With regard to Yangzhou dumpling noodle, Yangzhou local people call wonton as dumpling, so it is actually the soup noodle with wonton. As for the best and most popular dumpling noodle in Yangzhou, it must be the time-honored brand Gonghechun.
In Yangzhou, generally it is believed that dumpling noodle was initiated by the time-honored brand Gonghechun Dumpling Noodle Restaurant which is an old one opened in 1933 and also the time-honored brand that is not inferior to Fuchun, Yechun in view of Yangzhou people. In fact, being called as “three chun” together, unlike the two tea houses Fuchun and Yechun which mainly operate various Weiyang small snacks, Gonghechun mainly operates snacks as dumpling noodle and fried dumpling, which tend to be fast food and are close to civilians.
For eating soup noodle, firstly it’s natural to taste the soup. What’s most unique for shrimp roe dumpling noodle is the soup with shrimp roe. When Wang Xuecheng opened the restaurant, he fixed three rules of which one was the particular attention to shrimp roe, he sent members to Gaoyou for purchasing lake shrimp roe specially, which was dried in the sun after cleaning and used when cooking noodles. It can be expected that owing to the restriction in cost and positioning for present Gonghechun, also ready-made shrimp roe or shrimp roe soy sauce is available in market, so it may not be so strict as in the beginning for material selection, causing the delicate flavor of the shrimp roe in the noodle soup is not so strong.
