Tianjin: A City of Glorious Food

Glorious food days are hard to come by in China. This is mainly because by now, at roughly six months into my year in Beijing, glorious food days have come to be defined as days that involve eating copious amounts of cheese. Obviously, these are hard to come by unless I want to fork over hundreds of RMB for small blocks of cheese. But my day of exploring Tianjin was a glorious food day beyond all glorious food days, largely in part due to visiting Little Italy.

Breakfast

• Two pork 包子 (steamed stuffed buns)
• White grape juice with aloe

Lunch

• Fried mozzarella on toast
• Gnocchi alla sorrentina¹

Teatime

• Chocolate cream mochi

Dinner

• Korean barbecue (beef, pork, lamb, assorted veggies, etc)

Dessert

• Cheesecake ice cream with graham cracker crumbs and Heath bars²

Needless to say, I had an excellent day traipsing around Tianjin. While one full day is ample time to see the city, for the food alone, I would definitely consider going back again. And again. And again. And again…

1. This was positively smothered in cheese. Not to mention the restaurant we went to gave us a dish of grated Parmesan in case we needed to add more cheese to our food. I have not seen a plate of grated Parmesan since leaving the States last August! [↩]
2. This was from COLDSTONE! Something else I haven’t seen since leaving the States, although there are several Coldstone locations in China. [↩]

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