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Jian Bing – Chinese Pancakes

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As mentioned in a previous post, my favourite street food, and one of the favourite foods I’ve found in Beijing is the little street vendor right outside my apartment complex who sells spicy crepes. Now that I’ve learnt enough Chinese to find out they are called Jian Bing or occasionally Jing Bing I’ve been able to find a better explanation of the process:

Click on the image below, taken from the mouthwatering Beijing Haochi blog to see their photo essay of the process

Jian Bing

Jing Bing, from BeijingHaochi.com

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6 Responses to Jian Bing – Chinese Pancakes

  1. James July 24, 2011 at 4:23 am #

    This isn’t outside the University apartments is it? The one with the McDonald’s on the ground floor?

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    • steve July 24, 2011 at 7:47 am #

      Hi, The video is from near Wudaokou subway stop

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