They look like bagels and taste like bagels, but instead of being boiled, they’re baked. Also, they’re from China and have been around for over 400 years.

Guangbing is a staple bread from the coastal province of Fujian. They’re baked fresh every day in wood-fired ovens and cost just 14 cents a piece. We went to Fujian and met one of the last specialty guangbing makers in China.

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