Street produce

When we were kids I can remember my folks buying sugar cane like this on the streets of Hong Kong.  It's such a kid treat.  Chew it and suck out the sugarwater, spitting out the pulp.  Like a giant chewable lollipop.  The kids had coconuts from earlier at the park and wanted the sugarcane man to chop open the coconuts so they could eat the flesh.  He didn't want to risk his blade though so they continued to carry those coconuts around until we got home and asked the apartment security guard who also declined.

A bit farther on the same street we ran into a horse drawn produce cart.  That gorgeous old horse needed a good hosing down, all mud-matted.  Who wouldn't be crotchety when born into that karma.

Back at the market I saw these spinning crepe-pancake- like things called Jianbing being made.  The man pours very thin batter on the rapidly spinning circular griddle and uses a wooden hoe-like tool to fold it and spread it, fold it and spread it.  When it is finally cooked through and thinned one last time, he cracks and egg over it, puts it on the counter and adds green onion and sauce.   Some sellers do the same thing by hand on their street vendor carts without the spinning hot flat.  Pretty impressive and yummy too.