{"id":20,"date":"2010-06-02T17:49:55","date_gmt":"2010-06-02T17:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=20"},"modified":"2022-04-10T21:22:13","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T13:22:13","slug":"what-is-tour-beijing-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/china-travel\/chinese-culture\/what-is-tour-beijing-com","title":{"rendered":"Beijing Commuters&#8217; Breakfast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Beijing dwellers have the longest average commutation time from work to home, 52 minutes commute on average. In other words, Beijing has a largest number of commuters in China. \u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each day people get up around 6:00am. Some bike into work; some ride the subway; other either take a taxi or driver a car to their offices.\u00a0Many of them spend two hours on the way between home and work.  Most of their morning working time falls either at 8:30am or 9:00am. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, breakfast at home or on their way to work? \u00a0Some people like me prefer to have breakfast at home, a simple breakfast prepared within 20 minutes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019d rather trade breakfast at home for a few more minutes of sleep. Eating at home for me\u00a0looks better than eating on streets. Those eating at home usually prepare two kinds of breakfast \u2013 typical Chinese breakfast and westernized breakfast. \u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Simple Chinese breakfast at home A typical Chinese breakfast is a bowl of congee, buns, pickles, peanuts or meat. Since cooking congee takes time, people start to make\u00a0congee one night before and eat next day morning.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Beijing-Breakfast.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Beijing-Breakfast.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Beijing-Breakfast-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>Simple westernized breakfast\u00a0at home<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-138\">Butter, three loaves of bread, a bowl of oatmeal, one boiled egg, one tomato &#8211; Simple westernized breakfast\u00a0at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-138\">I usually eat simple westernized breakfast. Preparing\u00a0such kind of breakfast only takes me less than 10 minutes. \u00a0One boiled egg, one tomato, three\u00a0loaves of bread, a bowl of oatmeal. I am a regular oatmeal eater, although we call it porridge in Australia. \u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-138\">Most of the commuters eat breakfast on their way to work. They eat at the roadside restaurants, little\u00a0breakfast stalls or\u00a0pancake stalls (jianbing) on the\u00a0streets. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-138\">Roadside restaurants offering traditional breakfast including baozi (steamed buns), a rice porridge, youtiao(deep fried sticks of dough), doujiang (bowls of steaming soya milk), youbing (deep fried pancake) and more\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Beijing-Breakfast.1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Beijing-Breakfast.1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Beijing-Breakfast.1-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>Little breakfast stalls<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-143\">Little breakfast stalls providing fast breakfast food Little\u00a0breakfast stalls providing fast breakfast food including milk, bread, cake, baozi, porridge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-143\">Some little breakfast stalls even make \u201cJi Dan Guan Bing\u201d ( pancake s ) on the spot. Ji Dan Guan Bing is almost like a fried pancake. It is a popular breakfast Beijing. The making of Ji Dan Guan Bing\u00a0involves pouring a mixture of egg and chopped spring onion into the pancake, pan-fried and served piping hot and crispy. \u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-143\">Jianbing vendor\u2019s cart offering delicious local pancake. In some communities, you still can find such kind carts with one stove, on which the vendor makes a local speciality \u2013 \u201cJian Bing\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-143\">Jian Bing is China\u2019s version of the French crepe. It\u2019s got the same type of thin flour wrap. Inside the wrap,\u00a0it\u2019s usually served with fried eggs, green onions, cilantro, and a savory spicy chilli sauce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tip: Hassle-free Beijing Guided Tours<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you don\u2019t want to go the do-it-yourself route and prefer the hassle-free escorted tours,&nbsp; here are some options for Beijing guided tours:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/beijing_day_tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Beijing Day Tour<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/beijing_package_tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Beijing Tour Packages<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/beijing_winter_tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Beijing Winter Tour<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/beijing_autumn_tour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Beijing Autumn Tour<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/great_wall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Great Wall Tour<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/car_rental\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Car Rental in Beijing<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Beijing Tours<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/china_city_tours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">China City Tours<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/china-tours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">China Tour<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Further Readings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/when-to-visit-beijing-best-time-to-visit-beijing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Best Time to Visit Beijing<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/how-to-plan-a-trip-to-beijing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to plan a trip to Beijing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/top_10_must_see_attractions_in_beijing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Top 10 Attractions in Beijing<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/forbidden-city-travel-tips-the-palace-museum-travel-tips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Visit Forbidden City<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/tips-for-visiting-the-temple-of-heaven\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Visit Temple of Heaven<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/tips-for-visiting-summer-palace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Visit Summer Palace<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/how-to-visit-ming-tombs-in-beijing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Visit Ming Tombs<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/china-travel\/great-wall-of-china\/tips-for-visiting-the-great-wall-of-china-around-beijing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Visit the Great Wall of China<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/tips-for-visiting-tiananmen-square\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Visit Tiananmen Square<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/the-top-10-hutongs-in-beijing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Visit Hutongs<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/how-to-visit-birds-nest-and-water-cube\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Visit Olympic Sites<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/top-10-beijing-markets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Top 10 Markets in Beijing<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/top-10-beijing-shopping-malls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Top 10 Shopping Malls in Beijing<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/shopping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Beijing Shopping<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/beijing-attractions-tips\/wangfujing-street-a-famous-pedestrian-street-in-beijing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wangfujing Walking Street<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/beijing-attractions-tips\/qianmen-street-a-famous-pedestrian-street-in-beijing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Qianmen Commercial Street<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/night-view-of-gui-jie-in-beijing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gui Jie ( Ghost Street) Food Street<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Any questions, just drop a line.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beijing dwellers have the longest average commutation time from work to home, 52 minutes commute on average. In other words, Beijing has a largest number of commuters in China. \u00a0\u00a0 Each day people get up around 6:00am. Some bike into work; some ride the subway; other either take a taxi or driver a car to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beijing-food","category-chinese-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31490,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20\/revisions\/31490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}