January 18, 2009

food markets and street eats! ^_^

I thought you might be interested on how chinese people buy groceries/foods. So, I decided to make a post about food markets and street eats.
We have big supermarkets, but 90% of people prefer to buy groceries in food markets. You can find fresh veggies
fresh bamboos (my favorites)
meat
poultry (super fresh and live)
fish/seafood, also super fresh and live
dry seafoodsoy productsThere is also stand that makes dishes for you. You buy the main ingredients and they cook for you. For example, fried fish. He first fries the fish
put them in the sauce and marinate for 5 min
it's delicious!!!
Also, sometimes you can find stands of veggies/fruits on the street.
Street food is common at night.
grilled meat/chicken/seafood.
A couple who make different kinds of stir-fry noodles. We bought from them

Fruits
more street food
chesnuts
look how many people on the street
this is a typical food/snacks stores. These are dry mushrooms, fruits, seafood.
candies
more candies
dry fruits (most of them seasoned)

okay. this is a short post. I'm with the boyfriend right now in Hyatt hotel, enjoying the view from 73th floor. hahhaha....... be jealous!!! ^_^

16 comments:

LizNoVeggieGirl said...

FAAAABULOUS markets!!

Enjoy your lovely view!! :-)

Meg said...

Enjoy your time with the boyfriend!

Thanks for all the pics of the markets and the fresh food!

Anonymous said...

LOVE the pictures!!

Anonymous said...

love your pics! its so interesting street food in other cultures

Pearl said...

oh i SO miss going to the markets in taiwan with my mom. everything was so fun! and colorful! and so much stuff! :)

The Purple Carrot said...

That looks like so much fun!!!

Enjoy! : )

Sara said...

What great pictures, looks so interesting!

Pearl said...

awwwwwww you are so sweet :) *hugs*

Jen (Running with Food) said...

Oh, I just love all the pictures of the markets! Thanks for sharing!! I'm so glad you are having such a wonderful trip!

Pearl said...

btw - is there a certain type of "food trend" going on right now in china? last time i heard for taiwan (a while ago), it was crepes :)

Maria said...

I love markets! Thanks for sharing!

Erica said...

GREAT post. Love all the fresh fruit and veggies! The animals, I could do without! I do need to see how cute something is before I eat it!

Anonymous said...

OOh I love the produce! What a gift to be able to buy it without going to the store - just walk down the street and load up!
Have fun with your bf - hubba hubba!

Elizabeth said...

Love the pics! Thanks for sharing!! :)

HangryPants said...

Thanks! Everything looks so fresh. Is the stuff in these small markets about the same price as in the bigger markets? I

Heather

Charlie said...

Your blog is so much fun to read! It TOTALLY makes me miss home (i grew up in HK and have family in Taiwan) but now that I'm stuck in the US I guess I have to live vicariously through blogs like yours and eat a lot of the stuff it looks like you eat (haha like oatmeal! yum!). Keep up you wonderful blog and thank you!! :)

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