Guizhou Cuisine: Huaxi Beef Rice Noodles

[JP] |Huaxi| Beef Rice Noodles
[CN] |Huaxi Beef Rice Noodles (Huāxī niúròufěn)|

A beef rice noodle dish in beef bone broth, originating from the Huaxi district of Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou Province. You can add Guizhou specialties like |húlàjiāomiàn| (toasted chili powder), |qīnghuājiāofěn| (green Sichuan peppercorn powder), salt, soy sauce, or vinegar to taste. You can add them from the start or add them halfway through to enjoy a change in flavor.

Changwang noodles, alongside which it stands as one of the two major |fen| (rice noodle) / |mian| (wheat noodle) dishes of Guiyang.

Toppings such as offal or fried eggs can be added.

Origin

According to Guizhou Radio and Television, the first street stall, the predecessor to Huaxi Wangji Beef Rice Noodles, appeared in 1976. Mr. Wang's beef rice noodles became popular, leading him to open a shop. Mr. Wang's three children helped at the shop, and since all three had a mole near their mouths, a mole was added to the mouth area when the logo was designed.

Other shops began serving Huaxi Beef Rice Noodles, and in the late 1970s, the "Flying Bowl" appeared. The second-generation owner, Zhang Xianguo, who took over the stall from Su Er-ye, became popular for his performance of grabbing and tossing the bowl with his right hand while catching it with his left to serve the boiled rice noodles (this performance is no longer done today).

Since then, the number of shops serving Huaxi Beef Rice Noodles has increased, and it has now become the representative rice noodle dish of Guizhou.