Guoxing Potato Pork Knuckle Introduction
"Guoxing Potato Pork Knuckle" was founded by Wu Xiuzhu, who helped at her sister-in-law Li Xiufen's "National Treasure Potato Pork Knuckle" shop. After more than 10 years, she opened "Guoxing Potato Pork Knuckle" at the bridgehead north of Guoxing Bridge. In 2009, due to the landlord reclaiming the land, the restaurant moved to the opposite side and started afresh. In 2015, it relocated again to its current site for the same reason. The ingredients for "Guoxing Potato Pork Knuckle" are: potatoes, flowering beans, and pork knuckles. The preparation method involves boiling the pork knuckles first to sterilize and remove blood, then washing them with clean water for later use. The potatoes are soaked for 8 hours, then taken out for use. The pork knuckles, potatoes, and flowering beans are cooked together for 1 hour and then simmered for another half hour, after which they are taken out, leaving the broth. When customers order, an appropriate amount of prepared pork knuckles, potatoes, and flowering beans are added to the broth to boil, then served in a bowl with cilantro sprinkled on top. "Guoxing Potato Pork Knuckle" is now run by the second generation, with daughter Chen Yiting and son-in-law Zheng Jinfeng taking over the management in 2014.
