Zhutang, pig soup, is a dish that combines pork off-cuts and offal in milky pork bone soup. Zhutang is a popular breakfast in Yincheng, North China’s Shanxi province. [Photo/Douban.com]

For example, the first episode features a breakfast stand in Yincheng, North China's Shanxi province. Run by a senior, jovial couple, the nearly 40-year-old stand sells zhutang, literally pig soup, a dish that combines pork off-cuts and offal in milky pork bone soup.

Despite its strange, even a bit distasteful name, zhutang is a local breakfast hugely popular among locals, young and old, who wait in long lines before getting to enjoy the dish with gusto.

A scene from the first episode of Breakfast China Season Three features a boy enjoying z hutang, pig soup in Yincheng, North China’s Shanxi province. [Photo/Douban.com]

"My mouth is watering! Maybe someday I'll ask for a day's leave and fly to Shanxi simply for a bowl of pig soup!" reads a comment by Baipang'er, a user on Douban, a popular Chinese film and TV review site, where the show has so far notched up a staggering 9.1 out of 10.

"So far I've only watched eight episodes, but I want to try them all!" commented Douban user Clara.