Ah, the eternal quest for a kiwi in China to find …. cheese. I foraged far and wide, and finally, one evening, at my foraging limits, a place advertising itself with the words ‘CHEESE’! The fine print said it was ‘Cheese Time’ and a ‘Cheese Pub’. That’ll do me…. As a starter I got a… Continue reading Cheap Eats Nanjing 21 – Cheese Time
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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