street food

Chatang – A Meal in a Cup

March 17, 2010

in China, Food, WanderFood Wednesday

WanderFood Wednesday #1 Today, instead of my usual Wordless Wednesday posting, (which usually ends up being quite wordy), I’m joining in on WanderFood Wednesday. Find out more about WanderFood Wednesdays here. For my first WanderFood post, I’d like to talk write about one of my favorite cold-weather snacks available here in China: Chatang. I refer [...]

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Kao Di Gua

December 12, 2007

in China, Food, Linyi, Wordless Wednesday

Baked sweet potato vendor Linyi, China More Wordless Wednesday here.

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More Street Food – Our Neighborhood

February 12, 2007

in Daily Life, Food, Linyi

As you know, I love the street food and our neighborhood is full of vendors selling cooked food as well as fresh fruits, vegetables and all kinds of things. The street market scene really comes alive in the early evenings, when everyone returns from work. The other day, however, we ventured out for some lunch [...]

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Street Food and More

February 1, 2007

in Daily Life, Food, Linyi

So what has been going on during the “lost month”? To be honest, not too much! We’ve been very busy at our office getting ready for our school’s certification by the Chinese Aviation Administration. This means hours and hours of proofreading the zillion documents required for the cert. They were all written in Chinese, translated [...]

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Phone Photos – Chinese Breakfast Taco

November 2, 2006

in Daily Life, Food, Shijiazhuang

Yes! I finally managed to get the photos off of my phone and onto my laptop! One of my favorite cheap eats in China was the infamous Chinese Breakfast Taco. They are cheap (1 kuai or an 1/8th of a $), tasty, hot and available everywhere. (They are even better at 3AM, but that is [...]

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Xin Cheng Pu

April 15, 2006

in Daily Life, Shijiazhuang

Xin Cheng Pu is “The Village” and the DH and I went there today for a quick bite to eat. Yes, finally got the name! This is where we ate: This lady, and millions more like her all across China, makes large, thin crepes, smothered in beaten egg and hot sauce, topped with green onions [...]

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Morning in the City

March 4, 2006

in Daily Life, Shijiazhuang

What a beautiful day! The sun is shining, it is warm enough to wear a light jacket and it seems that spring is just around the corner. We took the early bus into the city today to do a little shopping and get out of the house, err, hotel. The early bus comes at 8AM, [...]

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