All food workers here wear hats and masks. All products have (sometimes confusing) English labels. Buckwheat noodle press:
These are tofu puffs with seasoning - sweet and spicy on the left and mala (numbing and spicy) on the right. Fresh ones are amazing, but as you can see they make big stacks of everything ahead of time and let them sit far too long. This booth had fried ice cream too, which I almost ordered. The lamb skewers here are deep fried instead of grilled though, and are tough.
You could tell the fellow being handed this pile of grilled squid was really looking forward to it:
There are also lots of options for those who don't want to eat spicy food, such as these 'lu' ribs:
Cold spring rolls with different types of skins doused with hot oil, plus the rarely seen fried kind:
Tofu with various toppings:
The Saturday crowd:
There is a Dairy Queen on one of the newly built sections of Jinli Street, in case you overdo it on spicy stuff, and a Starbucks in the old section.
Haha, I was at Jilin Street on Saturday (March 21st) too. I didn't take as many food pictures though. I don't eat too spicy so I had noodle soup but my friend ate some liangfen that was so spicy it made her cry (and she's from Sichuan). I agree with you: the food is a bit more expensive than outside and the servings are smaller... and the stinky tofu was really awful.
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I am disappointed! It would have been so very convenient if there is good food in Jilin Street but I guess it is about the same the world over.
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