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Local dishes, ingredients and the stories behind them.

Garlic Crayfish 蒜蓉小龙虾
Garlic Crayfish (蒜蓉小龙虾) is freshwater crayfish cooked under a coat of golden minced garlic.
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Plain-Steamed Crayfish 清蒸小龙虾
Plain-Steamed Crayfish (清蒸小龙虾) is crayfish steamed plainly in the shell and eaten with a dipping sauce.
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Crayfish-Paddy Steamed Rice 虾稻米饭
Crayfish-Paddy Steamed Rice (虾稻米饭) is cooked rice made from crayfish-paddy rice (虾稻米), the grain that Qianjiang (潜江) in Hubei grows in fields where crayfish are raised alongside the rice plants.
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Brine-Braised Crayfish 卤虾
Brine-Braised Crayfish (卤虾) appears in Qianjiang (潜江) in a golden-broth version called jintang luxia (金汤卤虾).
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Crayfish Tail Balls 虾球
Crayfish Tail Balls (虾球) is listed among the local specialties of Qianjiang, Hubei. The name includes 虾 (shrimp or prawns).
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Qianjiang Guokui Flatbread 潜江锅盔
Qianjiang Guokui Flatbread (潜江锅盔) is a baked flatbread from Qianjiang (潜江), Hubei.
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Qianjiang Snakehead Fish Noodles 潜江财鱼面
Qianjiang Snakehead Fish Noodles (潜江财鱼面) are a breakfast noodle bowl from Qianjiang (潜江), Hubei, topped with slices of caiyu (财鱼) and finished with a broth made from the same fish.
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Tianmen Steamed Dishes 天门蒸菜
Tianmen Steamed Dishes (天门蒸菜) are the steamed dishes of Tianmen (天门), a city in Hubei that its government calls the home of steamed dishes ("蒸菜之乡").
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Huangtan Rice Noodles 黄潭米粉
Huangtan Rice Noodles (黄潭米粉) are hair-thin white rice noodles served in a thick eel soup, from Huangtan Town (黄潭镇) just west of the city of Tianmen (天门) in Hubei.
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Yihe Freshwater Clams 义河蚶
Yihe Freshwater Clams (义河蚶) are freshwater bivalves from the Tianmen River (天门河) in Tianmen (天门), Hubei, and a banquet dish the city is known for.
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Tianmen Guokui Flatbread 天门锅盔
Tianmen Guokui Flatbread (天门锅盔) is a baked flatbread from Tianmen (天门), Hubei, made by slapping pieces of risen dough onto a guokui oven.
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Toasted Rice Drink 米茶
Toasted Rice Drink (米茶) in Tianmen (天门), Hubei, is qu micha (焌米茶): rice toasted in a wok until golden and then boiled thin in plenty of water, a summer staple of the Jianghan Plain (江汉平原) that, as Tianmen Daily (天门日报) points out, is called tea but is not tea.
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