For naan bread encrusted with spices, and spicy tofu – there’s the Muslim Bahali Xinjiang Restaurant. This combination (see featured image) costs 23 RMB and comes with a full pot of tea (more if you want). It’s more than I can eat in one go – so it’s a doggie-bag to have the rest for… Continue reading Cheap Eats Nanjing 4 – Bahali Xinjiang Restaurant
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Cheap Eats Nanjing 3 – Steamed Dumplings
For a cheap, quick lunch, three of these steamed dumplings do me nicely. So far I just point to the display ones on the counter and ask for one of each. It gets me a meat one, a vege one and a bean paste one. The price – about 5 RMB. There’s quite a selection… Continue reading Cheap Eats Nanjing 3 – Steamed Dumplings
Cheap Eats Nanjing 2 – Biangbiang Noodles
I had to warm a little to this place – its signature dish, ‘Biangbiang Noodles’, means you are trying to eat (with chopsticks) something that is like an enormously elongated and slippery chink of lasagna. At first I found it impossible to haul the stuff up more than about an inch out of the bowl.… Continue reading Cheap Eats Nanjing 2 – Biangbiang Noodles
Cheap Eats Nanjing 1 – Korean Stone Pot
The first of a series showing where I eat in Nanjing. May be useful to other ex pats or travelers here. I go to this place about once a week for a stone-pot meal. I think the name of the place translates as ‘Stone Pot Place’. It’s on Sipailou, directly opposite the pedestrian crossing at… Continue reading Cheap Eats Nanjing 1 – Korean Stone Pot