A bowl of mutton powder

I went on a business trip that day and ate something very late. That's a mutton powder restaurant.

I seldom eat mutton powder in recent years. I didn't eat it as a child, and I didn't eat less when I grew up. Finally, I got tired of it. But today, the pot is waiting for rice, and the stomach is waiting for food. What cares? Let's grab something to eat first.

I was hungry, but I only ordered a small bowl. It's not that you are stingy with money. The big one is not much more than the small one, but sometimes some seemingly obvious problems are just unclear. When you want to go back and make up for it, you find that times have changed and things have changed.

Before the powder was served, I went to the counter and got a chopstick, mint leaves, some pickles and a small plate of garlic. For a while, I kept this process. At that time, I thought about eating quickly and doing things quickly, or thinking about eating a powder. It was not so troublesome, and it was like eating a Michelin dinner.

Radish and cabbage, each to his own liking. What seasoning to add is determined by your own preference, but knowing that it is better to add, not adding it means another thing. This truth is like traveling. Is tourism called tourism when it really reaches its destination? No, travel starts when you want to travel and plan everything for it.

I used to think that only eating a big meal can be considered real eating, and the rest is just living. Now I know that ups and downs are part of life. A small dish and a few pieces of mint are not necessarily life. Living in a down-to-earth manner is a little proud, but it also has a big deficiency.

Mutton powder was served, and with the steaming white steam coming out of the bowl, a smell of mutton got into my nostrils. The mutton powder soup in this house is more than powder. Noodles are green and red, the green ones are shallots and coriander, and the red ones are whole fried peppers. I slowly peeled off the garlic, put it aside, put in the mint leaves I just picked up, and stirred them thoroughly with chopsticks.

The order of eating powder is also particular. First, you need to drink some soup to calm your nerves. After a long period of hunger, the stomach is empty, so eating a lot of food in an instant will increase the burden on the stomach. Eating soup first can make the stomach have an adaptive process, and the quality of soup may well determine the effect of dinner later.

After the entrance of mutton soup in winter, it is a warm and greasy feeling. When the broth is fully swallowed and blended with the gastric juice, you must make up a bite of garlic in time, and then put a large amount of chopsticks powder on it to chew-this step must not be chaotic, and it can't be too long, otherwise the smell of mutton will overwhelm the spicy taste of garlic, or the smell of garlic will blunt your nose, both of which will affect the final taste-finally, don't forget to make up another piece of pickled radish, and you will be tempted to say "Ah"! This is a kind of enjoyment.

I am always amazed at the richness and variety of our food culture in China. It is often the norm to shine in a big place, and it is really a skill to shine in a small place. And the beauty of food lies in the harmony of five flavors. It is unreasonable for the world to like sweet but not bitter, and to like sad and not happy. Just like a dish, throwing a handful of sugar into it may not be delicious.

After a big meal, all that was left was a mess of cups and plates, wiped my mouth and paid for it, remembering why I didn't like mutton powder. I can't help laughing. What do I like or dislike? It's just a shirking when I'm proud of my life.