Creation Story 丨 Zhang Binghai: String the circle of friends across the country with barbecue

On June 10th, Zhang Binghai (left) was guiding Wang Yaoting to roast the meat in the "Wood Blind Style Shelf" restaurant at No. 99 Northern Lane Lane, Nanhu East Road, Urumqi City. Reporter Gan Xinghua Photo

Tianshan.com reporter Gan Xinghua

His face is very dark, his child is tall, his voice is very big, and he is proud. This is the impression of Zhang Binghai.

For 17 years, Zhang Binghai has been dealing with barbecue, from the initial learning barbecue, selling barbecue to the free to teach people to barbecue. Every time I hear the customer saying "the taste is good, I will come next time," he smiled. It is his wish to spread barbecue technology throughout the country.

The "Wood Blood Style Barbecue" restaurant, located at No. 99 North Lane, Nanhu East Road, Mizuigou District, Urumqi City, is the place where Zhang Binghai dreams is set sail. Zhang Binghai was originally a railway worker and opened this barbecue restaurant in 2005.

At the beginning of the business, Zhang Binghai hired a master of grilled meat at a high salary. Many customers came here. Every day, the shelf meat was sold out of sales. At the end of 2007, the barbecue master left, and the business in the store dropped straight.

This change made Zhang Binghai realize that he was only insurance in his hands, and he began to learn barbecue.

Recalling the scene at the time, Zhang Binghai's wife Wang Xiuqin said with a smile: "At that time, a sheep could not be sold for a week. We ate the meat every day and looked at those meat."

While groping by yourself, studying around. Some famous barbecue restaurants in Hotan City, Kashgar City and other places have learned from Zhang Binghai. After learning technology, he returned to his own shop. He kept the test repeatedly in front of the stove all day. The burns on his arm witnessed his efforts.

On June 10th, Zhang Binghai (right) was preparing grilled fish with his wife Wang Xiuqin in the "Wood Blood Style Shelf Barbecue" restaurant at No. 99 Northern Lane, Nanhu East Road, Wushuigou District, Urumqi. Reporter Gan Xinghua Photo

The craftsmanship is good, and the business in the store is better. However, Zhang Binghai still continued to improve the barbecue technology, and at the same time taught technologies to those who came to ask for advice without reservation.

Wang Yaoting is the head of a hot pot restaurant in Hohhot. In April of this year, he learned barbecue by Zhang Binghai's family through a friend.

"The taste is not bad, but the next time the marinating time can be longer, the meat can be thicker ..." On the afternoon of June 10, in the barbecue restaurant in Zhang Binghai, after carefully tasted the meat made by Wang Yaoting, Zhang Binghai gave it to Suggestions.

Wang Yaoting has studied for more than a month. This is his last practice before leaving. He is going home to open a barbecue restaurant.

In Zhang Binghai's "apprentice", some friends such as Wang Yaoting were introduced, and some "eat". Xie Jie and the two "post -90s" apprentices in the early morning were died with Zhang Binghai after eating barbecue.

In June 2021, Xie Jie came to Xinjiang from Hefei in the early morning. One day, they walked into Zhang Binghai's barbecue restaurant. After three days, they came to eat barbecue every day. "Your grilled barbecue is so delicious, can you accept us as an apprentice?" On the fourth day, Xie Jie and Zhang Binghai found in the early morning. Knowing that they wanted to return to Hefei to open a Xinjiang barbecue restaurant, Zhang Binghai agreed without hesitation.

The hot stove was burned accidentally ... Although the learning process was hard, Xie Jie and the early morning still insisted on learning barbecue every day.

Twenty days later, the two returned to Hefei to open a Xinjiang barbecue restaurant. "When I just went back, we called the master almost every day and asked all kinds of problems encountered in the operation. Now we can bake out the good -flavored barbecue, and we bring a few apprentices!" Through the video, Xie Jie, Xie Jie Tell reporters, "I haven't seen a master for a year. I prepare for a while and come to Xinjiang to see the master."

"Don't remember how many masters learn barbecue, and don't remember how many people have learned barbecue. Because of barbecue, I now have friends all over the country. I often ask me how to barbecue. I also want to teach. Blossoms around the country. "In front of the oven, Zhang Binghai skewed his pursuit of a better life with a bunch of golden barbecue, and stringed a circle of friends from all over the country.

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