Street food & snacks 街头小吃

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Xinjiang

Barkol Steamed Bread 巴里坤蒸饼

Barkol Steamed Bread (巴里坤蒸饼) is a steamed cake from Barkol Kazakh Autonomous County (巴里坤哈萨克自治县) in Hami (哈密), Xinjiang.

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Hong Kong-Style Waffle (格仔饼) — dish photograph
Hong Kong

Hong Kong-Style Waffle 格仔饼

Hong Kong-Style Waffle (格仔饼), literally 'grid cake', is one of Hong Kong's common street snacks: a round waffle scored into small squares, spread with butter, peanut butter and condensed milk and folded in half.

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