烟台焖子

Yantai Menzi

一口大锅,一只炉子,一把铲子,一排搪瓷杯子,一摞小碟子,一把小铁丝叉子,几张小桌凳子,还有几缕缭绕在锅上的蒸汽,这就是上世纪90年代与烟台焖子的第一次相遇。儿子的眼睛定在了那里,我不觉心里一喜,平素对食物不感兴趣的小家伙让我伤透了脑筋。我俯下身轻声地问:要不要尝一下?小家伙点点头。我快步拉他上前。

A cauldron,a stove,a spade,a row of enamelled cups,a pile of small plates,a small iron-wire forks and several small tables and stools enshrouded in the steam over the cauldron constituted the scene for my first encounter with Yantai Menzi in 1990s.