Mourning in the Old City: The Disappearing South Gate Street in Huai 'an

# Come to my hometown on May 1st # # Huai 'an Cuisine # # City Album #

I haven't been home for a long time, so I'll go home at 5. 1 this time.

Driving to Nanmen Street, I like French phoenix trees on both sides of Renmin South Road.

In many cities, this kind of tree can only be seen in the old city, especially when it has grown very thick.

Driving in the shade of a tree is a very old town.

This is indeed the old city, with "Qing Yan Park" on the west side of the road and "River Supervision Department" in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

In fact, "Qing Yan Park" and "Hedufu" are integrated, and Qing Yan Park is the back garden of Hedufu, which belongs to the official garden and is the most representative classical garden in northern Jiangsu.

Stop at Xinmin West Road, south of Maternal and Child Health Hospital, and walk to Nanmen Street.

I have to say that the style of doing business in my hometown is a bit tough, and the signs of "going out to travel" are hung at both doors. [dizzy]

This thing is a little too hasty [yi tooth]

Walking into the side street from the north end, the first thing I saw was a big sign "Requisition of land to be demolished"

Because it is early in the morning, most people walking in the small streets are nearby neighborhoods, all of whom come to buy food or breakfast.

Fresh biscuits are piled on the stove, and there is a big basket of fresh fried dough sticks. The smell of oil drifted far away.

I feel very appetizing when I look at it

A small street just a few hundred meters is full of shops that make all kinds of cakes. When you come to the small street, you are not afraid of not finding cakes to eat.

Wowotou, it's quite big and the price is moderate. It feels like one can fill it out.

The owner of this store, who doesn't even have a store name, is frying Xunzi, a specialty of Jianghuai generation.

The owner of the greengrocer looked at me and took photos seriously, thinking that I was an unannounced visitor and looked nervous.

There are many vegetable sellers in the small street, especially at the southern end of the street.

Who knows this dish? I used to eat it in my hometown when I was a child. I still don't know the scientific name of this thing.

Huaian specialty pucai

Many people came to set up their stalls early. I wonder if they will make trouble when the urban management goes to work later.

"Wu Jie Noodle Restaurant", which is very cheap, looks like an old neighborhood while eating noodles, and eats while chatting with the boss.

I haven't eaten old Beijing Kang cake for a long time. I bought five and took them back to Suzhou to eat.

There is no stuffing, but it is full of noodles.

Looking at the small street, it is full of street flavor; This is what we looked like in the street when we were young after 80s.

I haven't eaten the old-fashioned "mung bean jiaozi". I specifically asked the proprietress how to eat. I also bought half a catty. Just try it.

Jiaozi, a mung bean just out of the pot.

The dark corridor is their workshop.

The beef pot stickers in this restaurant also look attractive. Many people are waiting for the pot, which is probably delicious.

After shopping all the way, it's time for breakfast.

The "Zhu Ji Beef Bag" at the intersection of Jiebei is the food punch-in place in Huai 'an. The beef fried buns here are very good, crisp outside and tender inside.

I ordered a bowl of beef wonton and two fried beef buns. 12 yuan. This is a very satisfying breakfast.

Postscript:

Nanmen Street is shabby but full of vitality.

With the development of the city, such places can't keep up with the evolution of the city.

But it is precisely this place that has become the punching place for network celebrities in the city, which has to be said to be ironic.

The place where celebrities punch in online &; Land requisition and demolition is no accident. What is this opposition to express?

The development of the city has also brought about the demise of some traditions, which is the destruction of the city. There must be a reason why some things have survived to this day. The so-called "existence is reasonable". But once dismantled, it is very likely that what we have been familiar with for decades will be gone overnight and will never be found again.

Between development and traditional preservation, it seems that more attention should be paid to preservation.

Many people miss their hometown, not the same high-rise buildings, but probably a bowl of soybean milk, a fried dough stick and a fried bag in the old street.

Far away from home, I woke up in the middle of the night and said, "Alas! I want to eat the fried dough sticks of Lao Wang's family in my hometown alley. "