It's a beautiful spring-like morning, I've no work today and I'm sitting by the roadside enjoying breakfast while watching everyone else going to work!
This place, called 杭州小笼包 (háng zhōu xiǎo lóng bāo), is two minutes from my home. It opens at 6 am and closes by 11:00 am or 12:00 noon. Seven days a week. I went yesterday at around 11 and it was already closed. There is only one woman works there. She makes the food, serves it, cleans etc.
There are only two things on her menu. Xiao Long Bao 小笼包 (steamed buns) or jiaozi 饺子 (steamed dumplings). ¥5 per basket ($0.72 USD; £0.57 GBP). I always have the buns. The price includes the dip and a cup of warm soya milk which I skip.
