Ouyang Yingji's "Taste of Hong Kong" describes Gongli's genuine bamboo cane water as follows: the only remaining cane juice shop in Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories is relatively complete, and the freshly squeezed cane juice has to be bought and drunk every day, which is completely different from the version of cane juice squeezed in a hot water bucket in the market.
How good can a glass of cane juice be?
In 1948, a landowner surnamed Lam in Yuen Long who owned sugarcane farmland founded Gongli and passed it down to the third generation. Located on the ground floor of a 100-year-old tenement building, Gongli Genuine Bamboo Cane Water is now uninhabited, but it still retains round stone pillars, doors and small terraces. The extremely rare ultra-high floors, the old clock on the wall, the bamboo cane cultivation method posted, the watercolor paintings of hanging pictures and advertisements, the bursts of bamboo cane incense, and the out-of-print antique juicer are all decades old. The shop still has the words "A Brief Introduction to the Experience of Sugarcane Planting and the Process of Studying Cane Boiling Water" and "Bamboo Cane Cultivation and Identification Method".
The so-called real bamboo cane water does not need to add any sugar or preservatives, and it can make people sweet from the throat. Each time the juice is extracted, the cane skin is peeled, then the bamboo cane is steamed, and then the machine is repeatedly squeezed to complete the whole juice extraction process. Boil bamboo cane, grass roots, tangerine peel and dates together for a refreshing and refreshing taste. The shop also makes a rare cane juice cake on the market, which is made of cane juice and water chestnut flour, which is elastic and flexible, sweet and has a faint aroma of bamboo cane.
Gongli genuine bamboo cane water is the epitome of the development of Hong Kong herbal tea shops. In the 70s, when television was not yet popular, the trend of young people was to go to herbal tea shops to watch TV, which can be described as the heyday of herbal tea shops. With the change of the times, Gongli has also launched many new varieties, such as cooperating with breweries to launch cane beer, and also taking the initiative to contact takeaway software for promotion. The only thing that remains unchanged is the cup of sweet cane juice.
