles and ducks
Not long ago, I went to Nanjing and accidentally ate three bowls of noodles with completely different flavors in three places. Noodles were originally the most common staple food on Chinese dining tables, but due to differences in mood and environment, there are some sighs and a lingering aftertaste.
On the evening of arriving in Nanjing, I walked out of the hotel and searched for food nearby. That's not the city center, walk along a wide highway like avenue, pass through the Software Park, pass through the Ningwu Railway, and arrive at an apartment style residential area. The ground floor shops open up a restaurant. The sign of a "Long Fish Noodle" attracted me. "Is' Long Fish 'the' Yellow Eel '?" I walked into the store and asked a slightly "foreign dish" question. The owner in front of the ledger smiled and nodded in response, then turned around and went to the kitchen below. Changyu noodles, as a famous dish in Huaiyang, are actually very common in various parts of Jiangsu. Unlike the braised eel shreds or eel back toppings in Shanghai Benbang Noodles, the eel shreds in Changyu Noodles are braised in white, and the soup base is also boiled with fish bones, which tests the freshness of the ingredients, as well as the appropriate heat and seasoning.
In an instant, the long fish noodles were served. A milky white soup with a slightly golden hue, sprinkled with black pepper, and a few slices of green onions floating. Take the back of the long fish and cut it into small thumbs, without any fishy smell. Most people in Jiangnan like "wide soup and narrow noodles", and I am no exception. After watering with eel shreds, there are a few leftover noodles, and the soup needs to be gulped down for several sips. Perhaps it was due to the pepper powder, and after drinking it, my whole body immediately felt comfortable. Looking up, at around 8 or 9 o'clock in the evening, there were scattered young families of three or elderly couples coming in to eat noodles. The shop workers tidied up the tables one by one, humming incessant melodies. There is a large open space not far from the door, separated by weeds, and construction vehicles are faintly visible, with occasional frogs chirping. In such a scene, it seemed as if I had forgotten my identity as a stranger, as if I was eating noodles casually downstairs, with familiar landlady and neighbors. I am familiar with their life radius and joys and sorrows. After finishing their noodles, the children have to go back to do exercises, and the elderly couple have to go to the front to buy half a watermelon for their granddaughter to eat
There are always moments when you feel a simple atmosphere of life in an unknown small restaurant in a strange city, as if you are in it.
If the first bowl of long fish noodles is the fireworks of entering the world, then the second bowl of plain noodles from Linggu Temple has the ethereal spirit of being born. Linggu Temple is located on the southern slope of the Purple Gold Mountain. It was first built in the 14th year of the Tianjian reign of the Southern Liang Dynasty and was built by Emperor Wu of the Southern Liang Dynasty in memory of the famous monk Baozhi. During the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang bestowed the name "Linggu Zen Temple", which was one of the three major Buddhist temples of the Ming Dynasty, but gradually declined. The current Linggu Temple was relocated and built on the basis of the Dragon God Temple on the east side of its original site during the Republic of China period. After strolling through Linggu Temple, it was a summer afternoon and I was starving. There was a vegetarian noodle shop diagonally opposite the temple gate. Under an open sunshade umbrella, three or two diners sat leisurely, while a middle-aged aunt dressed in traditional blue printed fabric clothing rushed in and out alone. Ordered the vegetable Noodles in soup on the signboard and held a bamboo stick as proof of payment. On the bamboo stick, it is said, "Always have a kind heart and turn misfortune into good fortune.". The plain noodles were served, the bamboo skewers were returned to the aunt, and a chopstick of noodles was picked up, bringing a fresh and fragrant aroma. Take a look at the toppings, they are just a few common ingredients such as vegetarian chicken, mushroom, and vegetables. Where does the freshness of vegetarian noodles come from? Is it mushrooms or bean products? Or is there another sincere blessing from the Buddhist family besides the ingredients? For ordinary people like me, this may also be a difficult case to solve. A breeze blew, green shadows whirled overhead, and a bowl of hot Noodles in soup was not hot, but it was cold from the bottom of my heart. Local friends in Nanjing were envious when they learned about it. They said that if they came here to eat noodles on holidays, queuing and calling numbers were necessary, and they were also considered "internet famous" noodle shops. Just don't know, can a vegetarian noodle restaurant with noisy and no longer quiet voices still enjoy this inexplicable fresh aroma?
The third bowl of noodles was eaten with friends who are Nanjing food writers. It is called "noodles", but in fact, it is noodles mixed with soup while eating crayfish. Salty and spicy mixed together, with a layer of spicy oil floating on the surface. It's more like the chaotic life of a middle-aged person, rather than being able to say clearly about being born or entering the world. We each peel shrimp and chatter about the "need for both" in our own lives. I want to lie flat in the Buddhist lineage, but I am worried about wasting my natural resources; I want to "roll up", but find that the peak of physical and mental energy has already passed; Thinking of the chicken child, after going around and paying a considerable price, I realized that being healthy and healthy is the most important... There is no standard answer in life, and there are many flavors like this bowl of crayfish mixed noodles. The most important thing is probably to seize the opportunity and not waste time on empty talk and hesitation. Just like eating noodles, you have to take advantage of the heat.
