Taste: sweet
Soybean milk is made with a mix of beans. The typical type is made by soybean, however, it can also be made by black beans or green beans, and sometimes a mix of both. You can find freshly blended or boiled soy milk in disposable cups at most breakfast restaurants. It's very convenient for a take-out as well.
Taste: salty, sweet or spicy
Although Chinese people eat steamed buns at any meal, they especially love steamed buns for breakfast. There is an endless variety of flavors as well as shapes.
Salty flavored buns are stuffed with ground pork, beef, lamb, eggs, mixed with vegetables, such as chives, onions, carrots, and so on.
Sweet flavored buns are stuffed with bean paste, creamy custard, sesame seeds, and sugar. Creative Chinese people have also invented many other different shapes for buns including a bun in the shape of a pig!
Taste: salty, spicy
In northern China, where wheat is more commonly eaten, a bowl of hot and flavorful wheat noodles is a popular breakfast dish. In Wuhan, the hot-and-dry noodle is eaten at breakfast by almost everyone, everyday. This dish is prepared by frying boiled noodles, drying them, then scalding them quickly and adding spicy condiments and sesame paste. There are also other types of wheat noodles in China served with tasty soup, for example, the Lanzhou stretched noodle. As its name suggest, chefs need to use the fresh dough and stretch them into noodle strips. And then boil the noodles with ingredients such as beef or lamb, during which time the noodles will become very chewy.
Taste: salty, spicy
Compared with wheat noodles, rice noodles are more common in the southern China，especially in Hunan, Guangxi and Yunnan provinces. It is a nice choice if you are allergic to gluten. Although they look like wheat noodles, they are made of rice and thus it tastes softer. Guilin rice noodle is a delicious meal is not only popular in Guangxi province, but is famous over the country. This snack is made with boiled rice noodles, fried peanuts, soybeans, chopped scallions, pickled mustard, and other ingredients that you can choose according to your preferences.
Taste: salty, or spicy
Wontons is type of food similar to dumplings. They are usually smaller than dumplings and comprised of a square wrapper (a dough skin made of flour and water) and fillings. Wontons are usually boiled in a fragrant and watery broth. Sometimes, they are boiled in pure water with nori and pepper. In Sichuan province, wonton soup will be served with super red and hot capsicol, which is named "chaoshou". However, in Guangdong province, wontons are not spicy at all, but served with little noodles to make "wonton noodles". They are available with a large variety of fillings, such as ground pork, shrimp, fish, mushrooms, and other vegetables.
Taste: salty
The twisted cruller is kind of like the donut in American breakfast, but instead it is made of two long, golden, deep-fried sticks of dough that are twisted together into a rope shape. You can directly eat one as it is or dip it in some soybean milk or soup, which has a better taste.
Taste: salty
This pancake has two types: the quickly-cooked thin pancake or crepe filled with savory or spicy ingredients, both of which will be topped with fried egg, and chopped mustard pickles, scallions, coriander, and different kinds of sauce. As a popular street food in China, they can be easily found everywhere and are citizens' favorite "breakfast on the run".