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Beijing : Top 10 Beijing Street Foods

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1. Lu da gun’r

Literally “donkeys rolling in dirt”: sweet red-bean paste in a rice dough dusted with peanut powder.
2. Jian bing

Chinese crêpe. Often sold off the back of tricycles and a typical Beijing breakfast.
3. Shao bing

Hot bread roll filled with a fried egg and often sprinkled with aniseed for flavoring.
4. Tang chao lizi

Chestnuts, roasted in hot sand and served in a paper bag. A seasonal snack appearing in autumn.
5. Tang hu lu

A kabob of candied hawthorn berries.
6. Chuan’r

In any area with lots of bars and clubs you’ll find street vendors selling chuan’r (kabobs). They cost just a few yuan per skewer.
7. Can yong

Like a kabob but this version involves silk worms. The grubs are first boiled and skewered, and then grilled to order. They are supposedly high in protein.
8. Rou bing

Cooked bread filled with finely chopped and spiced pork. A variant is rou jiamo, which is a bun filled with diced lamb.
9. You tiao

Deep-fried dough sticks, often dipped in warm congee (a rice porridge).
10. Hong shu

A winter specialty, these are baked sweet potatoes, often heated in ovens made from oil drums.