Keywords: Nanjing city wall, Gate of China, Zhonghuamen, pidu noodles, pork rind noodles, Nanjing cuisine, Jiangsu cuisine About the jubaopen “treasure-gathering basin,” some online sources say that when the Nanjing city wall was being built, for some reason the foundation would always budge, then some mystic advised burying a powerful… Continue Reading Nanjing Pork Rind Noodles and Salted Duck + 600 Years-old Ancient City Gate Among World's Biggest

Keywords: Nanjing cuisine, Jiangsu cuisine, duck blood and vermicelli soup, Ming Xiaoling, Mausoleum of Hongwu Emperor Although this “most beautiful 600m in Nanjing” is most renowned during autumn because of the fall foliage, surely the shendao “spirit road” is beautiful in other ways during other seasons. 尽管这”南京最美600米”在秋天尤美,但毫无疑问这段神道在其他季节有其他的美法。 The ornate statues… Continue Reading Stroll Down Nanjing's “Prettiest 600 Meters” and Slurp on Bowl of Duck Blood and Vermicelli Soup

Keywords: Nanjing cuisine, Jiangsu cuisine, Cantonese cuisine, zhezhe claypot, duck tongue, soup bun, Qixia Mountain Due to the nature of the Chinese language and its dialects, many foods have developed various similar-sounding but different-looking written forms. 由于中文及其方言的特性,很多单词包括食物的单词常常发展出不同写法。 One instance from this video is cuttlefish 目鱼 (mu yu), which is generally… Continue Reading “Zhezhe-Sounding” and Sizzling Claypot of Duck Tongue – Cantonese Dish Localized for “Duck Capital”

Authentic recipe of Nanjing Salt Water Duck 南京盐水鸭, classic Jiangsu dish with Mandarin & English subtitles. Visit http://www.mandarinmeister.com/cuisine for more authentic Chinese recipes. Subtitles transcribed by Mandarin Meister. source