Chinese Food 中国美食

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Heilongjiang

Imperial Mock Bear Paw 御品赛熊掌

Imperial Mock Bear Paw (御品赛熊掌) is a Heilongjiang banquet dish that copies braised bear paw with pork skin, minced meat and beef tendon, since bear paw itself can no longer be cooked.

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Heilongjiang

Mock Shark Fin 赛鱼翅

Mock Shark Fin (赛鱼翅) is listed among the local specialties of Heilongjiang. The name includes 赛鱼翅 (an imitation-style banquet name).

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Stew of pickled Chinese cabbage, pork and blood sausage, known as shazhucai.
Heilongjiang

Pig-Slaughter Stew 杀猪菜

Pig-Slaughter Stew (杀猪菜), literally pig-killing dish, is the north-east Chinese pot of pork cooked with pickled cabbage; in Heilongjiang it also takes the form of a Manchu (满族) whole-pig banquet from Lanling (兰棱).

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AI illustration: A ceramic bowl of slowly braised irregular bone-in meat pieces.
Heilongjiang

Soy-Braised Pork Spine 酱骨架

Soy-Braised Pork Spine (酱骨架) is listed among the local specialties of Harbin, Heilongjiang. 酱 describes sauce or bean-paste seasoning.

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Heilongjiang

Guolao Pan-Fried Dumplings 锅烙

Guolao Pan-Fried Dumplings (锅烙) is listed among the local specialties of Harbin, Heilongjiang. It is grouped here with regional dishes & banquets; retain the complete Chinese name when comparing local menus.

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AI illustration: A plate of small golden Chinese flaky pastries and a round stamped mooncake.
Heilongjiang

Laodingfeng Pastries 老鼎丰糕点

Laodingfeng Pastries (老鼎丰糕点) are the pastries and mooncakes of Laodingfeng (老鼎丰), a pastry maker in Harbin (哈尔滨), Heilongjiang, whose factory dates from 1911.

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Heilongjiang

Russian-Style Western Cuisine 俄式西餐

Russian-Style Western Cuisine (俄式西餐) is the Russian-rooted restaurant cooking of Harbin (哈尔滨), which the China Hotel Association named China's "Capital of Western Food" in 2017.

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