陈人泽正在做“蚵仔煎”。 吕明 摄
从独自一人在福州打拼,到给摊铺招徕助手,再到如今有了三个连锁品牌摊铺,陈人泽的生意可谓红红火火。
“看夏天能不能把儿女们接过来,一家人在大陆团圆,一起打拼。”这是60岁的台湾美食业主陈人泽的兔年“新”愿。
陈人泽来自台中,在福州市台江区宁化路夜市经营着一家名为“陈家蚵仔煎”的摊铺。进入宁化路夜市,跟着人流走,在人潮最为涌动的摊位前,就能找到忙着做蚵仔煎的陈人泽。
陈人泽正在做“蚵仔煎”。 吕明 摄“价不高,味极鲜,老板很亲切”,加上许多当地网红博主的推荐,让“陈家蚵仔煎”在许多本地美食推荐榜单上名列前茅。往来的食客,也喜欢称陈人泽为“阿泽”。
陈人泽告诉记者,生意最好的时候在夏天,年龄横跨老中青的食客顶着夏夜余热慕“食”而来,只为尝尝他做的台湾小吃“蚵仔煎”,每日限售三百份。
陈人泽准备从住地出摊。 吕明 摄蚵仔煎是闽台传统小吃,“人气”在两地夜市居高不下。磕开鸡蛋,铺上海蛎,倒入地瓜粉浆,待表面煎到金黄,撒上豆芽青菜,再淋上咸甜的酱料,一份软嫩鲜甜的蚵仔煎就“大功告成”。
在陈人泽看来,蚵仔煎制作简单,风味极佳的关键,在于食材的新鲜和酱汁的地道。
为此,陈人泽的厨房里没有隔夜食材,鸡蛋、包菜、黄豆芽须赶早市购买,牡蛎则请人从海边送来。下午三点切完菜后,他将西红柿现榨成汁,将糖、盐、蒜、醋按比例搅匀,静置些时。
“这样做虽麻烦,但味道好!”陈人泽说,酱汁有“新鲜的酸味”,吃时“生津”,是正宗的台湾南部口味。
陈人泽正在清理餐车。 吕明 摄除夕,他给自己放了个假,用一顿火锅犒劳过去辛劳的一年,与远在台湾的家人视频连线聊家常。
陈人泽的父母在台湾逢甲夜市卖了六十几年的蚵仔煎,他也耳濡目染,传承了家中的好手艺。他说,自己一辈子就做了三件事,一是年少时在台湾开了10年车厂做汽车装配;二是2003年看到大陆的发展前景,跨海到义乌做贸易;三是2009年在大陆重拾蚵仔煎这一老本行。
“死小孩,家里很忙还不赶紧回来。”陈人泽向记者绘声绘色地模仿父母当年从电话传来的埋怨。但他还是选择留在大陆发展,“当然要留在这,见证它强起来。”
十几年来,陈人泽带着他的蚵仔煎,奔波于大陆大大小小的美食展做展销,也“跑透了”大陆的大好河山。
陈人泽正在制作“蚵仔煎”秘制酱汁。 吕明 摄“大陆的地理我知道,小时候教科书上都有写!”《三国演义》是陈人泽的启蒙读本,一有时间,他就跑去看看书中的城市,如赤壁、荆州、襄阳、南充等。到常山赵家庄时,他尤为兴奋,这是常胜将军赵子龙的故居,赵子龙是他最爱的三国人物。
奔走于天南海北,他感慨于大陆幅员辽阔,风味小吃数不胜数,每个地方有不同的文化特色与人文风情,“北方美食量大,南方菜精致小巧、味偏酸甜,西北面食堪称一绝”。他笑说:“如果到四川做蚵仔煎,得做成麻辣味才有人吃。”
陈人泽也感慨大陆基础设施建设特别是交通的进步,“现在,许多城市之间‘一日生活圈’形成了。十几年来,大陆人的生活是往上升的。”
三年前,陈人泽机缘巧合来到福州,看准当地夜市经济的发展前景,一头扎进福州夜市做连锁小吃,推广台湾蚵仔煎。
“东西煮出来是对客人的责任,味道失之毫厘,客人都吃得出来。”三年来,他根据当地人的口味以及客户的反馈,不断调整食材出搭配比例,这是他的摊铺受顾客青睐的原因。
今年,陈人泽想把蚵仔煎摊铺开到闽南,极具人流量的旅游胜地曾厝垵成为首选。他表示,希望能在与台湾人文风情相似的闽南,推广更丰富的台湾美食。
“陈家蚵仔煎”春节打烊,不少老顾客纷纷在微信上问陈人泽什么时候可以再吃到蚵仔煎。“尽快尽快,只要钓牡蛎的渔民开工,我就复工。”陈人泽乐呵呵答道。(完)
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