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Songhua Lake Fish Banquet 松花湖鱼宴
Songhua Lake Fish Banquet (松花湖鱼宴) is a multi-dish meal made from the freshwater fish of Songhua Lake (松花湖) in Jilin city (吉林市), Jilin province.
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Sticky Bean Buns 粘豆包
Sticky Bean Buns (粘豆包) are part of the Manchu food traditions of Jilin City (吉林市). In Wulajie (乌拉街), they feature at the market before Chinese New Year, where families buy them for home and as gifts.
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Pork Belly Stewed with Pickled Cabbage 酸菜炖白肉
Pork Belly Stewed with Pickled Cabbage (酸菜炖白肉) combines Northeastern sauerkraut and pork belly, the two main ingredients Chinese Wikipedia gives for the region's sauerkraut-and-white-pork hotpot.
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Yitong Roast Pigeon 伊通烧鸽子
Yitong Roast Pigeon (伊通烧鸽子) is a whole pigeon cooked in and then over charcoal, a Manchu speciality of Yitong Manchu Autonomous County (伊通满族自治县) in Siping (四平), Jilin.
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Manchu Eight-Bowl Banquet 满族八大碗
Manchu Eight-Bowl Banquet (满族八大碗) is represented in Siping (四平) by the version at Manyanlou (满宴楼). A 2024 China Tourism News (中国旅游报) feature describes this restaurant’s ingredients and traditional cooking methods.
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Siping Smoked Pork 四平熏肉
Siping Smoked Pork (四平熏肉) is pork first cooked in an old master stock with a secret seasoning mix and then smoked.
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Pickled Cabbage with Pork Belly 酸菜白肉
Pickled Cabbage with Pork Belly (酸菜白肉) is a Northeastern Chinese dish of thin-sliced pork belly simmered with shredded sauerkraut and starch noodles, also called suancai cuan bairou (酸菜汆白肉).
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Manchu Oak-Leaf Cakes 玻璃叶饼
Manchu Oak-Leaf Cakes (玻璃叶饼), called "glass-leaf cakes" in Chinese, are cakes wrapped in oak leaves, a food of the Manchu (满族).
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Liaoyuan Dragon-Head Fish 辽源龙头鱼
Liaoyuan Dragon-Head Fish (辽源龙头鱼) is listed among the local specialties of Liaoyuan, Jilin. The name includes 鱼 (fish).
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Frozen Tofu Stewed with Chinese Cabbage 冻豆腐炖白菜
Frozen Tofu Stewed with Chinese Cabbage (冻豆腐炖白菜) is a home-style stew of frozen tofu and Chinese cabbage.
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Venison Banquet 鹿肉宴
Venison Banquet (鹿肉宴) is a banquet of sika deer (梅花鹿) dishes served in Liaoyuan (辽源), Jilin, whose Dongfeng County (东丰县) calls itself the ‘hometown of the sika deer’.
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Korean-Style Brazier Pot 高丽火盆
Korean-Style Brazier Pot (高丽火盆) is a layered pan of meat, tofu and vegetables cooked at the table over a charcoal brazier, a speciality of Tonghua (通化), and of Ji'an (集安) in particular.
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