Beijing Street Food was really beyond my imagination, even more, bizarre than I had expected. Right outside our Beijing apartment, on Wangfujing Street, we can get the most interesting Street Food. Simply select your favourite and they will boil, BBQ, fry or steam it right on the spot . . .
Beijing Street Food
There were also seahorses on sticks, centipedes, silkworms, congealed duck blood, lambs leg, squid, and fried ice cream. Plus so much more in Beijing.
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Are you hungry now? Which of these Beijing street food items will you try?
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Jenny
EEEEUW!! Can’t believe it.
What did you try??
Enjoying the blog immensely, thank you.
Jenny
Rhonda
LOL – I didn’t try any of it. 🙂 I am not that brave.
Hannah Wang
I go to Beijing almost every single year, I have grandparents who live in china. Never once in my life, have I ever seen anything like this. If you actually go to Beijing, the street food is delicious. There are dumplings, pot stickers, candied fruit, etc. I don’t know where in Beijing this is, or if this even is Beijing, but I go there every year and I have never even seen those in my life.
Anna
Oh my gosh that’s really terrible! How can the eat things like that? I just can’t picture myself that a human could eat things like that…
Robin
Oh yes, this brings back memories! I also seriously struggled with the street food in Beijing. And the food in the fast food joints was just as bad because I didn’t recognise any of it.
Rhonda
LOL – didn’t you order by picture?
Stacey
Oh my. Judging from this post, I’d be pretty darn hungry! Can’t imagine even trying any of these things… 🙁
Rhonda
LOL- there is plenty of other wonderful “Chinese” food to have. Plus Western food. You won’t go hungry.
Tony Payne
I have eaten Cow Udder and Bulls Eggs (testicles) before, and a few unusual animals and vegetables, but bugs are a no-no with me. I have enough trouble looking at spiders, even on tv, let alone attempting to eat one.
I do love street markets though, and food places like this, they are wonderful to visit.
Rhonda
I guess I should fix my gender error. LOL – you are brave than we are.
Nancy
Please tell me there’s a McDonalds somewhere you can go to!
Rhonda
Yes, there are far too many McDonalds, but we haven’t tried one in China. Surprisingly we liked the KFC (which we normally don’t eat)
Marko
This really is something! I’d try to taste some of those creatures but I am not sure I’d really be able to…
Rhonda
Yes, I agree. Chocolate beats beetles any day of the week.
Jackie
Ive been to Beijing and the night market!!
Rhonda
Are you talking about this night market – did you try any of the food? Or the big night market, which we finally found our last day in Beijing (blog is a bit behind)
Lynne
And in one of the restaurants we visited you could choose silkworm crysalises, turtles, some kind of under water multi-legged thing that looked like a huge centipede and lots of different kinds of sea cucumbers, snails, urchins and more. I think of the selections you have offered us, if I had to choose, maybe the snake!
So come on – which did you try?
Rhonda
I’m the photographer, I didn’t need to try any of them. 🙂
Tina
don´t miss to visit the old hutongs, if they are still there 🙂 have a great holiday!
Rhonda
Actually my blog is a bit behind, we have had our hutong tour . . . so now you have a preview of photos coming soon. Loved it.
Art of RetroCollage
Looks like “Zimmern’s Magical Mystery Food Tour”…..yummy….
Rhonda
Did Zimmern visit Beijing 🙂
stevebethere
I will stick to beans on toast LOL
Rhonda
Have you tried the beans on toast with a fried egg on top. That’s how we like ti.
Alessandro
Those look like great treats. However, I don’t think it will sit well with my tummy.
Rhonda
Not much sits well in my tummy these days. We have been pretty brave (or foolish) about our eating.
Meghan @JaMonkey
OMG ewwww!
Rhonda
Yep, that pretty much says it all.
Tania
Love squid…could pass on most of the rest though! Those spiders look huge!!!
Rhonda
Those spiders were 10 times bigger than any I have seen in New Zealand. They were pretty huge.
jessica @peekababy
Luckily, I’m a vegetarian!
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Rhonda
LOL – being a vegetarian could be quite helpful 🙂 They did also have fried ice cream.
Rochelle
All the food her looks interesting..But I dont like to try it..I had a feeling about spider and snake..
Rhonda
Would that be a “creepy” feeling?
Robyn Orchard
While all the dishes looked interesting.. I am not sure I could actually eat many of them. Perhaps the snake which looks almost like an eel!! 🙂
Rhonda
I guess if I thought of it as eel, it would be more palatable.
Kris @ Beyond the Whiskers
Hehe, for once it’s good to be a vegetarian. Please pass the tofu. 🙂
Rhonda
LOL – that’s what my vegetarian daughter said 🙂
alissa apel
Oh boy! That sounds interesting! I’d be grossed out only because it’s something I’m not used to. I’d pick to try the snake.
Rhonda
My gross out came from watching others eat these things 🙂
momto8blog
oh my goodness! I definitely learn something new today!!! i would try all of it!
Rhonda
You are very brave!
Joyce
Beijing could be good for my diet because I wouldn’t eat a darn thing!
Rhonda
Even eating here is good for my diet – it doesn’t process the same way – don’t ask. 🙂
Susanna
Go on – be adventurous! Try the lot – particularly the spiders
Rhonda
The whole lot! I would never be that adventurous 🙂
Comedy Plus
I’ll pass. China isn’t some place I’d ever want to visit. Just saying.
Have a terrific day. 😉
Rhonda
If you don’t want to ever visit, I could send you some snacks so you don’t miss out. (Just kidding).
Alex J. Cavanaugh
None of the above!
Rhonda
LOL Alex, I am with you on that one 🙂
Sarah
How about the baby shark? XP (thats meant to be a grossed-out face)