Subsidy is a concept used to refer to an economic period of our country after the war from early 1976 to late 1986, before the Doi Moi period. It is an economic method of goods distributed according to coupons managed by the State, restricting people's freedom to buy and sell on the market or transport goods from one locality to another.
Why Subsidized Rice?
It is a deep memory that shows the hardship and deprivation in economic life that people in their 60s and older have experienced. As someone who has experienced that difficult time, the owner of the restaurant, Mr. Nguyen Nhu Quynh, came up with the idea and started to open a restaurant in the style of the subsidy period and gave the restaurant a unique name: "Subsidy Rice".
Quang Binh Subsidized Rice - Jointly-owned subsidized food store
The restaurant is located in the center of Dong Hoi city on Nguyen Son street.
The front of the restaurant is a simple thatched house with an old signboard, sketchy handwriting, and on the wall are a few Thong Nhat brand bicycles with their registration plates and peeling paint from the war against America. All of this is hidden under a bamboo bush with fallen leaves rustling like nostalgia, making older customers feel moved just by stepping in.
A pot of rice mixed with cassava, a bowl of pickled eggplant… full of memories
The interior of the shop is a design that is faithful to that “style”. The old tables and chairs for customers, the simple wooden sofas typical of a time of poverty, the peeling paint of Rang Dong thermoses and the black teapots of Quang Binh ceramics from the post-war years are next to the transistor radios that were once the dream of many people like a very skillful arrangement…
Especially on the bamboo walls, the owner hung famous slogans of the time such as: "Each person works as hard as two for the beloved South", "Nothing is more precious than Independence and Freedom" with strict rules "No cutting in line, priority given to disabled veterans"...
It is truly an interior architectural space with a strong subsidy color that makes our ancestors moved just by seeing it.
The service style of the restaurant staff also has a strong “classical color”. From the familiar “ba ba” clothes to the way the girls tie their hair, just by looking at them, you can see that they are very Quang Binh, simple and plain like country girls.
They spoke to guests gently and thoughtfully, showing a very friendly concern.
Older guests are pensive and nostalgic about a difficult past.
"Wake up" a whole sky of memories
The most important and core thing of the Subsidy restaurant is the menu and the detailed dishes. They are all familiar dishes of the common people such as steamed rice with cassava, steamed rice with sweet potatoes, stir-fried squash shoots, boiled sweet potato leaves, jute soup with field crab, boiled meat with eggplant and shrimp paste, braised tofu with pork fat, braised fish with pepper, braised in a pot, braised in a clay pot; and pickled onions, a plate of pickled cabbage with a rich flavor of the homeland served on small trays instead of trays with simple bamboo chopsticks.
It can be said that each dish and each meal served here awakens a whole world of memories for the diners. Therefore, there are elderly guests who eat and think about the time they lived. The steamed rice with cassava and sweet potatoes is a whole story of their lives.
After a delicious meal with a strong hometown flavor, diners can drink hot and fragrant tea leaves, which adds a perfect touch to the resurrected memories of the past. Therefore, Subsidized Rice is also called Memory Rice or Nostalgic Rice by many people among the elderly.
The subsidized rice restaurant is always crowded.
For young people, the Com Bao Cap restaurant is a unique check-in spot. They take each other there to eat and enjoy taking pictures with very strange views that when posted on social networks make many friends crave.
Therefore, many cross-country tourist groups, veteran groups, and youth volunteers from all over the country when coming to Quang Binh have come to the Subsidized Rice restaurant to eat and reminisce.
For the Subsidized Rice restaurant in Quang Binh, business is not only about profit but also an art containing many humanistic values. It is truly a memorable restaurant.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/quan-com-bao-cap-voi-nhung-mon-don-so-nhat-goi-lai-ca-troi-ki-niem-thuong-nho-185250204094431216.htm
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