Chapter 48 Old Capital Zhongshan Park Tea House Snacks

Regardless of the size of the county or city in Taiwan Province, there are almost one or two parks and green spaces.There are some stones with spring grass and ancient moss, some curved sills and railings, and sparse forests. After several years of management and layout, most of them are well arranged.But I am tired from walking in the park, and I want to find a teahouse in the park, make a pot of tea and drink tea to rest my legs, but that is impossible.It is said that the province’s park management rules clearly stipulate that no snacks are allowed in the park, and there are seats to sell tea, so as not to affect the cleanliness of the environment.So whenever I go to the park and feel thirsty and tired from walking, I think of the time when I found a teahouse in Zhongshan Park, the old capital, rested my legs, drank a bowl of water, and felt a little hungry. But born.

The tea house in Zhongshan Park, Beiping, is in the elegant seat of the bungalow in winter, and in the summer under the pine and cypress trees, in a cool place, the outdoor tea seat with rattan tables and rattan chairs is ventilated and cool.The ground is neither brick nor cement, but clean loess, ground flat and sprinkled with water, so there is no dust.Sitting on the tea seat and looking south and north, one side is towering ancient cypresses, the other side is the shade of new willows, and the rattan couch is used as steps, like sitting in a secluded bamboo.It seems that only Peking can enjoy this sentiment.On Park West Street, all teahouses gather in one place.The Chunming Pavilion at the crossroads is a gathering place for some elders to talk about the past and the present, and laugh proudly at the haze. They are probably regular customers who must come every day on time. They are harmonious and harmonious, and they are more popular than the Changchun Club that is currently being vigorously promoted everywhere. .Some are vigorous and light-footed, while others are bald and stooped. It can be said that the youngest tea drinkers who come to Chunming Pavilion are above the age of Zhiming.These people may still be chasing the nephews of the younger generation who accompany the staff and walk around.

Most of the old people come here one after another before and after sunset. If there is an art exhibition, look at the paintings first. If there is no art exhibition, if the peonies are in bloom or the peonies are just blooming, they will wander around, appreciating them one by one, and then take a seat to rest.The people I meet every day are just familiar old friends, drinking tea, chatting, playing chess, and discussing poetry, each suits its own interests and likes.The most interesting thing is that there is a kind of newspaper vendor in the park who specializes in going around the teahouse, holding all kinds of new and old pictorial magazines, large and small newspapers from Pingjin, Ninghu and Shanghai, as well as evening papers from Pingjin and Tianjin. They are all familiar with which old man likes to read which newspapers Magazine, what evening newspaper pictorial does the old man want to read?As soon as the tea guests are seated, they will hand over the newspapers and magazines, and after reading the newspapers, they will come and exchange some new ones for you.If you leave without any money today, it doesn't matter if you get a few extra coins tomorrow.

Chunming Pavilion usually prepares three kinds of tea, Longjing tea, Xiangpian tea and black tea, for ordinary tea drinkers.However, some long-term customers are all experts in tea tasting, with the same taste in wood and different tastes. Some like Tuo tea and Pu'er, some drink narcissus and melon slices, and some always drink chrysanthemum Longjing regardless of winter and summer, saying that they can improve eyesight and clear heart. .It is even more strange that some tea drinkers don’t drink any tea, and they specialize in Gaomo’er (fragrant flakes are crushed, called Gaomo’er in Peking tea shop), so the inner cabinet in the west chamber of Chunming Pavilion is full of bottles, sundials and trout cans, each with a mark, They are all tea leaves stored by old ladies.

Since the guests are here to drink tea, of course they pay special attention to the water used to make tea.There is a sweet water well next to the Neiyuan Health Exhibition Center near the Sheji Altar. It is said that it was dug by the emperor for offering sacrifices to the Sheji Altar and fasting and cleaning hands. The well water and spring are sweet and mellow.The restaurants and teahouses in the West Park Street all use the water from this well to cook tea. As for which kind of tea should be brewed at the beginning of boiling, and which kind of tea should be left behind, there are a few experienced tea doctors who can treat you for a long time. The habits and hobbies of tea drinkers are very clear, and even the old gentleman and his friends will be bored in the future. When they are free from work, they can chat with you all over the world for a long time!One of the tea doctors, Zhou Zhou (biao), was the head watchman of Zhou Xuexi’s family at that time. After Zhou Xuexi’s death, he went to the Bandong Ban gang of Chunming Pavilion to become a tea doctor.Because he hears a lot and sees a lot, tea drinkers like to chat with him when they have nothing to do.Wang Tieshan (Hu) of Jing Zhaoyin in the Beiyang era, and Zhou Yangan, the president of the Chinese Painting Association, always went to the park every day to chat with Zhou Erlin for a while to feel comfortable, otherwise it seemed that there was nothing to do that day.The word "膂" on Tuesday is very rare. Many people don't know this word and dare not pronounce it. Over time, everyone removed the word "智" and called him "Tuesday". I think he was the number one person in the park when he mentioned Tuesday. !

In addition to selling tea, Chunming Restaurant also sells some snacks, but they don’t sell vegetables. Their shopkeeper said: “One is too busy, and the other is not to be close to Changmei Xuan (later changed to Lin Chun) Grab a deal." Although Chunming Restaurant sells sweet and salty steamed stuffed buns, neither south nor north, it's really not smart, and can't sell many copies every day, but his home's clear soup wontons and simmered Yifu noodles are really popular.The wontons in Chunming Pavilion are different from the wontons that are as thin as a cloud sold by Tiaodanzi, and they are also different from Wenzhou big wontons.The soup is a clear soup made from a whole chicken and a piece of pork ribs. The taste is pure and not oily or greasy.The leather is rolled by myself, not thick or thin, it can satisfy the hunger, and it is also suitable for the stomach of the elderly to chew and digest.The ham, shredded chicken and pea sprouts simmered in Yifu noodles are even more amazing.The whole pot of stewed chicken soup, chicken and chicken skin is naturally inexhaustible. As for the ham, it was not a rare item in the restaurants in Peking. However, in winter, Chunmingguan Yaoyifu noodles are still served with oily green and tender pea sprouts. Although they can’t sell much in winter, they often have to prepare some pea sprouts, which cannot be found elsewhere.

The Chunming Pavilion is next to Changmeixuan. Apart from public and educational personnel, most of its customers are families of men, women, old and young.Since we went to Changmeixuan to enjoy the cool, we just ordered a few dishes and solved the problem of dinner at Changmeixuan.The food prepared by his family is just the opposite of that of Chunming Restaurant. They don't sell snacks and only serve them for banquets and drinks.Later, during the "July 7th Incident", the owner of Changmeixuan had no intention of operating the store, so he gave the store to Zhou Dawen and Li Zhuangfei, and changed the name to "Shanglinchun".Victory is still in the capital, and Shang Linchun has been open for a period of time. Their Bai case came from Siruchun.Yin Zuying, dean of the Normal University, highly appreciated Shanglinchun's soup dumpling, and made an appointment with the author to patronize it several times.The master Baianzi in the south is different from the masters in the north when it comes to kneading noodles. In addition to using some sugar water for steamed dumplings and noodles, in addition to being a bit sticky, the skin of the dumplings will become stiff when the wind blows.Although the chef from Siruchun Yue is from Shanghai, the soup-filled steamed dumplings he makes don’t have this problem, they are soft but not greasy, soft but refreshing.As for the pure meat stuffing, it should be somewhat sticky and greasy, but the dumplings filled with soup are smooth and moist, without any feeling of thick and sticky.The goods are high in taste and mellow, so there are many people who come here to eat steamed dumplings in soup. Not long after the victory, Shanglin Chundong didn't agree with each other, so they closed down.

There is a pastry ice room called Bo Sixin near the Li ice rink in the park. It used to be lively in the old capital for a while because it wore four-wheeled roller skates and slid around the concrete rink.Bosixin was opened to cater for the skating rinks with gay men and dolls, and later couples loved it because of its quiet private seats and rattan couches along the street.The famous flowers in Beili like to be eye-catching and easy to attract bees.Generally speaking, the guests are greeted by sixteen or seventeen-year-old boys in uniform. Not only do they behave in a foreign style, but when they are free, they hum "Xuan Gong Yan Shi" in their mouths, imitating Fei Laibo's sword fighting posture of black pirates, and he is serious. It's satisfying.Therefore, young male and female tourists under the age of 30 are expected to rush to Bosixin as soon as they enter the park.

Once upon a time, there was a "Geng Xiaode" in Beiping who wrote novels with witty words. He said: "Jinyuxuan in Zhongshan Park is the 'State Council', because some dignitaries and businessmen come to Jinyuxuan to meet and talk half-officially. A personal matter. Changmeixuan is called 'five-fang vowel'. No matter what province people are, as long as they have family entertainment and dinner, they all like Changmeixuan. , is called the five-dialect vowel. Chunming Hall is the old people's hall, and Bo Sixin is the youth association." That's really an appropriate description.The gossip is getting farther and farther, let's talk about what delicious food Bo Sixin has!Bo Sixin's iced lemonade is a must in cold drinks. At that time, there were no refrigerators or freezers. In the hot summer season, Bo Sixin specially prepared four large wooden freezers covered with iron sheets, which were filled with squares of natural ice. Put the lemonade in the freezer bottle by bottle, and open the bottle when you eat it, unlike other cold drink shops, which sell ice water right now.Therefore, Bo Sixin's lemonade is uniform in thickness, and it is definitely made with boiling water to cool, so it will not spoil your stomach.In addition to dine-in, lemonade should also be taken out. Changmeixuan and Chunmingguan Xiatian next door are its good customers.According to the most conservative estimate, there is no problem selling 500 bottles a day in summer.

There are six or seven pastry chefs in Bo Sixin's kitchen. Although they are busy in summer, even when the northwest wind blows and the snow is blowing in winter, they still can't relax.Although dine-in is almost extinct at this time, takeaways are coming in one after another.It is said that being a pastry chef is mainly making pastry cakes and breads. The chefs of Bo Sixin, except for occasionally making a few large cakes and selling them, should be sold in the store. All sweet and salty breads and all kinds of pastries are made from The French Bakery in Hademenli and Ronghuazhai in Dong'an Market are here to supply them.Their kitchen is busy enough making curry dumplings.

Speaking of Bo Sixin's curry dumplings, as far as the author has said, Bo Sixin's is the first one.Their curry dumplings are divided into pork and beef. The beef is triangular and the pork is rectangular.No curry is for those who don't eat beef and curry.The hot curry dumplings just out of the oven are fragrant, crunchy, and crispy on the mouth. Regardless of whether the beef or pork fillings are tender and moist, they are refreshing but not greasy.It’s not that the author is exaggerating for his family. Anyone who has eaten Bosixin curry dumplings may feel the same.Especially in the twelfth lunar month of winter, when the wind is howling and the snow is pressing down on the pine and catalpa, sitting at the window of Bosixin, the fire is raging in the room, and you can see the majestic palace walls and battlements in the distance, the mandarin tiles are white, the catkins are flying in the pavilion, and you can drink a cup of steaming water. Drinking lemon tea and eating a few pieces of goose yellow, juanyan, crispy and delicious curry dumplings are far better than eating delicious food and drinking mellow mash, but they can also be regarded as a joy in life. Lin Gengbai, a modern poet, and Lin Fengmian, the principal of Jinghua Academy of Fine Arts, are both celebrities. Whenever the snow is heavy and the streets are quiet, they always meet in the garden to appreciate Xuedou's poems in Perth.Once, the two of them combined five ancient rhymes with a total of more than 120 rhymes, which caused a sensation in the poetry circle and became a grand event for a while.Brothers Shang Xiaoyun and Fuxia also love to go to Bosixin to eat curry dumplings in the heavy snow. They are either Zhao Yankui, the president of the Liyuan Association, or Gao Fuyuan, Shang Fuxia’s senior brother, who happened to be sitting on the side Listening to them talk about the slang of the market and the past in Liyuan is more enjoyable than listening to Lian Kuoru's storytelling and Gao Deming's cross talk.Cheng Yanqiu is also the one who likes to appreciate the snow scene the most. He must be the principal of Peking Drama School Jin Huilu or Xu Sheng Guan Dayuan when he comes in the snow.One year, Lord Luo Ying arranged a new play "Nie Yinniang" for Cheng Yanqiu, in which he had to practice the Ziyun sword, and that sword was on the skating rink next to Bo Sixin, braving the wind and snow, a swordsmanship expert Mr. Wang was in the snow Taught on earth.At that time, Bo Sixin had a young boy who was Cheng Mi. While serving the tea, this little brother stole all the Ziyun sword. Later, the sword dance in Xin Yanqiu's "Nie Yinniang" was taught by that little brother. Pointing to rehearse.Zeng Ergeng and Jia Duocai are two clowns who like to make jokes on the stage. Talking about Xin Yanqiu's impeccable swordsmanship, Jia Duocai just said: "It's good, but it's a pity to bring some curry smell." People who knew about this matter couldn't help but smile at each other. I have eaten curry dumplings many times in Taiwan, but they can't compare with Bo Sixin's.Once at the Dongmen International Bakery, I met Li Xinfo, who was famous for buying curry dumplings. He said: "If you want to eat curry dumplings in Taiwan, the international one is the first one. The egg whites are well baked. If you want to eat curry dumplings like Bo Sixin, you have to slow down, you can't eat them right away!" Thinking about it carefully, it makes sense.In the past two years, I have been most afraid of going to a restaurant to eat. Whether it is a waiter or a waitress, greeting guests is either terrifyingly warm or cold as if entering an ice cellar.Thinking of the unflappable, cordial and sincere hospitality of the tea doctors in Zhongshan Park in Beiping, one can't help but have infinite feelings.