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Quick-Poached Xishi Tongue Clams (汆西施舌) — dish photograph
Shandong

Quick-Poached Xishi Tongue Clams 汆西施舌

Quick-Poached Xishi Tongue Clams (汆西施舌) is a Qingdao (青岛) soup in which thin slices of xishi tongue clam (西施舌), a small Qingdao shellfish shaped like a large clam with white, soft but springy meat, are dropped into boiling clear stock and eaten straight away.

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AI illustration: A plate with a few round golden baked or griddled flatbreads.
Shandong

Coiled Thread Pastry 盘丝饼

Coiled Thread Pastry (盘丝饼) is a sweet Jinan (济南) pastry made from hand-pulled dough stretched into threads as fine as silver wire and coiled into a round cake.

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