Blog Tag - Street Food

Stop Starch Shaming, Embrace These Savory Chinese Pastry For Your Next Brunch
Gym freak or not, you've probably heard that starch can raise your blood sugar and even contribute to those extra kilograms. Indeed, a diet packed...
Get a Taste of Indian Street Food with Daastan's New Pop-up Menu
Sanlitun SOHO-based Indian restaurant Dastaan is bringing the colorful street foods of India right to your door with their latest menu offerings....
Government's Push to Enliven Beijing's Streetside Economy Shot Down by Local Authorities
Well, that was shortlived. Following Premier Li Keqiang's endorsement of China's 'vendor economy' at the end of last month's Two Sessions as a means...
Street Food Comeback: Beijing Makes Moves to Reinvigorate Its Roadside Vendors
Is Beijing on the verge of a street food renaissance? It appears so, food lovers. Although there has not been an official announcement, Beijng is...
Great Leap Brewing Get Back to Basics With Their New Jianbing Brunches
Before digging into Great Leap's new brunch offerings, available 11am-6pm on weekends at their Lido branch, one thought quietly crosses my mind: do...
Street Eats: Dumplings and Noodles, A Spicy Taste of Chengdu at Dengji Laomian
As Sanlitun Soho gradually becomes a food haven, save yourself the headache of choosing between all those lunch options, and just plump down for...
Try the Shaomai, Not the “Choke Surface” Noodles at Sansheng Shide
When the clock hits 12, and your stomach is already growling, there are few better ways to ease those hunger pains than a tray of hot and hearty...
Street Eats: Traditional Beijing Muslim Sweets at Laohuihui, Zuojiazhuang
Beijing's street food scene has no shortage of international options, be it cream puffs, cheesy toast, fried chicken, or shawarma. And while it's...
You Want Youtiao With That? McDonald's Tackles the Street Food Favorite
After last year's crackdown on Beijing's streetside businesses and low maintenance vendors, one of the biggest casualties has been simple, affordable...
Every Stall You Should Eat From in Zhongguancun's Sprawling Shibaojie Food Market
Shibao Jie (食宝街), a popular indoor street food market located in Beijing's Zhongguancun area, is bustling with over 90 vendors that attract a...
Nuts for Coconut: Two New Trendy Ways to Cool Down in Beijing
If you're a conscientious eater then you've surely noticed how trendy coconut has become as of late. We're already guzzling coconut water, coconut...
Try Those Delicious Food at Cheniandian Hutong before It’s Gone
Call us writers with a hutong complex, but when we heard rumors that beloved Cheniandian Hutong was soon to meet the fate of many similar Beijing...
Street Eats: Hearty Bibimbap near Chaoyang Hospital
You can’t possibly go wrong with bibimbap. The Korean self-contained meal usually consists of some variation of rice and vegetables with a gooey soft...
Throwback Thursday: When We Investigated Why Beijingers Are Mad-Tou for Mantou
Throwback Thursday takes a look back into Beijing's past, using our nine-year-strong blog archives as the source for a glance at the weird and...
Mandarin Monday: When a Chuanr is Chuan'r is a Chuan'er, How to Correctly Transliterate Beijing's Favorite Street Snack
Everybody eats it, and nobody seems to know how to spell it: The ubiquitous and delicious bits of lamb or other animal bits pressed on a stick and...