At No. 67, Shifu Road, Shangxiajiu, a arcade full of Lingnan ancient charm stands quietly. In addition to being a cultural relics protection unit in Guangzhou, it is also the location of Lianxiang Tower, which was founded in 1889 (the 25th year of Guangxu's reign in the Qing Dynasty). At first, it was named "Lianxiang Cake Home" by the founder because it was adjacent to Liandeng Lane and sold Chinese pastries, then it was renamed "Lianxiang House" after being acquired by Tan Xinyi, the "Tea House King", and then it was named "Lianxiang House" by Chen Ruyue, a scholar in the Imperial Academy, after inventing the lotus production technique. For more than 130 years, the word "Lianxiang", accompanied by the fragrance of lotus, has become a unique memory in the old neighborhoods of Xiguan and even in Guangzhou. (Lianxiang Building, located at No. 67, Shifu Road, Shangxiajiu, Guangzhou) Although Shangxiajiu, a booming real economy, has become less prosperous with the development of the Internet economy, the taste of Chinese pastries and traditional "one cup of two pieces" Cantonese morning tea in Lianxiang Building still attracts tourists from all over the country. Even though it was past noon at the time of the interview, there was still a continuous stream of customers in front of the old store of Lianxiang Building. (Lianxiang Restaurant refreshment beef balls) "I don't live in the downtown area of Guangzhou, but I come to Lianxiang Building every Mid Autumn Festival to buy moon cakes for my relatives and friends." "The snacks in Lianxiang Restaurant are all handmade. It's very pleasant to sit in the antique arcade and taste 'two pieces in one cup'." Customers who came to Lianxiang Building to buy Chinese pastries and taste Cantonese morning tea snacks told reporters. (Lianxiang House, the "Hundred Year Cake House") In 133 years, Lianxiang House, which continued the original taste of lotus, was honored as "the first house of lotus", because today's "lotus moon cake", which is essential for the Mid Autumn Festival table, was first created by Lianxiang House. At that time, there were many wealthy merchants living in Xiguan, Guangzhou. In order to attract customers, restaurants and restaurants competed for innovation. One day, Chen Weiqing, an old cake maker in Lianxiang Building, was drinking lotus seed syrup. He had an idea and tried to make cake filling with lotus seeds. He washed the lotus seeds and removed their hearts. He put them in a copper pot and boiled them continuously. Then he added sugar and peanut oil. This was the first attempt to make lotus paste stuffing. Unfortunately, lotus paste made in this way has a bitter taste and a poor flavor. After repeated tests, Master Chen has developed a new process to remove the lotus seed peel with water, which makes lotus paste retain the fragrance of lotus seed and remove the bitter taste of lotus seed peel. It is golden in color, smooth in texture and rich in lotus fragrance. As soon as the lotus paste pastry with unique flavor was introduced, it was widely praised and sought after by diners. Gradually, the lotus paste food in Lotus Fragrance House entered thousands of households, and Lotus Fragrance House also won the reputation of "the first lotus paste". According to the memory of the old baker, there is a saying in the cake industry in Guangdong and Hong Kong: "Only with Lotus Fragrance Pavilion and Lotus Seed, can lotus seed moon cakes be created". (Lotus Moon Cake in Lianxiang Building) He Jiaying is the daughter of He Yihong, the chairman of Guangzhou Lianxiang Building Co., Ltd. Influenced by her father, she started her research from the University of Southern California (US
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