This is street food at its finest. 肉夹馍 (ròujiāmó), sometimes called (but never by me!) the "Chinese hamburger", is comfort/fast food from 陕西 (Shǎnxī or Shaanxi) province that has spread all over China. As with hamburgers the constituent ingredients can vary, but in general include: 1. Stewed fatty meat (usually pork), braised in a broth with dozens (!) of spices for many hours (often over a day). The meat is usually cooked skin-on to provide a variety of textures in the final product. Spices include star anise, Sichuan peppercorns, and licorice root as essentials, along with soy sauce and dozens of other spice mixes (each vendor has their own recipe). 2. Assorted vegetables, usually green peppers, coriander, and chives these days. 3. A particular variety of flatbread made in the same way as steamed buns (so rolled), but flattened and baked or fried instead of steamed. This is one of the world's oldest sandwiches, with all the basic ingredients (minus the chilies obviously) in place by c.256 B.C., though naturally there have been innovations and variations over the centuries since. (That being said, today's version would be recognized by anybody from 2200 years ago as being of the same type.) This is expensive, though. 9RMB, or about US$1.25. (For reference, a basic McDonald's hamburger—which is less food and FAR less flavour—is about 11RMB.) But you get what you pay for. More information on specifics in the alt text of each photo. --- #StreetFood #China