10 Things You Will Miss About China
I’ll be leaving China soon, and it’s these 10 things you will certainly miss about China. After browsing the 10 Things Japan Got Right list, it got me thinking about what I’ll miss in the mainland.
1. Street Food (and small establishments)
Ok, I’ll be honest. The street food has made me run to the bathroom crying in agony more times than I’d like to admit—but for some reason, I still find myself crawling back to Lao Wang’s dumpling shop caked in black grease that is god-knows-how-old to buy some fried, oily dumplings (shenjian). Having some morning congee (zhou) with Chinese bread rolls (mantou) and washing it down with soy milk (doujiang) is a Chinese breakfast staple that can be found anywhere, anytime (and is DELICIOUS). Eating some Lanzhou Beef Noodles on a plastic bench outside at 3 AM hits the spot like nothing else. Buying some shrimp hundun (wontons) at the little shack near my gym after a run is my weekly guilty pleasure.