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Old Beijing Bean Juice
Medium24 min1servings

Old Beijing Bean Juice

Cassoumasu Cheese
Medium26 min1servings

Cassoumasu Cheese

Goat cheese with live maggots

Mosquito Burger
Medium78 min1servings

Mosquito Burger

Chinese preserved egg
Hard84 min1servings

Chinese preserved egg

Peard egg: Its special flavor and color come from the decomposition and transformation of protein by strong alkali (plant ash/lime). This process produces a certain amount of ammonia and hydrogen sulfide, which emits an odor similar to "public toilet cleaner. The black egg white and dark green yolk also completely subvert the color that eggs "should" have.