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On our way to buy subway passes yesterday, Jacob and I passed a woman making jian bing, one of Beijing's many common snacks sold on the street. Not hungry but unable to resist the aroma, we stopped and bought one for 2.50 yuan (35 cents US). Jian bing is a crepe-like snack typically found only in the north. The jian-bing-maker first pours small amount of batter onto a hot griddle, and smoothes it out with a metal spatula. She then adds egg and scallions, flips it over, brushes on hoisin sauce and chili paste, and folds it up. Most vendors, like the one we bought from yesterday, will also add a large piece of fried dough in the middle. Crispy, savory, and warm - all good qualities for a cold weather road-side snack.

Shanghai's Yuyuan Bazaar is best known as a marketplace for all the souvenirs and tsotchkes you could want. It is also a haven for street food: soup dumplings, sweets, even birds-on-a-stick. Weekends are especially crowded, when even neighborhood grannies and little kids jostle with tourists to be next in line.

Beijing s hutongs are disappearing at a rapid rate, but for now, they re still great places to go for an inexpensive and filling meal. We stop at a noodle shop where the sifu was ouside shaving knife-cut noodles, or dao xiao mian.