In the second year of next year (1400), Judy, the governor of Beijing, crossed the Grand Canal to the south here in order to compete with his nephew for the throne. Later, Judy became Emperor Yongle. To commemorate the "Battle of Jingnan", on November 21st, the second year of Yongle, the place was renamed Tianjin on February 23rd, 1404. It is said that at the end of the Qing Dynasty, there was an alley called 18th Street on the west side of Tianjinwei Haihe River and at the southern end of the bustling Xiaobailou. A man named Liu Laoba opened a small shop with the name of "Gui Faxiang" in this alley. This man is very smart and capable, and can be said to be a unique skill in frying twist. The twisted dough he fried is real, using refined white flour and refined oil. Every day, the smell of the twist can spread all over the alley, and people flock to his shop to buy it, so his shop is always full of customers. Later, his business grew bigger and bigger and he opened a shop. At first, they were all guests, but as time went on, people felt a little tired and annoyed, and business was not as good as before. The old man is not reconciled. Later, a shopkeeper in the shop went out to play once. When he got home, he was tired and hungry and asked for snacks. It happened that all the snacks were gone, only some snacks were left. There was nothing else to eat, so the little shopkeeper had a brainwave and asked someone to mix the dim sum residue with the twist and fry it in a pot. As a result, the fried twist is different from the previous one, except that it is crispy and delicious. According to this method, Liu Laoba devoted himself to research and put assorted crispy stuffing between the white strips and hemp strips of twist. As for the ingredients, I have spent a lot of thought, such as osmanthus, Fujian ginger, walnut kernel, peanuts, sesame seeds ... and green and red silk and rock sugar. In order to make your own twist different and improve the taste, the storage time is prolonged and the materials are more and more refined. For example, refined salt osmanthus, refined wheat flour and so on. It is made of osmanthus fragrans from West Lake in Hangzhou. It is not only stored for a long time, but also crispy and delicious.

In this way, after repeated careful research, Liu Laoba finally created a golden, shiny, fragrant and sweet, long-lasting mixed brewed big twist. Since then, "Guifaxiang" Twist has become famous in the city, and it has become the first of the "three wonders" of Tianjin Wei's famous food. Guifaxiang's 18th Street Twist has thus created a century-old brand and become Tianjin people's favorite food.