Found this stall on the 2nd night when we decided to wander around the streets behind the hotel. All of this is fried food and the there are a lot of varieties from drumstick (bought one, taste good), prawn, "stinky tofu" (bought this also, interesting taste), chicken wing, chinese sausage (bought this, taste normal), tiny crab and more.
Let's zoom in. The skewered black things at the top is the "stinky tofu" for 1 yuan. Yes I know, it looks different from the famous ones shown on Hong Kong tv series but I soon discovered there are in deed different types of "stinky tofu". I actually expect it to smell and taste as disgusting as the Blue cheese but it turns out alright. It is just that the spices (the famous 5 spices) they use are really strong. You well get sick of it once you are on the 3rd or 4th stick. Good thing I bought a drumstick to fight the dominating taste. When I tried the drumstick for 5 yuan, I was surprised that it is spicy. But it taste really good. It is actually quite filling cause it is pretty big and the batter is very thick. The other thing I tried from the stall is the chinese sausage (1 yuan). It is interesting that they can eat it as snack cause the thing is very salty and we in South East Asia usually cut them up first and eat them with rice.
We moved on and found this mini night market with many peddlers selling fruits and small rundown shops. Amazingly, this place still feels very safe like the rest of the city. Unlike Malaysia, if you come across a place like this, the chance something bad happen is 50%. Nanning is pretty much like Singapore and Brunei. Maybe that's why I feel comfortable there.
On Saturday, the day before the exhibition starts, we have the only chance to shop around during day time. It is the time we can actually see way more food stalls around. There are food stalls in between blocks and at the alleys. This picture is from one alley beside the "walking street" which is like Singapore's Chinatown but no cars allowed on the street. The food here looks interesting and lot's of veggie for the diet-minded but I didn't try it because my friends don't seem to want to stay and is walking very fast. By the time I finished taking this picture she is at least 25 meters away.
Anyway, I still take my sweet time taking photos. That is because I know she won't go too far. She needed me since I can speak Chinese and none of the Chinese understand English except those working in hotels and volunteering in the exhibition! As you can see, the food there is ridiculously cheap that range from 1 yuan to 2.8 yuan. None of them goes past 60 cents! Other than that you can actually get your food in different sizes from 2 tael to 3 tael that's roughly 100g to 150g. Oh yeah, other than food you can actually get your denim made there also.
More pictures from the alley. They seem to sell food that is almost alike except the last one where we can see some Chinese "Kuih".
Got thirsty and bought this pearl milk tea. Its 1 yuan only. The portion is pretty small and it taste plain. When I say plain, it doesn't mean that it taste normal, it means that it is not sweet and tea is just a trace element in there.
This is another place with several food stalls but it looks cleaner and pretty popular where the seats at the back seems to be all taken.
Around the corner of a mall, we found this. Fried food on skewer again. I'm wondering why 99.9% of the Chinese are slim when they eat so many fried food? As you can see, it is evening and the stomach is growling but there are a lot of people so we head back and look for food elsewhere.
After dinner (the duck meal) on the previous post, I bought this corn juice for 2.5 yuan. It taste pretty good. And it is very, very thick and creamy. Nice, could go back and buy again if I have a chance again (trust me, I'm praying for that!).
This is the picture of a woman cooking another variation of "stinky tofu". It is taken at the side of the South Lake "NanHu" Garden. This variation is certainly very, very tasty. My favourite food stall food so far. It is spicy and flavoured with curry, yup curry. It is salty but its really nice. I don't mind losing some hair for it. Oh yeah its 5 pieces for 1 yuan. I actually ordered it first then ask what is it when I pay. Feeling adventurous. Maybe its because of the nice cool air, beautiful sight of the lake and a really nice more-than-30 minutes walk. Yes, I dare to walk at night on dark pavement even though it is past nine at night (looking touristy with shopping bags and a very un-chinese belly!). Need I say more about the security in the city? 
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