Ear eye fried cake, is a traditional feature of Tianjin City, China, is also one of the "three must-haves" in Tianjin, the other two are "dog does not pay attention to buns", "eighteenth street twist flower", these three kinds of exquisite snacks, the year is long, customers can trust, now is still the pride of Tianjin people, today we do not mention other, focus on the ear eye fried cake, ear eye and dog do not pay attention to the same, is not the real store name, ear eye hutong as early as a hundred years ago, is a narrow nameless alley, shaped like human ears, Narrow and long and curved, because of the good taste, wonderful taste, good quality and low price, it is unique on the street outside the North Gate, people are willing to buy, and later the people joked: "Where to buy fried cakes?" "Ear eye fried cake go!" Slowly, people humorously called it ear-eye fried cake.
Founder Liu Wanchun, also from a poor family, in the early years in order to support his family, pooled some money, purchased a plate of small stone mills, a pot and a small cart, he and his wife and children worked together, some grinding noodles, noodles, some making stuffing, and then pushing the cart to the street outside the South Gate to walk the streets and alleys, now fried and sold, and now in front of the door of the ear and eye fried cake shop, there are also bronze statues, there is a process of pushing and grinding, and noodles, and frying, just like the scene of that year, very vivid.
Relying on sales alone is not enough, it is difficult to maintain every day, Liu Wanchun hangs a small wooden sign on the car, every day along the street to sell fried cakes, in fact, can also imagine, small merchants and vendors, earn is a hard money, at that time can sell twenty or thirty pounds of fried cakes per day, according to the present, although the amount is not large, at least a family of old and small hunger is not dead, this is his earliest ear eye fried cake mark, the business is so-so, gradually improving.
Nearby rich households, people celebrate birthdays, do wedding banquets, borrow the word "cake" harmonic sound, take the auspicious "step by step", but for the fried cake to make a name, people have come to queue up to buy, a time the business is too good to be good, Liu Wanchun created fried cake, using sticky yellow rice after water mill fermentation, and then select the high-grade red beans boiled rotten peeled, plus brown sugar juice fried to make stuffing, after many times repeated frying, mastered the best time, which makes its fried cake, very characteristic, crispy skin, sweet and refreshing bean filling, all those who have eaten praise delicious.
Ear eye fried cake every shop is in line, before 9 o'clock only fried not to sell, come early can only queue up to wait, 9 o'clock officially began to sell, 3.5 yuan a, the frying process is very transparent, is through the glass, consumers can see, first in the low temperature frying pan again, and then under the high temperature oil pan re-fried once, and then you can sell, the ear eye restaurant business is the best, in addition to the fried cake, you can also have a banquet reception.
Now ear eye fried cake, experienced public-private partnership, there are a series of reforms, from a single taste to a variety of flavors, there are tofu filling, black sesame filling, osmanthus filling, purple potato filling, red fruit filling, pineapple filling, traditional filling, etc., the price is a little expensive 3.5 yuan a, bean paste filling is the most traditional fried cake.
Come to Tianjin to play, buy a few fried cakes to taste really good, crispy outside, tender, soft glutinous sweet, especially the red fruit fried cake, a bite down, it was conquered by its crispy skin, and sweet glutinous core conquered, rich and not greasy, as well as hawthorn sour and sweet taste, osmanthus fried cake is more wonderful, the fragrance will not be too strong, rich osmanthus fragrance, the taste of the last fried cake is still aftertaste, in comparison, more love osmanthus flavor.
After all, it is one of the three best in Tianjin, passing by to taste it is not wrong, there are few people in the afternoon, there are many people in the morning, of course, it is not difficult to be too late, some delicious tastes, will be selected clean, the classic bean paste stuffing sells the fastest, I will take a few to the child every time I pass by, the filling is very sufficient, not the kind of sweet people, the tune is very tasty, the real young and old are suitable.
Two fried cakes are only 7 yuan, compared to the other two in Tianjin, absolutely cost-effective, hot fried cakes just out of the pot, crispy outside and tender, must be eaten while hot, in order to appreciate its flavor, do not love sweets, I fell in love with the first time.
Such fried cakes, we also have to sell here, but eat and eat, after all, the taste is still general, the same is fried cakes, how can people make it so delicious? At the same time, it has the four characteristics of yellow, tendon, soft and fragrant, the old brand is indeed worthy of the name, of course, the little fairy who is losing weight, only eat one is enough, after all, it is fried food, should pay attention to high calories.
Ear eye fried cake has a history of more than a hundred years, is one of the few, can conquer the local snacks, the taste of the outside burnt tender, crisp but not hard, tender and not dry, sweet and refreshing, fragrant, the only drawback is that can not be stored for a long time, must be fried and eaten, want to know what the taste of fried cake? I think you have to go to Tianjin to taste it yourself, it is really a lingering taste.