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Hubei

Shaomai Steamed Dumplings 烧麦

Shaomai Steamed Dumplings (烧麦) are the steamed dumplings that Hubei (湖北) people, including those around Wuhan (武汉), usually call shaomei (烧梅). The Hubei version is filled with glutinous rice, diced meat and shiitake mushrooms.

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Hubei

Daye Thick-Broth Noodles 大冶糊面

Daye Thick-Broth Noodles (大冶糊面) are a village noodle dish from Daye (大冶), a city in Huangshi (黄石), Hubei, in which noodles cut to one or two centimetres cook with diced pork and tofu until noodles and paste merge into one thick bowl.

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Hubei

Jinniu Pressed Tofu Sheets 金牛千张

Jinniu Pressed Tofu Sheets (金牛千张) are thin soybean sheets from Jinniu (金牛), a town in Daye (大冶), Huangshi (黄石). Almost translucent, they are supple enough to hold together when lifted by a corner.

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Hubei

Huangshigang Baked Cake 黄石港饼

Huangshigang Baked Cake (黄石港饼) is a round baked pastry with a sesame crust and a filling of sesame, rock sugar and sugared osmanthus, from Huangshi (黄石) on the Yangtze in Hubei.

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Hubei

Taizi Tofu 太子豆腐

Taizi Tofu (太子豆腐) is hand-made bean curd from Taizi town (太子镇) in Huangshi (黄石), in the part of the city run as the Development Zone and Tieshan District (开发区·铁山区).

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Hubei

Daye Stamped Rice Cakes 大冶印子粑

Daye Stamped Rice Cakes (大冶印子粑) are small glutinous-rice cakes pressed in carved wooden moulds, made in Daye (大冶), Hubei, each year after the Flower Festival (花朝节) of the second lunar month.

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