ʻO Tang Taizong Li Shimin lāua ʻo Laotongguan Roujiamo

He meaʻai kaulana ʻo Roujiamo ma Shaanxi, akā ʻokoʻa ka Roujiamo o Laotongguan a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā wahi ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka ʻokoʻa nui loa, pono ʻoe e hoʻohana i nā kuki hou i kālua ʻia me ka ʻiʻo anu i hoʻomoʻa ʻia, i kapa ʻia ʻo "Puhi Puhi Welame ka ʻiʻo anu". ʻO kēia ke ʻano kuʻuna a me ka ʻono loa o ka ʻai ʻana.

ʻAla a ʻalaTongguan Roujiamo

ʻO Laotongguan Roujiamo, i kapa ʻia ʻo Shaobing Momo, i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka wā kahiko o Tang. Wahi a ka moʻolelo, e holo ana ʻo Li Shimin, ʻo Emperor Taizong o ka mōʻī Tang, i ka lio e lanakila ai i ka honua. I kona hele ʻana ma Tongguan, ʻono ʻo ia i ka Tongguan Roujiamo a hoʻomaikaʻi nui iā ia: "Kupaianaha, kupanaha, ʻaʻole wau i ʻike he ʻai ʻono e like me ka honua." No nā kaukani makahiki, ua hana ka Tongguan Roujiamo kahiko i ka poʻe ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke luhi i ka ʻai ʻana iā ia, a ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia ʻo "Chinese-style hamburger" a me "Oriental sandwich".

ʻO ke ʻano o ka hana ʻana o Tongguan Roujiamo he mea kūʻokoʻa loa: ʻo ka ʻōpū puaʻa i hoʻomoʻi ʻia a hoʻomoʻa ʻia i loko o ka ipu hao me kahi ʻano kūikawā a me nā mea ʻala. He palupalu a ʻala ka ʻiʻo; hui ʻia ka palaoa i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia me ka wai mahana, nā noodles alkaline a me ka puaʻa. E kāwili i ka palaoa, e ʻōwili i nā ʻāpana, e ʻōwili i nā keke, a e hoʻomoʻa i ka umu kūikawā. Wehe i waho ke ʻano like ke kala a huli melemele ka keke. ʻO ka Thousand Layer Shaobing hou i kālua ʻia i loko a he ʻili ʻili lahilahi a ʻāwili, e like me kaPuff Pastry. E nahu a wela ke koena i kou waha. ʻono nui. A laila ʻokiʻoki i ʻelua pā me ka pahi, hoʻohui i ka ʻiʻo anu i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, a pau ʻoe. He ʻono ʻono i ka ʻuala a he ʻono kū hoʻokahi.