Breads and Pastries There are so many different shapes, sizes, and choices of breads in China that it is sometimes difficult to decide which to choose. One of my favorite breads, Indo Bing, has fruit baked in the bread. Bread stuffed with meat is delicious and...
Soup’s On Here is a universal truth: When it’s cold outside, nothing warms you up like a bowl of hot soup! A street vendor sells hot soup on a neighborhood sidewalk. In China, you can find many delicious types of soups—yes, even from the...
Sweet Potatoes—Eat It Like A Banana! It is often said that Chinese have a healthier diet than Americans, and I strongly agree. My friends in China eat less meat than we do, they rarely eat desserts, and they eat more vegetables. One healthy food you can...
Chuan (Kabob or Meat on a Stick) Probably, my favorite of the common street foods is something similar to a kabob called a chuan. The N is pronounced like an R, so it sounds more like chwar. It’s very common to see the street vendors selling chuan, or meat on a...
Pancake, A Staple One of my favorite foods―OK, you will hear me say that often about Chinese food― and one of the most versatile in China is called a pancake, or jian bing. The jian bing is flat like the pancakes we westerners think of, but it’s much larger and...
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. On this cold morning, the wise vendor set up his...