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Origin
Beijing and Northern China — street cart culture
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Description
Beijing's iconic street breakfast: a thin crêpe made from a mung bean and wheat flour batter cooked on a flat griddle, spread with sweet bean paste (tian mian jiang) and chilli paste, topped with a fried egg, green onion, and a crispy wheat cracker (bao cui). Folded into quarters and eaten hand-held. Made fresh to order at street carts across Beijing — the entire production takes 90 seconds.
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The Thread
—French buckwheat galette (similar savory crepe concept)
—Indian dosa (fermented lentil crepe — similar grain-legume flour base)
—Mexican burrito (wrapped around filling, eaten hand-held)
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Flavour Context
Savoury-spicy-sweet with mung bean earthiness; crunchy cracker against soft egg and crepe; spring onion freshness cutting the rich bean paste — a perfectly balanced quick breakfast
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