Exploring the old shop 丨 Xiangchun Garden: a pepper fried meat "Xiang" floating 34 years

On June 15th, Zhou Yingzhi (right), Yang Yanqiu (middle), and Deng Meirui (left) of the "Eight Thousand Hunan Women on Tianshan" recalled the passionate burning years in front of the photo wall of Xiangchun Garden's original restaurant. Pomegranate cloud/Xinjiang Daily reporter Zou Yan, Photo

Pomegranate/Xinjiang Daily reporter Yu Mengfan

At the age of 13, it was for the construction of the motherland to come from Hunan to Xinjiang. In the past 70 years, Zhou Yingzhi's rural voice and the habit of love to eat Hunan cuisine never changed. The peak of lunch on June 15th, located in the Xiangchun Garden -like restaurant in Tianshan District, Urumqi. At the photo wall of the Xiangwoma entering Xinjiang, Zhou Yingzhi ushered in an old customer at a table.

On June 15th, Zhou Yingzhi (third from right), Zhou Yingzhi (third from right), and Zhou Zhou (first from the right) of Xiangchun Garden's original restaurant invited Yang Yanqiu (third from left), Deng Meirui (second from left), and Deng Meirui (second from left) and Relatives and friends eat the most traditional Hunan cuisine together. Pomegranate cloud/Xinjiang Daily reporter Zou Yan, Photo

70 years of difficulty in the hometown flavor

"Liuyang River, bending a few bends, dozens of miles of water to the Xiangjiang River ..." Zhou Yingzhi, who was over 80 years old, flushed and sang "Liuyang River". Her thoughts were brought back to 1952. That year, the young Zhou Yingzhi responded to the country's call to join the army, sang "Liuyang River" all the way, and came from Changsha, Hunan to Xinjiang Tunzi.

Seeing the Gobi Beach along the way, her heart was drumming: the difficulties were only temporary, and Gobi could become good fields through both hands. After being assigned to Aksu, she opened up the wasteland, plant land, repair, and built dams.

I think home, sometimes I miss the taste of my hometown. In 1988, Zhou Yingzhi opened a Hunan restaurant after retiring. The original intention was to allow Hunan villagers, including Hunan women, to eat hometown cuisine in Xinjiang. As her children settled in Urumqi City, she moved the restaurant to Urumqi in 1992, and it gradually became a place for some Xiangni girls.

"Everyone knows a good news, and the Ruo Railway is opened and operated ..." On June 15th, the 87 -year -old Xiang Girl Deng Meirui shared joy with the old sisters in the restaurant. After 70 years of living in Xinjiang, Xinjiang has long become their hometown.

At that time, the sisters were getting older, and the number of people gathering each year was gradually decreasing, but the "Hunan Girl House" was still the nickname of Zhou Yingzhi and the old sisters for this restaurant. Now on March 8th, some Xiang women will come here to gather here. This day is the days when many Hunan women come from Hunan to Xinjiang.

On June 15th, Zhou Yingzhi (left) and Zhou Zhou (right) mother and child display store in Xiangchun Garden's original restaurant. Pomegranate cloud/Xinjiang Daily reporter Zou Yan, Photo

Classic Hunan cuisine comfort thinking nostalgia

After opening the store for 34 years, the menu in the store has been replaced countless times. There is a classic Hunan cuisine chili fried meat. Old diners He Xiangjun said that Hunan people have no spicy food, and the cooked chili fried meat with simple cooking methods and simple cooking methods is an indispensable classic dish on each Hunan family dining table. No matter where he is working hard, as long as he eats a plate of pepper fried meat, it is the best comfort for the feelings of the sibling.

Three years ago, Zhou Yingzhi's son Zhou Zhou took over the restaurant from his mother and served as a restaurant chef. Zhou Zhou, who was born in Xinjiang, laughed and said that he had half of the "Xinjiang stomach" and half of the "Hunan stomach". He was used to having hot meal for breakfast, and he wanted to panic without eating noodles a week. At the same time, like many second -generation Hunan in Xinjiang, he could not forget the favorite chili fried meat of Hunan people. This dish has become a classic dish for the table and table of Xiangchun Garden Restaurant.

Boil the oil in the pan, cut the screw peppers and simmer, and put the fat in the pan and stir -fry the oil aroma, and then add the fried peppers to stir fry. The wrist power drives the wok over the flame, and the dishes in the pot fly away from the pot again and again. Finally, put on lean meat slices, and stimulate with chili, salt, and soy sauce. The oil mist in the dish and the flames of the flames, the flames poured into the pot, wrapped the dishes to collect the juice, and the pepper fried meat with fresh fragrant rice came out of the pot.

Xinjiang people also love to eat chili fried meat, but Xinjiang pepper is softer than Hunan pepper. Authentic Hunan pepper fried meat, the spicy taste must be tipped. In order to allow diners to eat satisfactory pepper fried meat, when ordering, the waiter will ask if it is spicy and pay attention. When encountering diners who love spicy food, Zhou Zhou will deliberately add millet pepper to increase spicyness when cooking.

"It's this taste. Now I live well. I can eat everything, but I still can't forget that the peppers are fried." The 87 -year -old Xiang Nu Yang Yanqiu looked at the pepper fried meat in front of him.

On June 15, Zhou Zhou, the person in charge of Xiangchun Garden's original restaurant, personally served as a member of the "Eight Thousand Hunan Women on Tianshan". Pomegranate cloud/Xinjiang Daily reporter Zou Yan, Photo

Hunan restaurant also has authentic Xinjiang cuisine

In order to allow customers who love to eat Xinjiang cuisine and spicy food, they can walk into the store. Zhou Yingzhi's mother and son improved the menu. In addition to the characteristic Hunan cuisine, it also launched sweet and sour spine, fish -flavored shredded pork, yellow -faced barbecue, and stewed mutton.

Old diners Zhang Tingrui said that being able to eat authentic Hunan cuisine in Xinjiang and eat authentic stewed mutton in the Hunan Restaurant is a kind of enjoyment for food lovers.

In recent years, Zhou Zhou will return to his hometown in Hunan almost every year to learn about the latest dishes of Hunan cuisine, ensuring that the menu in the store can be continuously updated. At present, the store is preparing to launch special snacks such as sugar oil and oil puppets that young people love to eat. While highlighting the characteristics of old stores, they keep up with the trend of young people's preferences.

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