Los Angeles Gudong: Japanese Dumplings

Los Angeles Gudong: Japanese Dumplings Three things have happened in Japan’s food industry recently, which made people feel deeply disappointed and regretful, as if the Roppongi Tower suddenly collapsed...

Los Angeles Gudong: Japanese Dumplings Recently, three events have happened in Japan's food industry in a row, which makes people feel deeply disappointed and regretful. It's as if the Iron Tower in Roppongi suddenly collapsed and Tokyo has been in darkness ever since. One of the incidents is that the Japanese fast food kingdom "Yoshinoya" announced that due to the discovery of mad cow disease, its 986 stores will also stop supplying about one million bowls of its flagship product beef rice every day; the second incident, It is a dumpling shop that has been open in Genzaka, Shibuya for 50 years, but has only eight seats. It is closed for some reason. The third incident is a famous coffee chain that has been open for 40 years. The business is still booming, but the boss thinks that the service level is getting worse and worse, and it is going further and further away from his original requirements, so he decided to quit! This incident more or less reflects the interesting side of some Japanese people, so you might as well note it. I have already written about the coffee shop, so I won’t go into details here. The beef rice that costs 280 Dan (about two and a half U.S. dollars) a bowl is no longer available, so the only option is to save money and eat a bowl of pork rice that costs 400 Dan. This is a foolproof strategy for big companies. It not only protects its own interests, but also writes an insurance policy for your safety, saying that it is to tide over the hard times with the people! Of course you don't have to eat, otherwise you can't think of anything else to do except endure the pain of cutting the flesh! But the dumplings that have been eaten for decades are suddenly missing, just like a child being weaned from the breast, which is really a bit unpleasant! So some people who like to explore, I kept chasing after him and walked around the store from time to time, hoping to find out what happened. A newspaper that felt the same and shared the same gossip finally learned the truth after an open and secret investigation: the master who made dumplings died, but he sold the secret recipe for making dumplings to others before he died, so the store could not continue to operate! Is there such a thing? Who of the women in our family can't make dumplings? Just wave your hand, and there will be as many as you want. How can a small shop as big as the palm of a hand not be able to make it after the death of one of the masters? Yes, because only the best dumplings are sold here; but if you don’t have the best chef, how can you make the best dumplings! Japanese dumplings are actually our pot stickers, just like wonton noodles, they are just a neighborhood snack. No matter how decent the store is, it cannot become an elegant restaurant. The strange thing is that these shops can be very small or even have no shop name, but they must write the word "dumpling" in big letters. The one we are talking about is no exception, you can recognize it from a distance. But taking a closer look, the inside is not only small and dark, but also shabby and old. Foreign tourists who are used to big scenes will probably look down upon it. But unfortunately, many famous restaurants in Japan are like this. What everyone eats is not its decoration and ostentation, but its reputation and history. They will also say, "Why should a room be so elegant? It has the natural fragrance of musk." The dumpling shop attracts customers with its delicious dumplings, which have remained unchanged for fifty years. As time goes by, eating a few of them has become a part of many people's lives, and it is impossible to live without them. To be serious, the fillings of Japanese dumplings are much more monotonous than those of pot stickers, at least the ones made with mutton and leeks are rare. But it is undeniable that the Japanese's craftsmanship is slightly better than ours. The skin of the dumplings is made thin and white, and the appearance is more delicate. The small shop in Xuanzaka is particularly outstanding. No matter when you visit, the food is always delicious, juicy, fresh and crispy. People categorically say that it is the most delicious one in the world! The people of the isolated island have neither a deep culture nor rich resources. Every foreign thing is hard-earned, so they naturally cherish it. Even a small dumpling is regarded as a natural gift. They even dragged Genghis Khan to it, pointing out that it is the embodiment of a hero, so it has been able to control people's belly from ancient times to the present, from East Asia to Turkey! However, if the hero does not die, he is only over 700 years old, and dumplings have conquered human beings for more than a thousand years? In these long years, things have changed, and countless dumpling shops have opened and closed, closed and opened again, and countless dumpling masters have come and gone. But who would have thought that a small shop with only eight seats would really not be able to survive after the death of a senior chef! Are the Japanese too stupid and ignorant?