Snack Food at Jinli Ancient Street

I have traveled through China long enough that a lot of the touristy things that once fascinated me have lost a lot of their novelty. But one thing I have yet to tire of when visiting a new Chinese city is visiting the local "snack street".


A Chinese "snack street" a basically pedestrian street lined entirely with street food vendors.

As a rule, the snack streets tend to very touristy. In some cities, a lot of the stalls are selling stuff like insects or sheep penis, which are more to get a rise out of the tourists than they are actual local food.

But for the most part, the street food is delicious, dirt cheap, and one of my favorite parts of traveling through China.

I took a visit to Jinli Ancient Street earlier this week to sample some of the local street food. I tried some spicy grilled mutton, spicy grilled rabbit meat, a spicy beef and pepper dish wrapped in a banana leaf, some glutinous rice balls, and a few other things that I couldn't readily identify. Here are a few pics: