By Zhouyang · ShanghaiNaan: The Bread That Bakes on a Wall2026-10-25Slapped onto the wall of a clay pit and pulled out minutes later blistered and steaming, Xinjiang naan is the desert bread that outlasted the Silk Road — and the only bread worth eating within fifteen minutes of the fire.阅读全文 →
By Zhouyang · ShanghaiRou Jia Mo: Xi'an's 2,000-Year-Old Burger That Puts the Golden Arches to Shame2026-06-28The vendor pulls a flatbread from the clay oven with bare hands — bare hands, because calluses earned over forty years don’t register 300 …阅读全文 →Zhouyang grew up in Shanghai and writes about Chinese food, tea, and baijiu for English-speaking readers.