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...brag about their steamed pork buns and Beijingers crow about their boiled dumplings, Nanjing keeps its particular brand of xiao chi, or little snacks, under wraps. The best way to sample Nanjing's unsung delectables at their most authentic is to join the early morning crowds in the Wenchang Xiang neighborhood, a few blocks from People's Square. You'll find dozens of dexterous cooks already up and kneading, shaping, frying and baking all manner of snacks...
...full dim sum experience, try the Guangzhou Restaurant at the corner of Shangjiu Lu and Wenchang Lu, tel: (86-20) 8138-0388. Look for the gold-emblazoned slogan EATING IN GUANGZHOU on its fa?ade, or just follow the parade of wedding banqueters. Inside Liwan Lake Park, you'll find the Banxi Restaurant, tel: (86-20) 8181-5955. Another foliage-rich venue is the Bei Yuan at 202 Xiaobei Lu, tel: (86-20) 8356-3365. But the granddaddy of them all is the recently refurbished Taotaoju at 20 Shipu Lu, tel: (86-20) 8139-6111, which, dating back to the Qing...
Coolies, soldiers, and hundreds of round-eyed little boys stood in the market place at Tsinanfu and marveled. Bent over a barrel was the Honorable Wu Cha-ding, Commissioner of the Wenchang Bureau of Public Safety. Standing over him was a strong-armed soldier with a broad wooden paddle in his hand who lustily belabored Mr. Wu's quivering bottom...
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