Street food & snacks 街头小吃

Compare small portions, filled pastries and savoury bites, then plan a few stops within one neighbourhood.

EXPLORE BY PROVINCEFood stories →

Discover Chinese food

Local dishes, ingredients and the stories behind them.

AI illustration: A white plate of wide soft translucent steamed rice-sheet rolls.
Hainan

Haitou Steamed Rice Rolls 海头猪肠馍

Haitou Steamed Rice Rolls (海头猪肠馍) are sheets of steamed rice batter rolled around peanuts, shredded coconut and shredded papaya, a snack from Haitou town (海头镇) in Danzhou (儋州), Hainan.

AI illustration · AI 示意图(仅供参考,非实拍)

Read dish guide →
White Rice Cakes (白馍) — dish photograph
Hainan

White Rice Cakes 白馍

White Rice Cakes (白馍) are glutinous-rice cakes of Danzhou (儋州) in Hainan, made in two quite different ways: a cake steamed in ten to twenty thin layers with dried shrimp, squid and pork, and plain rounds of hand-pounded rice from Guangcun (光村).

Read dish guide →
AI illustration: A wooden tray of pale steamed glutinous rice cakes cut into tidy soft blocks.
Hainan

Coconut Sorghum Cakes 椰香高粱粑

Coconut Sorghum Cakes (椰香高粱粑) are a traditional snack of Qionghai (琼海), Hainan: small steamed cakes of sorghum and glutinous rice, coated while hot in shredded coconut mixed with sugar.

AI illustration · AI 示意图(仅供参考,非实拍)

Read dish guide →
AI illustration: A white plate of wide soft translucent steamed rice-sheet rolls.
Hainan

Zhuchang Sticky Rice Cakes 猪肠粑

Zhuchang Sticky Rice Cakes (猪肠粑) are glutinous rice rolls made with shredded coconut, from Wanning (万宁), Hainan. The name means "pig-intestine cake" and comes from the roll's shape.

AI illustration · AI 示意图(仅供参考,非实拍)

Read dish guide →
Sour Dressed Rice Noodles (酸粉) — dish photograph
Hainan

Sour Dressed Rice Noodles 酸粉

Sour Dressed Rice Noodles (酸粉) is listed among the local specialties of Wanning, Hainan. It is grouped here with street food & snacks; retain the complete Chinese name when comparing local menus.

Read dish guide →
AI illustration: A glass bowl of light sweet soup with pale jelly pieces.
Hainan

Jishiteng Vine Rice Dumplings 鸡屎藤粿仔

Jishiteng Vine Rice Dumplings (鸡屎藤粿仔) are a hand-made Hainan snack of small rice-dough pieces with powdered jishiteng (鸡屎藤), a vine, worked into the dough, served in a sweet or savoury liquid.

AI illustration · AI 示意图(仅供参考,非实拍)

Read dish guide →
CHINA REVEALED JOURNAL

Food stories

New stories are on the way

Food articles and local dining stories will appear here as they are published.