Blog Tag - Street Snacks

Street Eats: Popular Wheat Cakes Screams for Sugar at Nanluoguxiang
Sometimes, we think that people in Beijing just like to queue. We submit HeyTea, “dirty buns,” once popular cheesy toast, and crowd-drawing pig...
Street Eats: Cheap and Refreshing Zhajiang Noodles at Sanlitun Soho
After the opening of China World Mall and the Topwin Center, it may feel like Sanlitun Soho has lost its appeal as a foodie haven. And yet, this oft-...
Street Eats: Tasty Date Cake is Back on Trend Again
Street food fads never last long. One minute, matcha-infused desserts are all the rage; then before long, they've given way to the cheese tea craze....
Street Eats: Newest and Hearty Best Wish Niangpi from Lanzhou
The stalls are shut down and diners are wandering around the basement of Topwin Center, even in the lull following the post-Spring Festival mayhem....
Street Eats: Hong Kong-Style Tong Sui at the Sesame
Cantonese cuisine is especially comforting in the winter – imagine, what could be more satisfying than trays of steaming dim sum followed by bowls of...
2017 Year in Review: The 5 Best Beijing Street Eats
Beijing's rampant redevelopment has left the city with fewer and fewer affordable streetside snack restaurants and your favorite local noodle or...
Street Eats: Rose, Rose I Love You, So As Rose Cakes
Chinese patrons are by no means strangers to rose cakes ( 鲜花饼  xiānhuā bǐng), frequently bringing these sweet pastries back home for friends and...
Street Eats: Boost Your Mood with Sugary Cream Puffs at Chex Choux
When the wind outside is howling and your little room is freezing, getting out of your warm bed is the first and perhaps most formidable challenge of...
Time-Honored Yangyuxing Hunan Noodle Shop Serves Spicy Noodles and Stinky Tofu to Warm You Up
When you think about Hunan cuisine, what comes to mind? Hongshaorou, spicy fish head, and stinky tofu. As a time-honored Chinese brand, Yangyuxing...
Street Eats: Hearty Cantonese Beef Brisket Noodles Near Chaoyang Hospital
Many foodies dream of living a food editor’s life, being paid to indulge in five-star hotel buffets, fine dining restaurants, fancy cocktail bars,...
Street Eats: Cheap, Healthy, Korean-Style Sushi Rolls at Xiaoxian, Topwin Center
Thinking of sushi, you might feel the pressure to cut off an arm and a leg to afford a meal at a flashy, well-decorated, and elegant Japanese...
Street Eats: Skip the Lines at the New HeyTea in Sanlitun, Try These Other Cheese Teas
Confession: we, the Beijinger editorial staff, are obsessed with milk tea. And who wouldn't be? When in need of an afternoon pick-me-up, after a...
Street Eats: Pian’erchuan Noodle Soup and Hearty Shumai from Hangzhou
If you’ve ever been to the notoriously beautiful city of Hangzhou in Zhejiang province, you may have tried their famous noodle soup pian’erchuan (片儿川...
R Street Eats: RMB 25 Pan-Fried Baozi and Duck Blood and Vermicelli Soup to Arouse Your Appetite in Steaming Summertime
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...
Street Eats: Halal Baoduhuang Serves Traditional Boiled Tripe For 31 Years
The longer you stay in Beijing, the more you may start to think that traditional local snacks predominantly fall into two categories: flour-based,...