Blog Tag - street eats
The Beijinger Burger Cup was held three months ago, but obviously, our passion for burgers never ends. And that passion is not limited to local “...
We've spent the summer scouring the city in search of desserts that can be eaten even in the most uncomfortable of summer temperatures. Sometimes,...
If you have read our previous street eats blogs, you may know how obsessed we are with shengjianbao (生煎包), or pan-fried baozi. As one of the most...
Maybe the recent run of successful Street Eats restaurants have misled us slightly, putting us in a world of delicious snacks and nutritious nibbles...
The longer you stay in Beijing, the more you may start to think that traditional local snacks predominantly fall into two categories: flour-based,...
A lot of people were completely blindsided by the closing of some of our favorite restaurants on Xingfucun, and without going down the ground zero to...
Early summer in Beijing is fabulous but can also be dry and dusty, leaving us in dire need of some soul-replenishing soup. The Vietnamese classic pho...
Street Eats: From Ganjiakou to Sanlitun Soho, Visit Lady Chai for Authentic Beijing Beef Noodle Soup
Originating in Ganjiakou in western Beijing, Ms. "Lady" Chai has been running a small beef noodle business for nearly 30 years, thus solidifying her...
We love baozi, and while we can’t afford high-end Din Tai Fung every day, that doesn’t mean that we can’t still stuff our delighted and podgy faces...
Since we were disappointed to find Daoxiangcun's cock-shaped pastry missing, we decided to head over to another popular Chinese pastry shop, Baoshifu...
Dear Readers,
Although this column is called Street Eats, please understand that during the windy winter we can’t always eat snacks literally on the...
Every spring, there seems to be a Dessert God of sorts raining something delicious onto us and saying "congratulations on surviving another long and...
We believe that it shouldn't be the end of world when your favorite Wuhan hot dry noodles (热干面, règānmiàn) Morning (at Chunxiu Lu) closes for Chinese...
Daoxiangcun (稻香村), the local lao Beijing brand known for snacks and cakes which was first established in 1895 announced on Weibo that for the coming...
You have to be determined not to like Cantonese food – the lovely dim sum, the refreshing sugary drinks, and the creamy desserts. As it’s been a...