Connected!

 As I was walking down the street I passed by a small store front selling Mantau. Mantau are steamed buns, they are filled with either pork, or vegetables.   Sounds kind of weird, steamed bread but if done right it's very tasty.   Imagine soft white bread that has been freshly made that morning, on the second rise of the bread the dough is made into small buns and a stuffing is tucked into the center, folded over and left to rise a second time. The owner of the shop (this woman?) wakes at 3am to begin her bread making and the shop opens at 6 or 7 am.  The cooking process, steam, seems very strange but the bread is not wet has it develops a type of skin while steaming.  Think Wonder Bread with a slice of meatloaf only neatly produced in a round bun shape.  Yummy!  I don't know if I prefer the vegetable or the pork.  It depends on my mood and the vendor. Some put a funny tofu inside with the veg, some use mushrooms and some use a very strong tasting veg that I find unpalatable.  The pork, never lets me down, salty and juicy.  Pork - is it the national meat of China?  It should be as it's everywhere.

 In the picture below it looks like you couldn't swing a dead cat around in this small shop or an alive one for that matter. There is just enough room to stand and make bread, no toilet or break room in this shop. Which is just as well as they never seem to wash their hands so I rather she didn't use the loo on her 12 hour shift.  And this of course begs the question - how long is her shift? Does she get a break? And where does she go to relieve herself?  While the basics seem far away in this shop, she is connected! Wireless I wonder? Or is she watching a DVD?