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A Trip to Xinying


Night Market Fried Chicken Bao- 5 spice buttermilk fried chicken, kale pea sprout sesame… — photo by T.Tseng, accompanying poem "A Trip to Xinying"
Photo: T.Tseng · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Thick-skinned, chewy, a bit sticky,
Plenty of meat inside,
Fried meatballs dipped in sauce,
Truly good and cheap.

Firm shape, solid texture,
Thin skin, lots of filling, quite sweet,
With cabbage and scallions,
A bowl of wontons tastes fresh.