Heard of this place for quite a while. Remembering when I was little and asking my mom to buy me one from side of the street, she never agreed except once. My memory of the real jianbing was decades ago. I was excited to try this here.
Ordering process was pretty straight forward but they have all these combos, so you'd have to do some math on whether it's better to get combo or individual items. This is actually not too different from mainland China system--just takes sometime to get used to.
The foods were prepared pretty fast, well presented. Smelled really good while we were waiting. The place is really small, definitely more of delivery/take out spot than an eat in. All the packaging are disposable. They also provide a small packet of a pair of disposable gloves to eat the food with, which is great. Also very mainland service style-- this is also a common practice there.
Now onto the actual food... it's pretty good, but not really authentic, not the 1980-1990 styled street food. However, it is pretty close to what you'd get from modern China, since it has bacon, hotdog, and also the crepe is more western than the traditional crunchy type. The sauces are on point. The best, and most Chinese flavored option is the Latiao (spicy stick) option because it has the spicy gluten stick and the classic Zhacai (pickled tuber). Very classic but also modern with the Latiao fad. The chicken one actually taste a a lot like the popcorn chicken from Hello Jasmine, probably the same batter. All the fillings are pretty big chunks so it falls out easily. We enjoyed it, even tho it definitely falls apart quickly. The real jianbing is given to you in a tiny plastic bag where it's all held together and doesn't fall apart. But anyway, it's good and all, but in my very honest opinion, so expensive! It's really not a lot of food for the price, unless you get the triple egg option.
What impressed us the most is the soy milk lol. Hard to find not-too-sweet soy milk. They also had a BOGO. Comes out hot. Really comforting and reminds us of true Asian food. The Thai iced tea was powder based, not bad but not good either. I think dedicated Thai restaurant has better options.
Bubble waffle is what you'd expect. It's good but not as crunchy as I'd like. Good snack but pretty pricy also. So overall, the food is not bad, but the quantity is quite little for the price-- not the best value but for the novelty and true-to-modern China flavor profiles, it might be worth the price. Hard to say. read more