Chinese Daily Food

This page is mainly about Chinese daily food. For people who have never been to China, it would be interesting to see the real food in China, which might be just far from what you see in your local Chinese takeaways (outside China).

Here you can find out some basic information about Chinese diet. For example, what do Chinese people eat for breakfast, what are the sweet treats we usually have in China, from all kinds of dumplings to noodles. How about food from the China local food supermarket, or local open market where you can negotiate the price? The page also include the types of tofu and Chinese pickles.

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Chinese Daily Food: Breakfast (1) (Video)

People often ask me what do Chinese people eat for breakfast and how we cook or eat them. So here I give some examples of our breakfast. Read more...

Chinese Daily Food: Breakfast (2)

More about the wheaten food like the steamed buns, fried dough stick and sticky rice balls. Read more...

Chinese Daily Food: Breakfast (3)

Dumplings are traditional Chinese food. As for breakfast, there are three types of dumplings, Jiaozi, Shaomai and Zongzi. Read more...

Chinese Breakfast (4)

This page gives more examples of Chinese Breakfast, which includes our food similar to flat bread, pan cake or pie, which we call it “Bing” 饼. If you travel to China, you may recognize most of them. I put many new pictures here, nice ones:) Read more...

Chinese pork chive pancake made by pressure cooker

Chinese Pork Chive Pancake by Pressure Cooker (Video)

Our home cooking for Chinese pork chive pancake, which is one of my favorite Chinese breakfast food in China.

Chinese Sweet Treats (1)

Every country has its own ways to treat their sweet teeth, so what are the popular Chinese sweet treats? If you visit China, here are some examples you may see in China's local restaurants. Read more...

Chinese Sweet Treats (2)

More examples of the sweet food that we have in our daily Chinese diet, such as for breakfast, festival time and sweet salad:) Read more ...

Chinese Homemade Yogurt (Video)

Have you thought about making yogurt at home? Here is how my parents make Chinese homemade yogurt, a good resource for calcium and can help our digestive system, plus it is really easy to make! Read more ...

Chinese Century Egg

Chinese Century Egg, called Pi Dan 皮蛋 or Song Hua Dan 松花蛋 in Chinese, is a very common food in Chinese daily eating. You may see this Chinese black egg and wonder how we eat century egg at home. Read more ...

Chinese Homemade Chili Oil

A simple step for our Chinese homemade chili oil, you will see how my parents make chili oil sauce by using the red chili flakes, black bean paste and hot oil. Read more...

China Local Food Market (1) Indoor Market

Talking about China local food market, I don’t mean the Chinese food supermarket located in the town centre, but those food markets near the locals’ residential area. This post is about the indoor market. Read more ...

China Local Food Market (2) Street Market

The journey in China local food market continues, this time is about the street market. Set up along the sidewalk, the street market is open and flexible. The best part, you may negotiate for a bargain :) Read more ...

China Local Food Market (3)

My last post for China local food market, with more local food seen from our street market. Plus a look at our morning street market selling breakfast. Read more ...

Healthy Chinese Eating Habits

Weight control without starving yourself? Maybe these healthy Chinese eating habits can help. See how Chinese eat and keep slim:) Read more ...

Chinese Daily Meal

People often ask me what Chinese daily meal looks like and how we eat certain type of food. Here are four things about our daily food in China. Read more ...

Chinese Pickles (1)

Here I show you some popular Chinese pickles from the local Chinese food market in Hunan, such as Chinese pickled radishes, Chinese mustard and more. Read more ...

Chinese Pickles (2)

Here I show you some typical Chinese pickles jar from my parents’ home, plus an easy way to make a dish of Chinese pickled beans with minced pork. Read more ...

Chinese Snacks (1): Meat

Apart from Xiaochi, there is another type of Chinese snacks called Lingshi ((零食). In China Lingshi is something more than just biscuits and crisps. Here I show some of my favourite lingshi made from meat. Read more ...

Chinese Snacks (2): Fruit, Peas and Seeds

Love my Chinese snacks, tasty and healthy! See some healthy Chinese snacks made from fruits, peas and seeds. Read more ...

Types of Tofu (1): Soft Ones

Chinese love tofu. There are so many types of tofu that Westerners may find confusing. What are the differences between A and B? Are they ready to eat? How we eat them? So check some examples here for the soft ones. Read more ...

Types of Tofu (2)

Apart from the soft types of tofu, in this post, I show some examples of plain tasted white tofu and the ones with the flavors. Read more ...

China Food Supermarket: Fish

If you like fish or seafood, there are many choices available from the local China food supermarket, however they may not exactly the same as those from the West. Read more ...

China Food Supermarket: Meat

What are the local food in China supermarket? Some foods are similar as those from the West, but more of them are typical Chinese stuff. Here are some pictures for the meat products from Hunan local food supermarket. Read more ...

Chinese Homemade Soup

What does Chinese homemade soup look like? What are the differences comparing our soup to the soup from the West? Here are some examples to show you the soup we had in our daily family meal. Read more ...