Yangzhou Fried Rice: Recipe, Taste and Who It’s For
The First Thing You Notice About Real Yangzhou Fried Rice Order Yangzhou fried rice in the city it is named after and the bowl that arrives will surprise anyone raised…
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Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles (Guoqiao Mixian): Recipe, Taste and Who It’s For
The Bowl That Arrives Boiling and Cooks Its Own Lunch The first thing you notice is not the noodle. It is the silence of the steam. A waiter sets down…
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Luosifen Snail Noodles: Recipe, Taste and Who It’s For
The Smell That Sends People Running — and the Bowl That Wins Them Back Hand someone a steaming bowl of luosifen for the first time and the reaction is rarely…
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HeyTea (Xi Cha): China’s Milk Tea Chain and What to Order
At three in the afternoon on a Saturday, the HeyTea counter on the ground floor of a Shenzhen mall is doing what it always does: a screen of order numbers…
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Scallion Oil Noodles (Cong You Ban Mian): Recipe, Taste and Who It’s For
In a narrow Shanghai kitchen, the scallions go into cold oil, not hot. That is the first thing anyone who grew up in the city will tell you, and it…
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Zhajiangmian (Beijing Fried Sauce Noodles): Recipe, Taste and Who It’s For
The bowl arrives deconstructed: a mound of pale noodles, one dark glossy spoonful of sauce sitting on top, and a fan of raw and blanched vegetables arranged around the rim….
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Wuhan Hot Dry Noodles (Re Gan Mian): Recipe, Taste and Who It’s For
You have about thirty seconds after the sesame paste lands on the noodles before the whole bowl seizes up. That is not a flaw of Wuhan hot dry noodles —…
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Knife-cut Noodles (Dao Xiao Mian): Recipe, Taste and Who It’s For
In Taiyuan the cook doesn’t measure anything. He holds a loaf of dough the size of a rugby ball against a wooden board, lifts a thin curved blade, and begins…
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Ice Jelly and Bingfen Guide: China’s Herbal Dessert Bowls Explained
When the summer heat presses down on a Sichuan street, locals do not reach for ice cream. They sit on a low stool at a roadside stall and order a…
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Yunnan Floral Cake Guide: The Rose Pastry of Dali and Kunming
If you have ever wandered a bakery in southwest China and caught the scent of fresh roses drifting from a flaky pastry, you have met the star of this guide….
