China’s Street Food: Part 7

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...

China’s Street Food: Part 6

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...

China’s Street Food: Part 5

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...

China’s Street Food Part 4

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...

China’s Street Food: Part 2

Starches Yes, we all love our starches, even though they don’t always help our figures! Luckily, I’m old enough to not care too much about my figure, so I jump in and enjoy the starches often. “How do you get starches from a street vendor?” you may ask. That’s easy....