Stop two: Shanghai

When it comes to talk about Shanghai, almost everybody will think of  Xiao Long Bao (Little Dragon Bun); however, do you know besides Little Dragon Bun, there is another kind of food that is similar with it ? It's called Pork Pan Fried Bun.

Pork Pan Fried Bun, a popular local snack in Shanghai, is said to have a history of more than 100 years. It has a small and lovely size. Adults can easily swallow one in a bite. With standard Shanghai characteristics, it tastes salty, and meanwhile contains a bit of sweet taste.The bottom of the bun is often properly fried to be crisp, which largely enhances people’s appetite. Its coating is soft and thin. The stuffing meat tastes tender with braised sauce. When you have a bite, you will find that it has the taste of chopped onions and sesame seeds.

It is not difficult to make. Use semi-fermented flour to coat fresh meat and pig skin jelly. And then fry the stuffed buns in a pan. The pig skin jelly coated in the flour will turn into a mixture of pig skin and juice, when exposed to heat During the frying process, sprinkle some water on the buns for several times. When they are fully cooked, finish the cooking by sprinkling some chopped onions and sesame seeds on them, and then take the freshly cooked delicious pork pan fried buns out of the pan and you can just begin your enjoyment.

You must be careful of the hot juice contained in the buns, which may scald your tongue or dirty your clothes if you are too much hurried in tasting it. Usually, the Chinese take it as a delicacy for the breakfast. It can somewhat be treated as fast food. In most of pork pan fried bun shops in Shanghai, you can choose either to enjoy your buns in the shop or just take them away in bags. If you are not in haste for work, you may take a seat and eat your buns together with beef and silk noodles soup. The two make the perfect match.

If you are visiting Shanghai, you are able to find it in every restaurant. And the average price is 1 dollar each.