🍽️ Baoding Donkey Burger

Crispy bun filled with braised donkey meat, known as a earthly delicacy.

Baoding donkey meat huoshao is a hugely popular street snack in Baoding, Hebei. Unleavened dough is baked into round or elongated crispy buns that are flaky outside and soft within, while donkey meat is slowly braised in a master broth until savory and tender without being dry. The bun is split open and stuffed with slices of braised donkey, often with a layer of jellied donkey-skin aspic; eaten hot, wheat aroma, crust and rich meat combine in every bite. A local saying praises donkey meat as the finest earthly meat. Baoding locals eat it for breakfast, a quick meal or with drinks, and visitors to the city rarely leave without trying one of the region's most recognizable flavors.