This week features a collab with our guide Paul (aka 保保熊 @bao_bao_xiong_ ). Qinghai (青海) is the largest province in China (excluding autonomous regions) but has the third smallest population. The cuisine is heavily influenced by the country’s high altitude and minority cultures, predominantly featuring lamb, milk, and yogurt. Paul tasted his way through the province and particularly loved the Qinghai milk tea (青海奶茶 Qīnghǎi nǎichá), a sweet style in which barley powder is mixed.
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Hangzhou’s Longjing (龙井) or Dragon Well tea was granted the statue “imperial tea” by the Kangxi emperor in the Qing Dynasty. Fresh shoots in March and April are the highest grade quality, and they are pan fired and hand rolled as seen here!
#chinesetea #dragonwell #dragonwelltea #longjingtea #hangzhoutea #untourfoodtours
This is “Dragon’s beard candy” or 龙须酥 (lóng xū sū). Similar to candy floss, the dessert is sweet and chewy with a melt-in-your-mouth texture. This vendor pops up occasionally on Yuyuan Road near Jiangsu Road (愚园路近江苏路) to make the traditional treat in the classic style by hand.
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One of our Shanghai guides is sharing mini vlogs about the little joys he finds living in China - featuring plenty of food, obviously! Check him out at @bao_bao_xiong_
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Spring produce is arriving in the markets! Come explore our neighborhoood wet market with us and see what’s in season...
#untourfoodtours #untourshanghai #shanghailife #wetmarket #wetmarkets #seasonaleating #seasonalfood #shanghaifoodtours #chinafoodtours #foodtours #travelchina #chinatravel #travelshanghai
The family that smokes meats together… erm… stays together… to eat them because they’re delicious!
#untourontheroad #untourfoodtours #chinesefood #yangshuo #yangshuofood #guangxi #smokedmeat #chinatravel
Another one from our trip to Yunnan! We were blown away by the variety of pickles on offer in Yunnan’s markets. From sweet pickled radishes to spicy pickled garlic, these pickle masters have all the flavors covered. Our favorite was simply called 酸甜苦辣 (suān tián kǔ là, sour, sweet, bitter, hot), which as the name suggests was a combination of all flavors.
#untourontheroad #untourfoodtours #chinesefood #yunnanfood #chinesepickles #chinesewetmarket #wetmarket #farmersmarket #yunnan #chinatravel
It's Winter Solstice or 冬至, the shortest day of the year for the Northern hemisphere. Traditionally in Northern China, we eat dumplings on this day. Although, let's be honest, we never need an excuse to eat dumplings... Thanks aunties for making enough to feed a small army!
#dumplings
Many people say Shandong-style jianbing is China's original jianbing. Here's a great place to try it in Beijing. #jianbing
It might not be food, but biking through Shanghai’s canopied streets can sure hit the spot.
#formerfrenchconcession
When Kublai Khan was first building his capital, Dadu, in Beijing almost 800 years ago, it still lacked many of the shops, markets and other facilities necessary for daily life. For that reason, residents beat a path south to the old Jin Dynasty capital, Zhongdu, to do their shopping. Over the centuries, that path has become Yángméizhú Xiéjiē 杨梅竹斜街, one of our favourite hutongs. Explore Beijing with us on China's tastiest food tours and discover the stories that have shaped the cuisine.
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#untourfoodtours #untourbeijing #chinesefood #beijingfood #beijingeats #hutonglife #beijinglife #visitbeijing #chinatravel #hutongs #beijinghutong
Looking to do your own version of Hot Ones? These Jiangxi rice noodles are so fiery they're known as "perverted spice" (特色变态辣拌粉 tese biantai la banfen). Hot tip: order minimum two cans of coconut milk to go with it. Good luck!
Qi Yue Fen. 2F, 458 Jiangsu Rd, near Xuanhua Rd. 柒月粉. 江苏路458号近宣化路.
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#untourfoodtours #untourshanghai #chinesefood #spicyfood #spicy #chinesenoodles #noodles #spicynoodles #noodsnoodsnoods #spicynoods #jiangxifood #ricenoodles
To feed a horde of hungry communters with delcious Qiāng bǐng 羌饼, you need A LOT of dough.
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We headed over to Hangzhou last month to sample some tea, and popped into our local wet market to see what was in season. Check out the local honey (harvested from the hives by the tea fields!) at the end.
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#untourfoodtours #untourhangzhou #chinafoodtours #hangzhou #hangzhoueats #wetmarket #wetmarkets #chinesewetmarket #eatlikealocal
A delicious, leavened, and fried scallion pancake, qiang bing (羌饼) could either refer to the Qiang minority (羌族) or simply a miswrite of 炝 (also “qiang”), referring to the way it’s cooked (fried quickly in hot oil). Oh, homonyms!
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And just like that, a jianbing (煎饼) is born!
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Mooncakes are the big draw for Daoxiangcun, Beijing’s oldest cake shop, but we skipped the queue for pastries and went straight to the counter to get Beijing’s best new dessert (IMHO): Erbajiang soft serve ice cream (二八酱冰淇淋).
Made with two parts peanut butter and eight parts sesame paste, erba jiang is the traditional basis for Beijing’s distinctive hot pot dipping sauce. Turned into ice cream, the rich peanut and toasted sesame packs in so much flavor, and we particularlyed enjoy the sprinkling of crushed peanut and sesame seeds on top that brings a slight crunch to each mouthful.
To try it yourself, visit Daoxiangcun’s Number 0 store (稻香村零号店). If there is a queue, only join it if you’d also like to buy pastries and cakes. Otherwise, head straight to the counter and ask for èrbā jiàng bīngqílín (二八酱冰淇淋).
152 Dongsi Bei Dajie 东四北大街152号, 140m north of Zhangzizhonglu Subway Station Exit B on Line 5. Open 8:30a.m. to 8:00p.m. Phone 64062806
Nothing we love more than sneaking into kitchens and finding the secret sauce!
The future is now.
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