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Yimen Smoked Beef (义门熏牛肉) — dish photograph
Anhui

Yimen Smoked Beef 义门熏牛肉

Yimen Smoked Beef (义门熏牛肉) is a speciality of Yimen town (义门镇) in Guoyang County (涡阳县), Bozhou (亳州), Anhui: beef that is cured for days, steamed for hours and finally passed through oil.

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Shitai Layered One-Pot (石台一品锅) — dish photograph
Anhui

Shitai Layered One-Pot 石台一品锅

Shitai Layered One-Pot (石台一品锅) is a banquet pot from Shitai County (石台县), Chizhou (池州), in which dried bamboo shoots, pork, tofu, round balls (yuanzi, 圆子) and glass noodles are stacked in layers in one large pan, each layer carrying a wish for the guests who eat it.

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