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Anyue Steamed Rice Rolls (安岳米卷) — dish photograph
Sichuan

Anyue Steamed Rice Rolls 安岳米卷

Anyue Steamed Rice Rolls (安岳米卷) are thin rice sheets rolled into tubes after steaming and cooling. Ziyang (资阳) Municipal Government describes their texture as delicate and their surface as glossy, with sheets as thin as paper.

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AI illustration: A glass bowl of light sweet soup with pale jelly pieces.
Sichuan

Lezhi Lotus Root Starch 乐至藕粉

Lezhi Lotus Root Starch (乐至藕粉) is the lotus root starch of Lezhi County (乐至县) in Ziyang (资阳), Sichuan, also known as Tianchi lotus root starch (天池藕粉).

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Sichuan

Ziyang Mutton Soup 资阳羊肉汤

Ziyang Mutton Soup (资阳羊肉汤) is part of winter-solstice eating in Ziyang (资阳), where residents cook it at home, take freshly made soup away from markets, or eat in soup shops.

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AI illustration: A deep bowl of fine wheat noodles in clear savory broth.
Sichuan

Yanjiang Rabbit Noodles 雁江兔儿面

Yanjiang Rabbit Noodles (雁江兔儿面) is listed among the local specialties of Ziyang, Sichuan. The name includes 兔 (rabbit). The term 面 points to noodles or flour-based food.

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Sichuan

Tibetan Butter Tea 酥油茶

Tibetan Butter Tea (酥油茶) combines boiled brick tea with butter and salt. It is a traditional drink in Tibetan communities of Sichuan (四川), as well as Tibet (西藏) and Qinghai (青海).

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Sichuan

Highland Barley Cake 青稞饼

Highland Barley Cake (青稞饼) is a baked highland-barley cake enjoyed by Tibetan people in Jiuzhaigou (九寨沟), in Sichuan’s Aba Prefecture (阿坝州). It is golden in colour, with a sweet aroma and a crisp texture.

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Roasted barley flour and butter for preparing tsampa, before mixing. This is an ingredient photograph, not a finished serving.
Sichuan

Tsampa Roasted Barley Flour 糌粑

Tsampa Roasted Barley Flour (糌粑) is an everyday Tibetan (藏族) staple in Ngawa (阿坝). In Zoige (若尔盖), barley is roasted and finely ground, then combined with tea and butter for drinking or shaped into small portions to eat.

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