One of the more popular, if not somewhat bizzare, sidestreets in Beijing is, 'Snack Street'. This world renowned street is home to an inordinate amount of cooked creepy-crawlies that are served on sticks, and is located just off Walking Street.
Deep fried insects including crickets, dung beetles, grasshoppers, silkworms, and silkworm pupae are featured with regularity, especially during the Wangfujing Night Market. You will also find squid, snakes, eels, scorpions, starfish, seahorses, and practically anything else you can imagine.
In addition to those unusual dishes, you can also find such treats as grilled corn-on-the-cob; beef, mutton, pork or chicken on-a-stick. These, 'meat-on-a-stick' skewers are especially good and come in an assortment of spiced flavors or plain.
Another tasty treat is candy coated fruit on a stick. They were delicious, as were the fresh coconuts, bananas, pomegranates and variety of apples and Chinese pears.
Lynne wasn't particularly enthused by the majority of Snack Street's offerings. Her salvation from the Snack Street entrees came in the form of a choice between KFC and McDonald's - each with two restaurants on Walking Street. As for myself, I too, took in McD's but not until I had eaten some of the scorpions on a stick. They were crunchy and a tad saltier than I prefer, but all in all, not that bad.
Deep fried insects including crickets, dung beetles, grasshoppers, silkworms, and silkworm pupae are featured with regularity, especially during the Wangfujing Night Market. You will also find squid, snakes, eels, scorpions, starfish, seahorses, and practically anything else you can imagine.
In addition to those unusual dishes, you can also find such treats as grilled corn-on-the-cob; beef, mutton, pork or chicken on-a-stick. These, 'meat-on-a-stick' skewers are especially good and come in an assortment of spiced flavors or plain.
Another tasty treat is candy coated fruit on a stick. They were delicious, as were the fresh coconuts, bananas, pomegranates and variety of apples and Chinese pears.
Lynne wasn't particularly enthused by the majority of Snack Street's offerings. Her salvation from the Snack Street entrees came in the form of a choice between KFC and McDonald's - each with two restaurants on Walking Street. As for myself, I too, took in McD's but not until I had eaten some of the scorpions on a stick. They were crunchy and a tad saltier than I prefer, but all in all, not that bad.
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