Nanjing people love duck. From duck blood soup to salt-baked duck to roast duck, they know how to use every last bit — nothing goes to waste. The duck oil pastry (yayou shaobing) is arguably the most elegant finish to…
When I talk about Nanjing spicy wontons, I mean the small, thin-skinned ones with just a whisper of filling inside. Strictly speaking, these aren’t unique to Nanjing. Shanghai has its own version cooked over burning kindling, Fujian calls them bianshi,…
Duck blood vermicelli soup is one of Nanjing’s most iconic小吃. Nearly every visitor has tried or at least heard of it. But here is what you may not know — the original Nanjing duck blood soup had no vermicelli in…
Unlike salted duck or soup dumplings, noodles are a staple across all of China. Every visitor to Nanjing who tries the local noodles inevitably compares them to the noodles from their hometown. Scroll through Dianping reviews, and you will see…
If your impression of Nanjing is framed by the lantern-lit gondolas of Confucius Temple, you might be puzzled when you walk to Fuzi Bridge in the city center, find Pearl River to the north, or even Chaotian Palace to the…
Nanjing Xiaolong Baozi: Pleats Up or Pleats Down — Which Is Authentic? One Name, Two Styles Strictly speaking, xiaolong tangbao (小笼汤包) follows the Shanghai Nanxiang tradition — thinner wrapper, more broth, pleats facing down against the bamboo steamer. When you…
A local's guide to Nanjing's two iconic duck dishes — why every shop is called 'Shuiximen', and how to decide between roast duck and salted duck.
In Nanjing, every beef potsticker shop seems to be called Qijiawan. But they aren't a chain — here's the story behind the name and where to find the best ones.
Adding a PCIe device to Proxmox can rename your management NIC. Here's how to pin interface names permanently using the official tool or manual .link files.
Six photos, one warm holiday evening — wandering the lantern-lit alleys of Laomendong in Nanjing during the May Day holiday, from hanfu under the roses to livestreamers on cobblestones, from Deyunshe to Kaixin Mahua.