Chinese Food 中国美食

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AI illustration: A bowl of broad rustic wheat or oat dough ribbons and short handmade pasta pieces.
Inner Mongolia

Hetao Cold Wheat Sheet Noodles 河套面筋

Hetao Cold Wheat Sheet Noodles (河套面筋) are a cold dish known to every household in Bayannur (巴彦淖尔): glossy, springy sheets made from wheat flour, cut into strips and dressed with sauces.

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AI illustration: A rustic ceramic bowl of bone-in chicken pieces in golden-brown broth with mushrooms and a few ginger slices.
Inner Mongolia

Pork and Chicken Braise 猪肉勾鸡

Pork and Chicken Braise (猪肉勾鸡) is a one-pot dish of the Hetao (河套) plain around Bayannur (巴彦淖尔), Inner Mongolia: pork belly, pork ribs and free-range chicken braised in a sugar-browned sauce with potatoes and tofu, with leavened bread cooked in the same pot.

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Fried Millet Cakes (油炸糕) — dish photograph
Inner Mongolia

Fried Millet Cakes 油炸糕

Fried Millet Cakes (油炸糕) are a festive food in the Hetao (河套) area of Bayannur (巴彦淖尔). Yellow millet flour is steamed into dough, worked smooth, filled with beans and fried in linseed oil.

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AI illustration: A simple bowl of white yogurt beside a small plate of pale fresh cheese pieces.
Inner Mongolia

Wallace Melon Tossed with Milk Skin 华莱士瓜拌奶皮

Wallace Melon Tossed with Milk Skin (华莱士瓜拌奶皮) is listed among the local specialties of Bayannur, Inner Mongolia. It is grouped here with sweets & desserts; retain the complete Chinese name when comparing local menus.

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AI illustration: A stylized welcoming Chinese dining table seen slightly from above.
Inner Mongolia

Potato Banquet 土豆宴

Potato Banquet (土豆宴) is a spread of potato dishes served in Ulanqab (乌兰察布), a city that holds the title "China's Potato Capital" (中国薯都).

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Wang Xiao'er Big Flatbread (王小二大饼) — dish photograph
Inner Mongolia

Wang Xiao'er Big Flatbread 王小二大饼

Wang Xiao'er Big Flatbread (王小二大饼) is a flatbread from Tuquan County (突泉县) in Hinggan League (兴安盟), Inner Mongolia. China National Radio credits it to the late Hui chef Wang Xiao'er (王小二) of Hinggan League.

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AI illustration: A plate of pale boiled lamb chunks with a few bone-in pieces.
Inner Mongolia

Horqin Hand-Held Boiled Lamb 科尔沁手把肉

Horqin Hand-Held Boiled Lamb (科尔沁手把肉) is lamb boiled on the bone and eaten by hand, a Mongol dish that Hinggan League (兴安盟) in Inner Mongolia serves to visitors on its grasslands.

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Pot-Cooked Tea (锅茶) — dish photograph
Inner Mongolia

Pot-Cooked Tea 锅茶

Pot-Cooked Tea (锅茶) is Mongolian milk tea that is brewed first and then cooked on in the pot with dried meat, dairy foods and roasted millet, so that it is eaten as much as drunk.

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