The "chezai noodles" that swept the streets of Hong Kong are now gradually disappearing, and behind them is the bitterness of the poor public
Introduction: I remember that in the movie God Eater, there is such a scene, a small played by Zhou Xingchi ordered a bowl of Meow Noodles in a civilian night market, and after eating a few bites, he criticized the bowl of noodles to the stall owner Karen Mok, and said that Meow Noodles was useless.
"A good curry fish egg, neither fish nor curry, failed!" Radish was not picked, too much slag, failed! The pork skin is cooked too soft, has no elasticity, and fails! Pig red clip is scattered, failure in failure! ”
This bowl is labeled with 4 "failure labels" of "Meow Noodles", also known as "CheZai Noodles". If you want to choose the representative of Hong Kong's well-eaten culture, Che Zai Noodles should enter the list without suspense.
In the 1950s, many refugees poured into Hong Kong, and the vast majority of them were low-level people, with no knowledge and culture, no skill, and no Hong Kong resident certificate. But in Hong Kong, to support their families, they have to go out and make money, and some people make simple wooden carts and sell cooked foods such as fish and eggs on the street.
The price of this kind of cooked food is very cheap, for example, a dime has a ball of noodles, plus two triangles can add some ingredients, such as pork skin, pork red, radish, curry fish eggs, pork offal, oil tofu, green vegetables, most of the ingredients are animals sewn into the water, the production process may not be very clean and hygienic, but do not have to wait too long, you can eat a bowl of hot car noodles in a while. For the poor grassroots class with income, it can either fill its stomach or quickly solve it by steaking three or two steaks, and after eating, you can work with a little rest.
At that time, the car noodle stalls were all unlicensed and unlicensed, so they were often expelled by the police, and if they were caught in bad luck, the carts would be confiscated. Therefore, as soon as the police came, the vendors immediately pushed the cart and ran away, just like the 100-meter sprint at the Games, leaving the diners holding bowls in the wind.
A Hong Kong foodie once described the scene of eating Chezai noodles in the old days:
"You're like an extra who suddenly made the main character in front of the camera, standing there awkwardly — because you don't have chopsticks at all, the boss just asked you if you wanted to add a turnip, but then you smelled the wind "ghost" (escaped) and went, and the police chased the street vendors..."
Later, Hong Kong's jurisdiction over street stalls became more and more stringent, and by the 1990s, the "chezai noodles" that swept the streets of Hong Kong gradually disappeared and were difficult to find. Now Chezai noodles, some open fixed small shops, take the "high-end" route, some into the Hong Kong-style tea restaurant, has become the restaurant's characteristic top brand.
Nowadays, the ingredients of Chezai noodles are also more and more abundant, and the sanitary environment of cooking has also been greatly improved, from the once poor grassroots food to one of the specialties of Hong Kong, whether it is ordinary citizens or big-name celebrities, they like to eat a bowl of Chezai noodles.
If you're visiting Hong Kong, you can't miss this historic specialty.
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