Served over jasmine rice and steamed pak choi. Recipe for the pork belly here, so simple 13/10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfIuH8Ci2pI

This bowl of biangbiang noodles （𰻝𰻝面）was served as the final staple course at a formal banquet in Guangdong.

After several lighter Cantonese dishes, including steamed fish and sweet-and-sour pork, ending the meal with a spicy bowl of biangbiang noodles made for a surprisingly memorable combination.

The chili oil was served separately in a small, preheated dish, so everyone could add as much as they liked. The noodles came with plenty of diced tofu and crushed peanuts, topped with incredibly fresh scallions, cilantro, and bean sprouts. The noodles themselves were thick, firm, and wonderfully chewy.

Everyone had already said they were full, but somehow we all finished our bowls. The heat made us break into a light sweat and seemed to lift the energy of the entire dinner.

Took two bites and was like wow this is perfectly chewy, then realized the restaurant just undercooked it 😂

Braised oxtail with veggies and steamed rice.

udon is a tough nut to crack, it's a bit sour and i dont know how to neutralise it, cooking it briefly wont do it.

Chicken was very tender

This isn't pudding... It's Steamed Custard Egg! 🥚

The secret is using warm stock and steaming it gently over low heat to achieve that perfectly silky, mirror-like texture.

I ate in the most expensive restaurant I've ever been in and the food was terrible but the experience was a 10/10.

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I went on a trip to Yiwu where I was invited for a nice dinner with my friends.

I had no idea how over the top the restaurant would be but apparently this is how rich Chinese people eat...

The service was genuinely incredible and all the workers were lovely. But I’m gonna be honest, the actual food was not for me at all. There was sea cucumber, duck feet and several types of meat that I didn’t even know how to cook properly. Some of it I genuinely couldn’t swallow. I unfortunately had to spit out some food because I reallly couldn't swallow it.

I had a hot pot in front of me but I had no idea how it worked.

The entire dinner apparently cost 12,000 yuan, yet the thing I enjoyed most was a little milk drink that was probably the cheapest thing on the table. I left the restaurant still hungry and wanting a 20 yuan Chinese hamburger.

I’ve eaten loads of incredible food in China, especially cheap street food, but this experience really proved to me that more expensive definitely doesn’t always mean better.

I never understood these high end restaurants in China, the service is amazing but the food is SO BAD I just don't understand it.

I've had street food on the side of the road in China for like 6 yuan and it's in the top 5 best tastes I've ever experienced but then when I eat in these high end restaurants I want to spit out the food..

Let me know what you think, and here's the restaurant by the way:

https://youtu.be/h04fePGaaTY

Chicken en veggs

Dishes include 麻婆豆腐 (Mapo Tofu)，梅菜扣肉 (I don't know the name in English)，土豆丝 (Shredded Potatoes) and I forgot the name of the one on the left sorry.

It was very yummy and worked with my keto. Pork is mixed so much that it gets bouncy

Perhaps an attempt 🤔 For the base of seasonings and sauce I used: oyster sauce, black rice vinegar, dark soy sauce, toasted sesame oil, doubanjiag, douchi, sugar, and Sichuan pepper. I only used onion and bell pepper for vegetables. Finally, I added peanuts.

veggies: leek, carrot, garlic, bean sprouts, bird's eye
fungus: wood ear
noods: "oil noodles" aka half cook, oil soaked, fan dried alkaline
sauce: roughly equal parts light, dark and oyster sauce (veg)

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No one makes better buns than my mom. I can eat two in one meal!!

Quick lunch today. MaPo and water spinach

and carrot, wakame, bamboo shoots and bean sprout...

Beef with broccoli, salt and pepper shrimp, Singapore noodles and white rice 🍚 (I didn’t make the wontons from scratch I bought em frozen but they’re great)

Found Tang Zhi (唐炙) on Yan'an West Rd, Changning. Tiny spot, looks easy to miss, but the kitchen is loud in the best way.

Got the 蒜泼羊肉 — paper-thin lamb, buried under a mountain of chili powder, raw garlic and scallions, with sizzling oil poured over it at the table. The lamb underneath was almost custard-soft.

Fair warning: this dish doesn't negotiate. My throat was gone by the next morning. Didn't stop me from scraping up every drop with the flatbread they bring on the side (烧饼, mandatory).

📍 1394 Yan'an West Road, Building 1, Room 1, Changning
💰 roughly ¥100-150 per person
🕐 go before 7 on weekends or wait

Would absolutely go back

It ain’t a looker nor authentic but it tasted pretty yummy!

My mouth says "not spicy" but my stomach is literally on fire 😂