I can't help wanting to eat Xiaochang Chen again——
To be honest, it's not easy to eat authentic braised pork and fire-baked bread now. Although there are many braised pork restaurants, most people don't want to eat it again after eating it once. Xiaochang Chen is quite famous. It's an old restaurant with many stories. I haven't been to other restaurants, but I love to come to this one on Nanheng Street. The braised pork here is always good, at least I can't find any faults. It's good in every aspect, but there are too many people. It's not easy to eat in the restaurant. Sometimes I will order their takeaway, but the braised pork is only fragrant when it's just out of the pot. The takeaway tastes much worse, so I really can't help it and have to eat in the restaurant.
It opens at 10:30 in the afternoon. I arrived at 10:25 today, but at this time, there were already several tables in the restaurant. The waiter said that we had to wait until 10:30 to order dishes, so everyone was eager to try it while looking at the watch. When the time came, they immediately rushed to the front desk to start queuing. This restaurant gives you a receipt after you order the dishes. The stewed dishes, cold dishes, and hot dishes are separated. You have to queue up and wait for the stewed dishes to be cut, and the cold dishes are served at the front desk. You have to wait for the hot dishes to be served at the front desk. This is the rule of state-owned restaurants in the early years. The disadvantages are very obvious. You have to queue up to order dishes, queue up to wait for stewed dishes, and run to the front desk to get hot dishes when your number is called. As a result, the restaurant is always in a state of coming and going and bustling. In fact, there are only about 20 tables in the restaurant, and they are all full and there are not many people, but it is always messy. I don’t know why it can’t be changed. How much trouble can it take to let the waiter serve the dishes? Isn’t it better than letting the customers run around the store by themselves? And the stewed dishes in their restaurant are not big. Many people carry them around, spilling soup all the way, and the floor is full of oil. Aren’t they afraid of trouble? I really hope it can be changed. It really affects the overall environment. If the business is good, we have to find ways to improve the customer experience, which is also for the store’s own business to be better, right?
Today, as usual, I ordered two fire-baked stewed dishes. In addition, other dishes of this restaurant are also very good, such as mustard pile and mixed radish skin in cold dishes, dry fried meatballs and spicy tofu in hot dishes, fried sausage and fried crunchy in snacks. These are all dishes that I always like to order. Today, I ordered fried sausage and mustard pile. The stewed dishes are waiting to be cut, and you can add garlic juice, chili oil and coriander yourself. You need to add more garlic juice to enhance the flavor and suppress the smell of internal organs; you can also add more chili oil, which is not spicy and very fragrant; I also added more coriander, I love coriander. The stewed dishes are still the same, there is no problem, everything is cooked to the right degree, the most difficult to cook biscuits are very soft and the seasoning is relatively light. If there are chives and fermented tofu, I will definitely add some. Today's fried sausage is a bit of a failure, not as good as the previous ones, mainly because the heat is a bit bad. I know that the heat is too high when I eat the first piece. The inside is soft, and the skin is a bit hard. The mustard pile is two rolls, which is just enough for one person. There is a layer of mustard on the bottom. Today's taste lacks some sweet and sour taste, and the taste is a bit dry, probably because it has been stored for a long time. The three items cost a total of 75 yuan. I spend this much money on a stewed pork. I feel that stewed pork is becoming more and more unaffordable.