Some time ago, the entry "The six-yuan buffet that Guangxi people understand" became a hot search on Weibo . Many Guangxi people were stunned when they saw the video under the entry, and then smiled knowingly in front of the mobile phone screen.
Diners are sitting around the long table and having a feast. Liu Juncong took
video shot at a porridge stall in Guangxi. The picture shows a variety of dishes and diners eating porridge.
For many Guangxi people, they have been to the porridge stalls on the street countless times since they were young, but it is almost the first time they have heard the "fashionable" name of "six yuan buffet". If you think about it carefully, you can have the freedom of side dishes for six yuan, and the term "buffet" is really appropriate.
In the hot summer, a bowl of refreshing white porridge with side dishes is very relieved. Liu Juncong photographed
"Boss, come and have a bowl of white porridge." In this sentence
, there is a tacit understanding between the owner of the Guangxi porridge stall and the diners. Its actual meaning is that before eating this bowl of white porridge, more than 20 side dishes in the store can be selected and added without limit.
When the porridge stall owner was making porridge for diners, diners had skillfully taken out small iron bowls from the disinfection cabinet and prepared to choose side dishes to match white porridge.
There are side dishes that can be selected on the table. Liu Juncong photographed
vinegar-sliced potato shreds , soybean stewed fish, pumpkin, bitter gourd, water spinach stems... More than 20 kinds of side dishes are packed in a dish with a uniform style. The surface is covered with a glass lid, and it is divided into two rows in the middle of the long table of the porridge stall, as if it says: "Please choose."
side dishes form the "dividing line" of the long table, and diners are eating on both sides of the "line". In front of each diner is a bowl of white porridge and a small iron bowl, and the side dishes are piled up into "small hills".
"If not enough, add it." The porridge stall owner always smiled at the diners kindly.
Diners are enjoying the "6 yuan buffet". Liu Juncong Photo
47-year-old Mo Jiangao has been a porridge stall owner for 12 years and is already very familiar with many diners. His porridge stall is located in the downtown area of Liuzhou City, Guangxi Province, and nearby are residential communities and schools. The porridge stall is open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., and as soon as it is time for dinner, his porridge stalls gather in crowds of diners.
For Mo Jiangao, the four seasons are changing on the long table of the porridge stall. He will select seasonal vegetables according to the season and make certain adjustments to the menu of the porridge stall. "Melon dishes with refreshing taste are very popular when the weather is hot, so we will prepare more accordingly." Mo Jiangao said.
The dishes on the long table can be selected freely and are available in no limited quantities. Liu Juncong Photo by
The "deluxe version" of the porridge stall has a kitchen, which is convenient for stir-frying a piece of dishes at any time, and the empty dishes can be "full" again. A simpler porridge stall, one canopy , several sets of tables and stools, a pot of white porridge, and several small plastic basins containing side dishes are enough.
"Self-service" porridge stalls are very popular in Guangxi Liuzhou City, Laibin City, and other Guizhong areas. It is said that Liuzhou is a city where even breathing has the flavor of snail noodles . In fact, in Liuzhou, the presence of porridge stalls is no less than that of snail noodles shops.
These self-service porridge shops are often found everywhere in the streets and alleys. Photo by Liu Juncong
On National Highway 209 in Liuzhou, there is a famous local "porridge stall road". Simple porridge stalls are built on both sides of the national highway, like "energy supply stations". The passing driver stopped the car and came with a bowl of white porridge and a plate of side dishes. The fatigue of driving was wiped out.
dishes on the long table can be added at any time. Photo by Liu Juncong
Walking on the streets of Liuzhou in rows of snack bars, while inhaling, the warm snail noodles are often mixed with a hint of warm and soft fragrance of white porridge, especially in summer.
Summers in Guangxi are always associated with the heat and long. In a sense, light and easy-to-digest porridge has become a "smoking weapon" for Guangxi people in their diet. The love for porridge seems to be engraved in the genes of Guangxi people.
Every day of a stuffy summer with a loss of appetite, Yang Shuhang, who is in Beijing, always misses the bowl of white porridge in his hometown of Guangxi and the side dishes on the long table two thousand kilometers away.
The dishes on the long table can be selected freely and are available in unlimited quantities.Liu Juncong photographed
"White porridge itself is not special, but the side dishes in the porridge stall make people feel that they can play tricks on a bowl of porridge." Yang Shuhang said.
In fact, Guangxi people who can eat and play have already played a lot of tricks in "eating". Out of love for snail noodles, people in Liuzhou "played with snail noodles mooncakes and snail noodles rice dumplings, which made many netizens call them "good guy"!
Out of love for porridge, the "self-service" porridge stall has been popular in Guangxi for many years. In front of the "Six Yuan Buffet", snail noodle mooncakes and snail noodle rice dumplings all look very "young".
white porridge only costs 6 yuan per bowl, polenta plus 1 yuan. Photo by Liu Juncong
48-year-old Mo Ruoyu is a native of Liuzhou. She still remembers that in the 1990s, such a "buffet" cost only 1 yuan at a time. Maintaining fullness is the most basic, but not all.
Nowadays, Mo Ruoyu is still used to going to the porridge stall to eat porridge. "I saw the side dishes in the porridge stall and wanted to sit down. I picked up a chopstick for everything and tasted it. Sometimes when I went to (the porridge stall) to eat porridge, it was more like a feeling."
recalled the summer years ago when I sat under a big tree and ate porridge while enjoying the cool air. Mo Ruoyu said that the white porridge in the porridge stall had the "old taste" she remembered.
Dieters are having a meal in a narrow porridge stall. Liu Juncong photographed
Now, there are no porridge stalls under the trees. They have moved into the street storefronts or food streets in downtown areas. As before, porridge stalls are always associated with the bustling atmosphere. When passing through the noisy vegetable market and lingering in the streets of snacks next to the residential area, it is not difficult to find a porridge stall.
The place where Mo Ruoyu lived before her marriage turned out to be a large bungalow, and there was a porridge stall nearby that she had often visited. Nowadays, the large bungalows have become high-rise buildings, and the porridge stall has disappeared.
There are a wide range of dishes on the long table. Liu Juncong photographed
However, countless old stores with a history of 10 or 20 years are still serving diners with a "six yuan buffet", new porridge stalls are also emerging, and the "six yuan buffet" business is still booming.
If you read the article itchy, why not come to Guangxi for a walk and have a "six yuan buffet" once, it is a feast of white porridge.
Author: Li Jiaoyang Liu Juncong
Source: China News Service WeChat public account
