Wuhan Hot Dry Noodles,Just for You
2 min readAs the most favorite breakfast among the people living in the cross of Hanjiang River and Yangtze River,Hot Dry Noodles is a wonderful integration of alkaline noodles and sesame paste.The half-cooked alkaline noodles are boiled in the hot water at first and then they are mixed fully together with sesame paste by chopsticks.At this moment,a steam of pleasant smell bursts out from this bowl of seemingly ordinary noodles.And life truly begins with such a bowl of noodles.
Back to the 1930s with the time machine,a food dealer named Li Bao made his living by selling bean jelly and noodle with soup around the Guandi Temple.One extremely hot day,his business was not so good and a lot of noodles were left.Li Bao came up with an idea to boil the noodles and drain them off on the chopping board in case the noodles went bad.He was in such a hurry that his oil pot was knocked over and the sesame oil pulled into the noodles.Having no choice,Li Bao had to mix the oil and noodles thoroughly and put them on the board again.Next morning,he heated the leftover noodles in the boiling water and fished them out into a bowl after shedding the water.Then he added the sauces for bean jelly in the bowl to serve his clients.The clients ate the noodles with great appetite and were conquered by its piping hot fragrance.When asked what the name of the noodles was,he answered without a second thought,”hot dry noodles.”Li Bao was happy to sell hot dry noodles exclusively from that time on,and people coming from different places just wanted to have the noodles in his booth.At the same time,quite a few people became his apprentice.
Later on,people add more ingredients into the golden pliable hot dry noodles such as sesame paste,pepper,pickles,shrimp,refined sesame oil or spicy oil,anid lastly some chives,making it more attractive and unique in color,smell,and flavor. Gradually,the improved hot dry noodles turns out to be a must for breakfast in Wuhan.
