One of the three unique snacks in Tianjin is the 18th Street Twist.

Guifaxiang 18th Street Mahuayin Store was once located at 18th Street, Dagu South Road, and people used to call it 18th Street Mahuayin Store. After the 18th Street was rebuilt, Guifaxiang Dagu South Road Store was built 2 meters away from the original site.

each Guifaxiang twist center is sandwiched with a mixed stuffing crisp bar made of sesame, peach kernel, melon seed kernel, green plum, osmanthus fragrans, green shredded pork and essence water. After the twist is shaped, put it in a peanut oil pan and fry it thoroughly on a low fire, then clip in rock sugar blocks and sprinkle with small materials such as green red silk and melon strips.

Guifaxiang 18th Street Twist was recognized as "Chinese Famous Snacks" at the first national famous snack recognition meeting, and was named as "China Time-honored Brand" by the Ministry of Internal Trade of China in 1996. It was awarded the National Excellent Jinding Award and the gold medal in the Asia-Pacific Expo, and was recognized as a well-known trademark in China, a famous brand product in Tianjin and a famous trademark in Tianjin.

Historical allusions

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, on the west side of the Haihe River in Tianjinwei, at the southern end of the bustling Xiaobailou, there was an alley named "18th Street", where a man named Liu Laoba opened a small twist shop with the name "Gui Faxiang". This man has a unique skill in frying dough twists. The fried dough twists are real materials, using fine white flour and fine clear oil. His shop is always full of customers.

Later, his business grew and he opened a store. At first, it was full of guests, but as time went on, people felt that Twist was a little tired and bored, and the business was not as good as before. Later, there was a shopkeeper in the shop who went out to play once. When he got home, he was tired and hungry and asked for snacks. It happened that the snacks were gone, only some snacks were left.

There was nothing else to eat, so the shopkeeper had a brainwave and asked people to mix the dim sum residue with the twisted dough to make twisted dough and fry it in the pan. As a result, the fried twist is different from the previous one, except that it is crisp and fragrant, and it tastes delicious.

according to this method, Liu laoba studied that the assorted crisp stuffing was sandwiched between the white strips and hemp strips of the twist. Osmanthus fragrans, Fujian ginger, walnut kernels, peanuts, sesame seeds, green red silk and rock sugar.

In order to make our own twist unique and enhance the taste, the storage time is prolonged, and the materials are more and more refined, such as fine salted osmanthus processed from osmanthus fragrans in Hangzhou West Lake, crystal sugar made from sugarcane planted in Lingfu, refined wheat flour and so on.

Today's signboard of "Gui Faxiang" was inscribed by Zhao Banzhi, a famous calligrapher. In the end, the mixed stuffing big twist was formed, and the "Guifaxiang" twist became one of the "Tianjin Three Musts".