Popcorn and Waffles
On a recent trip to China and for the first time in fourteen years, I saw a street vendor that sold chocolate popcorn. I’ve seen popcorn vendors before, but none that sold chocolate popcorn.
A Chinese vendor prepares chocolate popcorn and waffle cakes at the bus stop.
On this cold morning, the wise vendor set up his mobile stand only feet away from a busy bus and taxi stop. The popcorn smelled wonderful! As a result, the man stayed very busy as he prepared the treat and sold it.
The work area for the chocolate popcorn vendor with a large pot of chocolate topping.
The vendor was gracious to allow me to take pictures; something not everyone will do.
A food vendor stand in China with chocolate popcorn and waffle cakes for sale
He also sold another food item, which I can only describe as a huge waffle. The man would pour the batter into a heavy iron mold with depressions that were much deeper than I had ever seen on any other waffle iron.
A street food vendor fills the waffle cake iron with batter in China.
Perfectly browned waffle cake on street food vendor cart.
The waffles were cooked to a perfect golden brown every time serving up an aroma that was both tempting and comforting. I would have tipped my hat to this hard-working guy, but the weather was much too cold to take my hat off!
To learn more, check out my book, Lessons from China: A Westerner’s Cultural Education.
It’s Launch Week for Lessons from China
Once again, and thanks to all of you, for a period of time yesterday, Lessons from China: A Westerner’s Cultural Education made it up the Amazon.com rankings to #5 in travel related books on Asia and China. My heartfelt thanks goes out to all of you because you are making the publication of this book an enjoyable success from day one. Lessons is already making its way into Europe and Singapore!
Also, Lessons from China is available as an e-book on Amazon’s Kindle and Barnes & Noble’s Nook!
Lessons from China: A Westerner’s Cultural Education is available on Amazon.com, Smile.Amazon.com (to donate a portion of the sale to Global Partners in Life), bn.com, and in Barnes and Noble stores and a variety of other bookstores and online booksellers.
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More great news is still to come, so stay tuned.
Beau
