Guifaxiang,18th Street Fried Dough Twists
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Guifaxiang 18th Street Fried Dough Twists rank the first of “Tianjin Three Best Snacks”,they are famous both at home and abroad with great popularity.”Guifaxiang”was first created in the 1920s,and up to date it has been over one hundred years old.
There was a story about the origin of the 18th Street Fried Dough Twists,which goes as follows:in the late Qing Dynasty,there was a street named “the 18th Street”,which was located to the south of bustling Xiaobailou Building on the west side of the Haihe River.A person named Liu Ba opened a small shop named”Guifaxiang”,selling fried dough twists.The fried dough twists made by Liu Ba smelt appetizing throughout the entire street.Consequently,the crowd patronizing into the shop was always large,in an endless stream.
Nonetheless,as the time went by,the patrons seemed already fed up with the fried dough twists.Later,the son of the shop owner came out for fun,and came back home tiredly and hungrily.However,except some dregs,the snack at home happened to be ate up.He came up with an idea that he instructed others to make the dim sum crumbs and dough into the dough twists and then had them fried In the pan.As a result,the fried dough twists turned out to be quite crispy and yummy.
After that,Liu Ba did a lot of research based on this recipe to create golderl, sweet and persistently-crispy dough twists with assorted stuffing,an innovation that regenerated the shop lifted the business again
As a matter of fact,the current”Guifaxiang”is not the same one started by Liu Ba,but begun by another person.It turned out that as early as the year of 1920,the shop of fried dough twists at the Nanlou Building opened by Liu Ba went into bankruptcy,and later was taken over by the shop assistants Fan Guicai and Fan Guilin,who later continued the business separately by the name”Guifaxiang” and”Guifacheng”.In the year of 1956,the two businesses merged to form the “Guifaxiang Fried Dough Twists Shop”,which subsequently became the”18th Street Fried Dough Twists”brand store known far and wide.
