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If you only had one day in Shanghai, what should you eat? Shanghai native and self-described foodie Wilson Mao takes us on a food crawl to try some of his favorite places. This is the ninth episode of our 13-part series on Chinese food called Eat China. In the next… Continue Reading Shanghai Food Tour: Best Soup Dumplings, Pan-Fried Buns, and River Shrimp Ceviche – Eat China (S1E9)

Chopped pepper chili sauce (or called duojiao) is from Hunan province in China. It’s the main ingredient for many world famous Chinese spicy dishes: duojiao steamed fish head, duojiao steamed rips. It’s perfect for steaming, but also stir fry or simply mixing it in your noodle soup or Chinese salad.… Continue Reading Chopped pepper chili sauce with garlics (duojiao) authentic Hunan recipe #1 湖南剁椒醬

The food of Shanghai and neighboring Jiangsu Province tends to be sweet. Dishes include sweet and sour fish, sweet soup dumplings, and red-braised duck made with rock sugar. How did sugar become such a big part of this region’s food? This is the eighth episode of our 13-part series on… Continue Reading Why Is Shanghai Food So Sweet? – Eat China (S1E8)

It’s a classic dish from Shandong China. The origin of this dish also determined it’s well known Chinese name “把子肉” （ba zi rou）。It’s cooked when 3 close friends took their oath to be blood brothers at a peach farm. If you were familiar with Chinese novels or legends, you would… Continue Reading Braised pork belly in clay pot Chinese recipe cooking shandong China food 山东把子肉红烧五花肉