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...concentrated in the northeastern warehouse district, a ramshackle neighborhood of old godowns along Suzhou Creek, where artists have established a thriving colony. (Many of these warehouses will be demolished in coming months to make way for more space-efficient high-rises). Stop by the DDM Warehouse at 713 Dongda Ming Road, where the eclectic exhibits include real, albeit dead, cows and sheep inflated like giant beach balls and neatly planted rows of garlic that are presumably supposed to represent something deeper than, uh, neatly planted rows of garlic...
Most enticing of all for the truly adventurous eater are the humble and succulent street snacks sold day and night in markets like those off Dongda Street in Xi'an. Here one can choose between the round, steamed, pleated dumplings known as jiaozi (or, in the larger size, baozi) that are filled with pork and aromatic hot broth, or the juicy, half-fried, half-steamed, pork- stuffed crescents called guotie. Breakfast purchased on Shanghai street corners can be the big snowy puffs of yeast buns filled with sweet red-bean paste. All day long there are noodles made of rice...
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