Jianbing is China’s most popular breakfast street food. You’d think it’s easy to find in Shanghai, but the recent clean-up of street vendors proves it difficult! Here’s where you can eat jianbing in Shanghai.
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What is Jianbing?
Jianbing 煎饼 is a savory Chinese breakfast food. It’s essentially a Chinese crepe, the batter made with millet flour and soybean meal.
First, the batter is spread on a circular grill. Toppings are an amalgam of ingredients, including egg (or double egg), youtiao 油条 (fried crullers), cuibing 脆饼 or baocui 薄脆 (translates to crispy pancake or crispy fritter) made from wheat flour, cilantro, lettuce, green onions, pickled mustard tubers, chili paste, fermented bean paste, and sometimes meat.
It’s found in every city in China, but its origins can be traced to Shandong and Tianjin.
This is at Xiangyang Nan Lu. The husband and wife team have lived in Shanghai for 20 years, and have been running this hole-in-the-wall for the past three years. Jianbing with youtiao here is starts at ¥8.
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How to order
- Yi ge jian bing 一个煎饼 one jianbing
- Yao ji dan 鸡蛋 with an egg
- Bu la 不辣 for not spicy
- Wei la 微辣 for a little spicy
- Zhong la 中辣 for medium spicy
- La 辣 if you have strong stomach lining
Find it:
Xiangyang Lu Jianbing Stall
Address: 241 Xiangyang Nan Lu, near Yongkang Lu 襄阳南路241号, 近永康路
Tel: 15821388977
Hours: Daily, 6am-8pm
More Jianbing Options
Most jianbing stalls open in the morning, around 6am and close around 8pm.
Fatty’s 胖子煎饼
Known for their fatttt jianbings. They used to have one downtown, but that’s since closed.
1 Huanzhen Xi Lu, near Wuzhong Lu 环镇西路1号, 近吴中路
煎饼果子
No. 18, 1350 Huaihai Zhong Lu 淮海中路1350弄18号
菜煎饼
16 Wulumuqi Bei Lu, near Wanhangdu Lu 乌鲁木齐北路16号, 近万航渡路
老上海软蛋饼
B1, 580 Tianyaoqiao Lu 天钥桥路580号B1
Did you know? There’s a World Jianbing Day!
World Jianbing Day falls on April 30. It didn’t exist before UnTour Food Tours decided to take charge (in 2020) and dedicate a day to China’s most loved breakfast food.
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