Eating Alone in Urban China | $3 Meal Where the Workers Eat

I used to wonder who these people were, free-roaming alone in the middle of a working day. Until I became one of them. Work schedules in China stretch past 9-to-6 on both ends, so 4pm is a strange hour to be outside. Rush hour has not started, but the restaurants have already fired up. I stopped working this year, so I have started going out at exactly that hour and eating before everyone else arrives. This is what my ordinary day look like. Quick and convenient is what it takes to survive in modern China. But people always offer a bit more than that. WHAT THINGS COST 🥤 Iced lemon water at Mixue — ¥4 / $0.55 / €0.50 🍜 Big bowl of braised pork noodles, free refills — ¥28 / $4 🍜 Chaoshan dry noodles + Seafood Pork soup combo — ¥23 / $3.20 00:00 Intro 00:27 4PM When Everyone’s Working 02:49 Mixue’s 50 cent Iced Lemon Water 03:36 Food Street in Urban Village 05:43 Dinner - Chinese Pastry Burger & Meatball Noddle 10:25 Next Lunch - Chaoshan Seafood Meat Soup 14:18 Kid Attracted by Camera 15:29 Unlimited Noddle #LifeInChina #ChinaVlog #ShenzhenLife #CareerBreak #slowliving