Street Food Display Norms

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Street food exposed to the pollution you most large Chinese cities and off-set by the sub-zero temperatures. The only item in the bowl that remains protected from the elements? – Crab sticks.

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Related: using skewers to denote cost in Chongqing, and the half life of food on a plate in Tokyo and beyond.