People come and go at a small restaurant in a certain alley. This is a famous food street in Jiangnan City. People who have been busy all day gather here.
Why do you say it is not famous? Because most outsiders cannot find it, and many locals have never heard of it.
The popularity of short videos in recent years has led to many places where Internet celebrities check in, including gourmet restaurants.
However, Internet celebrity check-in stores that rely on hype often have to wait in line for a long time, and the taste is not necessarily authentic.
For those who are not in a hurry or are simply here to travel, there is no harm in waiting.
But they don't know that in fact, the most authentic and delicious food in Jiangnan City is often the fly restaurant, which is located in the old neighborhoods of Jiangnan City and hidden in the streets and alleys.
It has the feeling of being hidden in the city.
Take the alley where Officer Wang took Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei to. Even in Jiangnan City, the taste of the dishes is outstanding, but the exposure is not enough. Most of the bosses are doing neighborhood business.
Locals in Jiangnan City often like to drive here when friends gather for dinner. A group of people chat and recall the changes in Jiangnan City.
And why did Officer Wang choose to come here? Because one hundred dollars can eat up the entire street.
This sounds exaggerated, but only those who have actually been here know that it is entirely possible.
Officer Wang took his current wife to visit this street on their first date.
At Zhu Xinnian’s dim sum shop, a bowl of small dumplings costs 4 yuan, and the portions are so big. The dumplings are very soft for 2 yuan, and the fried meatballs cost 3 yuan each. They must be eaten while they are hot. Officer Wang almost knows this.
There is always a long queue for the Internet celebrity Begonia Cake. The uncle who makes the cake has a bad temper, but the cake is crispy on the outside and oily on the inside, and the bean paste is very fragrant.
For the yogurt in the store next door, the proprietress only eats the rose flavored one with a small rose on it. The rose flavor costs 15 yuan a bottle. A little further on, there is the pork and bone roast. You can buy a piece of roasted bone for 17 yuan. The meat is so big and strong.
Grandma’s Mung Bean Soup Shop sells Soviet-style mung bean soup for $10 per cup, which is full of glutinous rice, mung beans, red and green shredded silk and candied dates.
Handmade hot and sour noodles, after being beaten, the thin noodles flow out from the funnel hole and into the basin, and it only costs 18 yuan a bowl.
Many people only know that the powder can be stretched so long after seeing it with their own eyes, and it is packed in a very environmentally friendly paper box.
When Police Officer Wang just started working, he took his girlfriend to eat from day to day and still had 15 yuan left.
There are no-name late-night snack stalls that line up every day. The fried chicken legs at this restaurant are 5 yuan each, and the lily and mung bean soup is the taste of my grandma’s house when I was a child.
These old alleys inherit the oldest and most basic look of Jiangnan City.
Most of the people who come here to eat have a sense of nostalgia.
"Gu Chen, you are a new member of the third group. You can choose a hotel here." Officer Wang gave Gu Chen the choice of hotel in an attitude of taking care of the newcomers.
"Then let's go to this 'Wu Ming Restaurant'." The 'Wu Ming Restaurant' Gu Chen refers to does not have a name, but the name of the restaurant is 'Wu Ming Restaurant', which means unknown.
"Do you also know this store?" Officer Wang looked at Gu Chen curiously and was surprised: "You know how to choose. This is opened by a descendant of the emperor's chef, and ordinary people can't find it."
In his opinion, unless someone like himself has lived in Jiangnan City for decades, most people would never be able to find such a hidden place in the city.
"The boss is well-known here. He is a disabled soldier. He worked here as a volunteer when he was in elementary school, and only then did he realize that his food is really delicious."
Gu Chen did not hide the fact that he often visited this place. In fact, when Officer Wang drove the car to this road, Gu Chen basically knew that dinner was basically settled here.
"So you all know this?" Lu Weiwei looked puzzled. She felt that she, a foodie, would sometimes fall behind. Doesn't it make sense?
"Sister Lu, don't you know this place?" Gu Chen was also very curious. In his eyes, girls should be better at eating than boys.
Lu Weiwei waved her hand and said: "To be honest, I have been studying in the capital when I was a child. It was also because of my parents' work schedule that I moved to Jiangnan City when I was in high school. But besides studying in high school, what else can I do? After the college entrance examination, I moved to Jiangnan City.
I went to a police academy in another place. If I had known about this place, I would have brought my group of sisters here to sweep the streets."
"Haha, it turns out there is something you, Lu Weiwei, don't know about. Well, let's have dinner here."
Officer Wang seems to be a host.
In the past, when everyone gathered for dinner and picked places, Lu Weiwei could always pick some places that would make you burst into tears after finishing the meal. Today, when you came to this alley, Officer Wang felt that he had escaped a bullet.
And looking at Lu Weiwei, she seemed very happy.
"Uncle Lei, long time no see." Gu Chen walked into the store and greeted the lame middle-aged man.
"Xiao Gu? Have you returned to Jiangnan City? I haven't seen you for a long time." The boss came over quickly and was very enthusiastic.
"So everyone knows each other?" Officer Wang couldn't help but said, and quickly found the C position for himself.
"Officer Wang?" The boss looked at Lu Weiwei behind him and immediately became happy: "It turns out that three police officers came today. This is quite rare. Xiao Gu must have been assigned to Furong Police Station, right?"
Because of his familiarity with Comrade Lao Wang, the boss also guessed this.
"I just graduated and was assigned here, and I haven't been working for a full month yet." Gu Chen also said with a smile.
The boss's name is Zhang Lei, a disabled soldier who broke off his leg while protecting his comrades during a raid in the southwest. Now his left leg is equipped with a prosthesis.
After more than ten years, although walking is inconvenient, I have gotten used to it.
The first time Gu Chen met his boss was during a volunteer activity organized by the school when he was studying at Jiangnan No. 1 Primary School.
For more than ten years, Gu Chen has called his friends and classmates every year to come here from time to time to take care of business, so he is very familiar with the boss.
"What do you want to eat tonight? I'll cook it for you." The boss was also very enthusiastic.
"I want my third child, where are you, Gu Chen?" Officer Wang asked.
"I also want my third child, Uncle Lei knows that." Gu Chen also smiled.
The boss Zhang Lei nodded, took the menu and asked Lu Weiwei: "This female police officer must be here for the first time, right? What do you want to order?"
"Me?" Lu Weiwei hesitated for three seconds, scratched her face and said, "I'm just like Gu Chen, I want whatever he wants."
"Okay, everyone, wait a moment." The boss Zhang Lei, who had written the menu, happily walked into the kitchen.
Lu Weiwei was so excited that she quickly asked Gu Chen: "Junior brother Gu, do you know where there is a good place to eat? Let's go eat someday."
"Okay." After Gu Chen learned that Lu Weiwei moved to Jiangnan City from other places, he felt like he was a host.
"Jiangnan City is called Jiangnan Food City. There are naturally many delicious places. If you take a vacation, I can take you there with me."
"Yeah, that's great." Lu Weiwei was so happy that she clenched her little fists in front of her chest with excitement.
As the night gradually dimmed, people who had been busy all day began to gather here.
The courier guy, the cleaning lady, the security guy, and the sales girl all had smiles on their faces, enjoying the rare time after hard work.
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ps: I like this kind of old alley very much. In fact, I can find it in every city. With the development of economy and the rise of high-rise buildings, many ancient alleys are slowly disappearing. Sometimes, when I am upset, I will
If you go for a walk in this alley and eat some street food, you can feel like you're back in childhood again.
