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It’s Trevor James
I’m in Wuhan, China
And we’re going Foodrangin’
We’re going for a full on Chinese street food tour of this city
I am so pumped
Let’s go check it out
Wuhan is China’s central street noodle heaven
Smack in between Sichuan and Shanghai
You’ll find a mixture of Hunan, Sichuan, and Shanghai food
I came here to broaden my noodle horizons
And ended up taking a 9 hour train from Chengdu
Just to try the world famous hot dry noodles
Getting deep into the street food scene
Is always one of the joys of traveling
And here in Wuhan
I found a lot of exciting snacks
Let’s eat
This is nuts!
So we have some classic reganmian we’re going to try here in Wuhan
We’re going to add this ourselves here
Beautiful
Just a couple
Just to give it a little kick, you know?
So we’re going to see what the lineup is about here
Oh, look at these regan noodles
There’s pickled radish
Looks like there is some cowpeas
Sliced chives
Fresh chili peppers
Oh, and the bottom
That’s what it’s all about
You gotta mix it up
With that thick thick sesame paste
Oh I can smell that it’s nutty
Oh look at that steamy steamy bowl of noodles
Look at how thick that is
Look at how thick that is!
Let’s try that out
That is
It has a spicy kick to it
And there is that thick sesame paste
It’s like a mixture between sesame and spicy
It’s quite nutty
Oh and the noodles are actually very nicely done
Slightly chewy
I do gotta say though
I wish that the sesame paste was a little thicker
And a bit of a stronger nutty flavour
Otherwise these are very delicious
And next door at the same spot
There was an even busier joint
Serving their unique take on shaomai dumplings
Stuffed with sticky rice and mushrooms
And dropped into a hand rolled deep fried dough strip
Giving you and amazing texture and flavour combo
This is what dreams are made of right here
It’s like a crispy deep fried dough pocket
Stuffed with shaomai
Sticky rice, mushroom, and pork shaomai
Oh I just gotta get right in there
Oh look at that
That looks insane
It’s soft and plump and stuffed full
WOW!
That is spectacular
It tastes like a peppery gravy ball
Oh those are really good, it tastes like gravy
Peppery gravy with these really soft soft shaomai
Oh, that is really good
That is what’s unique here
This is incredibly delicious
This is so delicious
It’s like a peppery gravy, deep fried dough ball
With these really soft soft mushroom like shaomai
It’s like a mushroom gravy in there
And after a little walk
I found another place down the street serving a unique version of a popular breakfast snack
There was a huge lineup, so I couldn’t resist giving it a try
So friendly
Oh this is sticky rice, with mushroom
Look at this
There is probably going to be some really unique flavour
Oh it’s so hot
Gotta be careful don’t burn your mouth
I’m just going to go right in
Oh, look at that
That is fantastic
That is beyond delicious here
They have this mushroom flavour
And sticky rice
And I can taste like this slight essence of cinnamon in there
I just came for one and I got four
All for free
Didn’t expect that
Great!
And then I went just down the street to try another street food specialty
The chicken comb deep fried pork pocket
Home made dough is stuffed with pork and onions
And then boiled in a dark dark oil
Right on the street
It was making me a little hesitant at first
But this was in my street food research
So I had to give it a go
We’re going to try it out right here
Look at this
This is like a deep fried oily bread batter
Wheat batter
It has that jiucai flavour
It has that juicai flavour in it
Which is like a strong chinese chive almost
Very strong green onion flavour
With pork in there
It’s a little too oily for my pleasure
I can see the locals love it
You see this filling here
It’s only on the very edge and the rest is just like
Deep fried batter
Deep fried wheat
So I’m probably not going to finish that
I feel bad but I don’t want to eat pure oil
And for a mid afternoon snack
I made my way to try a unique baked flatbread called the strange flavour flatbread
Loaded with a secret spice mix
Chili sauce and sugar
It was the perfect mix of flavour
It’s placed like these that bring you satisfaction for traveling somewhere just for the food
Knowing that you’re chowing down on a local recipe
That only locals know about and line up for
Oh and he chops it up!
Flatbread doused in chili paste
That’s more of a chili paste than a chili oil
And sugar
With onions
Sesame, and salt
We’re just going to go right in for that
That is magnificent
That chili oil
That chili spice
I definitely taste a little fennel in there
It’s like a spicy, fennelly sweet crispy bing
With a hint of onions
All that granular sugar on there
Really gives it a nice texture
With that chili paste
Which is also quite granular
So you have the chili paste, the sugar, and there is fennel in there
So it really adds a nice granular crunch to each bite
And for my pre-dinner meal, I found a local classic street food that you can find all over China
A huge cauldron of niuza
A bowl of mixed beefs organs and parts
Served in a spicy broth with radish, tofu, and vegetables
Look at this!
That smells really good!
This is organs, innards, pleasure right here
That’s huge!
Very good!
This is beautiful
It’s like a big pot of intestines and organs and sliced tender beef
Theres rice noodles in there
There’s like stomach
In a light broth
That smells fantastic
Let’s just try a little beef out here
Oh yeah
It’s quite spicy
Oh it’s very spicy
It’s a sharp spice
It’s a deep beef broth as well
With like these nice chewy
Nice chewy organs
Let’s try that out
It’s quite spicy
It’s a sharp spice
And you can really feel that it’s made with love right on the street here
And for my final meal of the night
I made my way to a classic Wuhan style restaurant
Packed with locals
All dining on delicacies that you’ll miss after you leave
This is what travel is all about
It’s packed
I ordered a bunch
Some dried and salted little river fish covered in bean paste
A steamer of fatty pork covered in rice flour
Taro salad with huge garlic cloves and ginger slices
A hearty and thick bowl of pork rib and white radish soup
And the most noticeable of all
Was the extremely spicy, bubbling frog pot
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This is the bubbling frog pot
Look at that
It’s bubbling
Look at all those dried chilies in there
Garlic, green peppers
And that frog
Look at that frog meat
Oh that looks tender
I really just have to try that flavour out
That is very spicy
It’s like
It tastes exactly like if you boiled a bunch of dried chilies with garlic
And a soft soft tender frog meat
The frog meat just takes on the full flavour of those chilies
Super tender
That is burning
This is fenzhengrou
Except this is hubei style
This looks more fatty
There are these green peas on top
And it’s also covered in rice meal - rice flour
Look at that
Steamy steamy fenzhengrou
Oh yeah
It’s very soft and a little sweet
The pork essence is just magical in there
It’s really fatty and juicy
A little salty
And it has a really nice really smooth essence, you can taste the peas steamed throughout there
There’s a nice little hint of pea flavour in there
I made a huge mistake near the end of the meal
I loved the frog pot so much
That I took some of the soup
And I put it on my rice
For a spice lover, I thought that this would be heaven
But I discovered that this blew Sichuan spice out of the water
And I had to pace around and cool down
While Ting ting filmed and laughed
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