China: A guide to street food

By Brian Johnston
October 25 2014 - 12:15am
Shanghai dumplings.
Shanghai dumplings.
Shanghai dumplings.
Shanghai dumplings.
Shanghai dumplings.
Shanghai dumplings.
Wangfujing Street in Beijing offers plenty of snacks.
Wangfujing Street in Beijing offers plenty of snacks.
Cake for sale in Xian's Muslim Quarter.
Cake for sale in Xian's Muslim Quarter.
Making noodles in a Beijing restuarant.
Making noodles in a Beijing restuarant.
Hot pot.
Hot pot.
A teahouse in Chengdu.
A teahouse in Chengdu.
Shanghai dumplings.
Shanghai dumplings.
Shanghai dumplings.
Shanghai dumplings.

For all China's nouveau-riche dining excesses, you can't do better than street snacks or "little eats", as locals call them. It's the comfort food your grandmother would cook if she were Chinese: chilli-studded noodles, steamed dumplings, roast pork buns sticky with caramel sauce, baked sweet potatoes that warm your hands.

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