Jiǔcài Jīdàn Xiàn Bǐng (韭菜鸡蛋馅饼)
Chive and egg flatbread; vegetarian filling.
Chive and egg flatbread; vegetarian filling.
Jingjiang rousi arrives at a Beijing table as two things: a platter of glossy sweet-bean-sauced pork and a stack of pale doupi tofu skins. The sandwich is the one the diner rolls.
Egg roujiamo; scrambled or fried egg with vegetables in mo. Vegetarian option.
Jidan guanbing: a Henan flatbread blown hollow on the griddle so a beaten egg can be poured into the pocket and cooked sealed inside the bread, brushed dark with chili and bean paste and folded over.
Chinese street crepe; thin batter spread on round griddle, egg cracked and spread on top, crispy cracker (báocuì) and scallions added, fo...
Jianbing with fried dough stick; yóutiáo (Chinese cruller) placed inside for extra crunch.
Jianbing with pork floss (dried shredded pork).
Jianbing with chili sauce; adjustable spice level.
Jianbing with black sesame seeds sprinkled on.
Jianbing with thin crispy cracker; the cracker (báocuì) adds essential crunch.
Double-egg jianbing; two eggs for extra richness.
Jianbing guozi is a sixty-second performance on a hot iron disc: batter, egg, sauces, crunch, folded and gone. Tianjin first wrote it down in 1933 and now guards the choreography fiercely.
Tianjin crepe; already covered above, the definitive version.
The batter; traditionally mung bean flour and wheat flour, sometimes with millet or other grains. Creates thin, slightly crispy crepe.
'Tiger bites pig' gua bao; nickname for the sandwich, bun resembles tiger's mouth.
Ham and egg sandwich; classic HK combo.
Huangqiao shāobing is a lard-rich, sesame-crusted baked cake from one Jiangsu town: short and flaky, filled sweet or savory, even with delta crab roe, its name carried by a wartime song of the 1940s.
Flower roll; twisted steamed bread, sometimes split for sandwiches.
Flower roll; twisted steamed bread.
Sweet potato guokui; with mashed sweet potato filling.
Red-braised pork burger; hongshao rou as burger filling.