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Zhama Mongolian Banquet 诈马宴
Zhama Mongolian Banquet (诈马宴) is a feast of the old Mongol court that Inner Mongolia now puts before visitors.
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Stir-Fried Lamb with Sand Onion 沙葱羊肉
Stir-Fried Lamb with Sand Onion (沙葱羊肉) pairs mutton or lamb with sand onion (沙葱), a wild desert allium also called Mongolian chive (蒙古韭).
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Ordos Dairy Foods 鄂尔多斯奶食
Ordos Dairy Foods (鄂尔多斯奶食) are the milk foods of the herders of Ordos (鄂尔多斯), the city on the Ordos Plateau through which the Yellow River flows.
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Mutton-Fat Fried Dough Twists 羊油馓子
Mutton-Fat Fried Dough Twists (羊油馓子) are an Ordos (鄂尔多斯) fried dough food, formed into bundles of thin strands. Sheep fat is the frying medium, and the finished bundles are brownish yellow.
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Air-Dried Mutton 风干羊肉
Air-Dried Mutton (风干羊肉) in Ordos (鄂尔多斯) is meat cut into strips in early winter and hung in the shade to dry naturally until February or March.
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Hand-Held Boiled Mutton 手把羊肉
Hand-Held Boiled Mutton (手把羊肉) is lamb on the bone boiled in water and eaten with the hands, one of the traditional Mongol meat dishes.
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Jungar Stewed Mutton 准格尔炖羊肉
Jungar Stewed Mutton (准格尔炖羊肉) is slowly cooked meat from Jungar Banner (准格尔旗), seasoned with onion, ginger and salt.
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Wild Wormwood Shoots 柳蒿芽
Wild Wormwood Shoots (柳蒿芽) are the young stems and leaves of a wild plant that the Daur (达斡尔族) people living along both banks of the Nen River (嫩江) pick and cook in soups and stews. The Daur name for the plant is 'kunmile' (昆米勒).
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Salty Milk Tea 奶茶
Salty Milk Tea (奶茶) is Mongolian milk tea: green brick tea (青砖茶) boiled and mixed with fresh milk and salt.
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Hulun Lake Whole Fish Banquet 呼伦湖全鱼宴
The Hulun Lake Whole Fish Banquet (呼伦湖全鱼宴) is a set meal of many fish and shrimp dishes made from the catch of Hulun Lake (呼伦湖), also called Dalai Lake (达赉湖), in the west of the Hulunbuir (呼伦贝尔) grassland.
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Evenki Grilled Meat 鄂温克烤肉
Evenki Grilled Meat (鄂温克烤肉) belongs to the food traditions of the Evenki people in Hulunbuir (呼伦贝尔), Inner Mongolia (内蒙古).
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Bayannur Mixed Stew 巴盟烩菜
Bayannur Mixed Stew (巴盟烩菜) is the pork stew of the Hetao Plain (河套平原) in Bayannur (巴彦淖尔), Inner Mongolia, cooked down with pickled Chinese cabbage, potatoes, wide vermicelli noodles and tofu.
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