Yesterday, on the move somewhere in southern Guangxi, China, we hit a part of the road lined with food carts, so stopped. As you do.
Turned out that we were outside a university campus and these folk were 99% catering to the students. Cheap and cheerful fodder. Here are just a few of the offerings:
This woman is offering :
凉粉 (Bean Jelly)
豆腐花 (Tofu Dessert)
清补凉
凉拌粉 (Cold Dressed Noodles)
绿豆粥 (Mung Bean Porridge)
海带绿豆粥 (Seaweed and Mung Bean Porridge)
红豆黑米粥 (Adzuki bean and Black Rice Porridge)
香芋椰西米露 (Taro, Coconut Juice and Sago Drink)
Similar fare. Cold noodle dishes and a couple of porridges. He also suggests he can rustle you up some fried noodles (wheat or rice noodles) or fried rice.
No sign. Can't re,member. He needs to work on his marketing skills.
More noodles and Fried Rice. He also offers fried potatoes. A few people were offering their versions of "French fries". None of them knew how to make fries. They looked awful and one guy was busy pouring cold oil over his selection which were 'cooking' on a hotplate.
Stir-fry central. Choose your ingredients and they'll fry 'em up. Pay by by number of ingredients chosen, I think.
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His sign reads "Zhanjiang Oysters", Zhanjiang being a port city in the south-west of Guangdong. He is grilling and selling oysters. I never eat oysters from Zhanjiang. I've seen the water. And I never buy oysters from places like this. Anyway, I like my oysters au naturel. On the side of his cart he was also advertising Green Lip Mussels which might have tempted me, but he didn't have any.
There were also a few fruit stalls where we bought some stuff, but we passed on lunch. About a mile down the road, we found a small restaurant (with walls and a roof) where I had an excellent bowl of 火腿炒面 or 'ham fried noodles'. The ham was actually sausage, but a reasonably good one. I was happy and so was my mouth.
