Youtiao and Doujiang
This post is the first in a (hopefully) long series of posts, gradually introducting some of the Chinese foods. We’ll start it off with a very simple food which is one of the more common breakfasts in Beijing: Youtiao (油条) and Doujiang (豆浆).
Youtiao is a sort of long bread. It’s made by taking wheat-based dough and deep-frying it in oil. It’s relatively airy and of course greasy, and should be served fresh and warm (otherwise it’s not very good).
Doujiang is basically soy milk. It’s somewhat more bitter than the soy milk in Israel, so it is common to add some suger to counter the bitterness. It’s typically served warm, in a bowl, and drunk with a spoon. Sometimes people shred the youtiao into pieces and put the pieces in the doujiang, resulting in something slightly resembling breakfast cereal.
Both of these are commonly sold in small restaurants on the street (only in the morning) and are quite cheap. In my opinion they make a very good breakfast.
Old Maoz
September 5th, 2006 at 7:41 pm
Dear Ori,
Beteavon to you. The 油条 is not acceptable by my guru (Atkins) however I shall try
it when I come to China. The 豆浆 is Ok but without sure.
Glad you made it both to Xian. I guess you will be meeting the university folks soon and discuss
the future.
The text did not wrap around at the right side and I had to hit enter to go to the next rows.
Are you making plans for Rosh Hashanah….?
Love,
Aba
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Yifat
September 7th, 2006 at 4:05 pm
Ori, You’re in Xian… I wish I could be there with you…. ufffff!
Did you meet Hu Yuan? can you send her my best reagrds?
And what about some pictures and new posts ????
Take care,
Y.
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Ori Maoz
September 11th, 2006 at 4:29 am
I did meet Hu Yuan. Check out the next post…. she was very pleased with the bag you’ve sent her and is using it daily. She had also sent you an email. I didn’t read it so I don’t know what she wrote, but she tried to use as simple chinese as possible so you should be able to roughly translate it using babelfish.
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An NengMin
September 7th, 2006 at 7:37 pm
Ori,the previous day I saw “you” passing me by, on a BUSS….
So the first question of mine was : “what in the name of the world does Ori do on a buss?! ”
The second one was : “….by the way…………….isnt he in China…?! ”
So….Are you sure you’re in the right side of the globe?
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Ori Maoz
September 11th, 2006 at 4:27 am
His name might be Bo’az. I’ve already heard of him in the past (and seen a really tiny picture of him wearing a motorcycle helmet - for all I know it can be a picture of you and I wouldn’t know the difference).
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