Friday, October 10, 2008

Streert Dim Sums in Shanghai-The Baojiaobu


This is Baojiaobu which is also called egg roll, one of the most popular street Dim Sums in Shanghai.If I have the Baojiaobu for breakfast, I would feel extremely happy because I like it so much. It smells good, looks good and tastes good. Whenever I see there is Baojiaobu being sold on the street, I will buy one under any circumstances.


People use iron panel to make Baojiaobu and when you buy one, the Baojiaobu will be made in front of you. You can see the whole process and tell the maker what materials you want to put in the egg roll, what you don’t want and what flavor you like. See the picture of a street stall of Baojiaobu.






The surface of Baojiaobu is a round flat cake made from eggs and flour. If you like, you can ask to put some scallion on it. The core of Baojiaobu are made of Chinese twisted cruller, preserved Szechuan pickle and tangy source. These Three things are all typical Chinese food. Among them, the twisted cruller is a traditional Shanghai food. People mixed and stir flour, alum, alkali and salt together and cut them to strips afterwards. Then, twist the strips and fry them until they turn to the color of gold. The Chinese twisted cruller is appetizing and crisp. Usually, makers will make all the Chinese twisted crullers at home or somewhere else before they open the stalls so that they can be available to make Baojiaobu. After make the round surface of Baojiaobu, makers will put those core materials on it and add ask if you want to add some spicy source. In the end, makers will roll up the Baojiaobu for you and till now, your Baojiaobu is finished. You can keep it in hand and eat it wherever you like.

Believe me , a hot Baojiaobu really brings you happiness.

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