Tianjin breakfast at Garage Restaurant
A typical Tianjin breakfast (Clasrissa Wei / For The Times)
Fried dough with brown sugar. The Chinese name is tang pi. (Clarissa Wei / For The Times)
The bulk of the dish is silken tofu, but the steaming, glutinous broth is more than enough to carry one through a cold Chinese winter morning. (Clarissa Wei / For The Times)
A dish of gabacai is composed of mung bean flakes drenched in a thick gravy of chili oil, light soy sauce, fermented milk, sesame sauce and parsley. (Clarissa Wei / For The Times)
Tianjin-style buns are filled with seasoned pork. (Clarissa Wei / For The Times)
Inside a spongy egg crepe is a thin layer of mung bean and youtiao, a Chinese version of a fried cruller. (Clarissa Wei / For The Times)
A Tianjin feast of Chinese crullers, jianbing guozi, pork-filled buns, tofu “brain” soup, drenched mung bean crepes and a large fried doughnut covered in brown sugar. (Clarissa Wei / For The Times)