Roujiamo has been called a Chinese hamburger, but instead of ground beef, it’s made with stewed pork belly.
The snack is a specialty of Shaanxi Province, where it’s reputedly been eaten for over 2,000 years. We went to a shop in Xi’an, the capital of Shaanxi, to see how it’s made.
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Producer: Clarissa Wei
Videographer: Patrick Wong
Editor: Hanley Chu
Mastering: Victor Peña
