Published: February 7th 2012February 7th 2012
We were on our way to the summer palace in Haidian district when we saw this collection of street vendors. I thought this man was amazing, he was carting around what looked like a massive dense steaming sponge cake decorated with sultanas and dates. I was so wrong, after forking out 15 rmb for a slice (crazy but I was too hungry at the time to think rationally) I found it wasn’t even sweet - in fact there was so little sugar in it, it tasted almost savoury. It was just a warm gooey slice of red bean flavoured gunk. A pretty unsatisfactory breakfast!
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I have generally found that when you tell someone about your plans to move to China the following conversation will contain at least one concerned comment about the cuisine. “Real Chinese food isn’t the same as a Chinese takeaway y’know!” (Well, yes, I should hope not if my local in London is anything to go by.) So as a result of all this unfounded fear, I decided I would write a blog about all our foody adventures in Hangzhou, from the local street food to swanky restaurant meals, enjoy!... full info
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