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jimu news reporter tang jiayan

a noodle shop in datong, shanxi, which was closed for rectification due to being reported for "yin-yang pricing", reopened on august 31 after changing its name. on september 1, jimu news reporters noticed that many tourists and local citizens went there to consume in order to support the shop. some customers said that they found that the noodle shop had clearly marked the actual price, 7 yuan per small bowl.

according to a previous report by jimu news, on august 25, a blogger posted a video saying that he and his friends ordered three small bowls of sliced ​​noodles with eggs at a noodle restaurant in datong, and the store charged him 33 yuan, 11 yuan per bowl. but during the meal, they found that other customers paid lower prices, 7 yuan for a small bowl of sliced ​​noodles with eggs, and 6 yuan for a small bowl of sliced ​​noodles without eggs.

after the blogger complained, on august 27, the market supervision and administration bureau of yungang district, datong city, issued a notice stating that the noodle shop involved was hongwei noodle shop, no. 9, next to the parking lot of block a of jinhua palace employee apartments. after investigation, the "yin-yang pricing" behavior reported by tourists was true. the bureau immediately ordered the noodle shop to suspend business for rectification and filed a case against it in accordance with the law.

this incident caused a great response, and many netizens spoke out for the noodle shop, saying that 11 yuan per bowl of knife-cut noodles with egg was not expensive. some local residents in datong also said that this shop mainly served the workers of jinhuagong mine and taxi drivers, and the preferential price of 6 yuan per bowl was to take care of the miners and taxi drivers, but did not provide such a discount to tourists from other places.

on august 31, the owner of hongwei noodle house released a video saying: "the original hongwei noodle house has now been renamed chechang noodle house, and welcomes friends from all over the country."

on september 1, tourist ms. guo told jimu news that she and her husband and a group of four people went from shuozhou, shanxi to yungang grottoes in datong. when they drove to the noodle shop at around 12 noon on the 1st, they found that there was a constant stream of customers coming to eat, many of whom were from other places, as well as local citizens. the shop is not big, and the noodle shop is run by a couple who look to be around 50 years old. "they are both very honest people."

the video shot by ms. guo shows that the prices are marked on the wall of the noodle shop, with a small bowl of noodles costing 7 yuan, a large bowl of noodles costing 8 yuan, and eggs/ham/tofu/tofu skin/dried tofu all costing 1 yuan. ms. guo and her group ordered four small bowls of noodles, each with an egg, a piece of dried tofu, and a ham sausage, costing 10 yuan. in the end, the owner charged them 4 yuan less, only 36 yuan for four bowls of noodles. "locals and outsiders are charged the same price. there were so many customers at the time that we ran out of noodles later." ms. guo believes that a bowl of noodles for less than 10 yuan is already quite a bargain.

price list of the reopened station noodle shop (photo provided by the interviewee)

many datong locals also went to eat noodles and posted videos to clarify for the boss. mr. zhang, a datong citizen, said that after hearing that the store had reopened on august 31, he went there with his friends to eat noodles, but the noodle shop was not open at noon that day, so he ate noodles at the store next door. he learned from the owner of the noodle shop next door that the noodle shop was near the living area of ​​the jinhua palace coal mine workers, and many miners usually came here to eat noodles. because there were few miners eating at noon, most of the surrounding noodle shops were open in the morning and afternoon and closed at noon.

at 5 p.m. on september 1, the owner of a noodle restaurant next to the chechang restaurant told jimu news that both their noodle restaurant and the chechang restaurant are now operating as normal.

after four days of suspension, hongwei noodle house changed its name to chechang noodle house and reopened. does this mean that the rectification is over? jimu news called the datong municipal market supervision bureau, and the staff said that the punishment of the noodle house would be reported to the yungang district news center, and he was not clear about the specific punishment. jimu news contacted the yungang district government several times, but the call could not be connected as of press time.

(source: jimu news)