Asia Road Nosh

Food & bev alternatives for the jaded business traveler, focusing on Asia manufacturing hotspots, including: Batam Hong Kong Johor Bahru Penang Shanghai Singapore Zhuhai

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Xmas Fry Up, Shanghai Style

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Nagoya Hill Mall Food Street, Batam Indonesia.Recommended eats: Cobain, Ayam Penyet Ria, A&W (just for Nostalgia), J. Co Donuts & Coffee.

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Ayam penyet (Indonesian smashed fried chicken) at Ayam Penyet Ria, Nagoya Mall, Batam. Indonesia

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Ayam bakar at Warung Cobain, Batam Centre, Batam Indonesia

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Taiwanese turkey rice and bitter melon juice from Chun-Store (佳思多食品料理店); Pudong District 146 Yushan Lu (across from Yuanshen Sports Centre), 浦东新区羽山路146号 (源深体育场对面)

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Shaanxi style noodles

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lajiang noodles - a Shanghai classic

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bàoyú noodles (暴鱼面), from Shanghai's Lao Ban Zhai (老半斋), 600 Fuzhou Lu (at Zhejiang Lu) 黄浦区福州路600号(近浙江中路)

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Mother in-laws Northeastern style dumplings - the best.

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According to this gentleman, Jinhua ham is made with hind legs of pigs blessed by the heavens with thin skin, high fat content and a panda-like color scheme. Traditionally, a local breed called “two ends black” (两头乌), which has such an appearance, is used in making Jinhua hams. 

Visit his shop at Level 1 of Pudong International Food Inn (浦东国际美食城), 601 Zhangyang Lu, near Nanquan Bei Lu 浦东新区张杨路601号 (近南泉北路）

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Dried fish seller in Shanghai

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Sesame beef tripe from Lao Wan (老碗), a Northwestern style Chinese restaurant in Shanghai.

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Paigu nian'gao (排骨年高) from Da Fu Gui (大富贵), an old-school Shanghainese snack operation. It's a deep fried pork chop on glutinous rice cake with five spice gravy. Yikes.

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Xinbao Cha Canting（新宝茶餐厅）, Zhuhai

It is: HK style cafe, located in wretched Macao/Mainland border hive

Try: Pork chop bun, claypot rice, the usual noodle favorites

Clientele: PRC gamblebot burnouts, discount shoppers

Memorabilia: quasi-filthiness, moderately long waits during peak hours, toilets

Address: Zhuhai, Gongbei Underground Shopping Mall, B1 C079 (香洲区拱北迎宾南路拱北口岸广场地下一层C079)

Walk from: Macau border, Charming Hotel, L Hotels

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Macau jerky options

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Awaiting jerky in Macau