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Griddle-Grilled Beef Slices (烤牛肉) — dish photograph
Heilongjiang

Griddle-Grilled Beef Slices 烤牛肉

Griddle-Grilled Beef Slices (烤牛肉) are central to Qiqihar’s (齐齐哈尔) barbecue tradition. The city’s Meilisi (梅里斯) style is known for large, evenly cut pieces from the upper shoulder and rib area.

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AI illustration: A metal Chinese hotpot with steaming broth and clearly separated small portions of meat and vegetables.
Heilongjiang

Pickled Cabbage and Pork Belly Hotpot 酸菜白肉锅

Pickled Cabbage and Pork Belly Hotpot (酸菜白肉锅) is a pot of Northeast sour cabbage and stock, heated with live charcoal, in which pork belly is swished until cooked. It is also called Northeast hotpot (东北火锅).

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AI illustration: A deep bowl of slender white rice noodles in light broth with a few cooked meat slices and scallions.
Heilongjiang

Nehe Potato Starch Noodles 讷河马铃薯粉

Nehe Potato Starch Noodles (讷河马铃薯粉) are potato noodles from Nehe (讷河), a city in Qiqihar (齐齐哈尔), Heilongjiang, that carries the title Potato Home of China (中国马铃薯之乡).

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

Jixi Cold Noodles 鸡西大冷面

Jixi Cold Noodles (鸡西大冷面) are the cold noodles of Jixi (鸡西), Heilongjiang, which the city lists among its local foods and which locals say cannot be eaten without their chilli-dressed side dishes.

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AI illustration: An oval plate with one cooked whole freshwater fish in light brown sauce.
Heilongjiang

Xingkai Lake Whitefish 兴凯湖大白鱼

Xingkai Lake Whitefish (兴凯湖大白鱼) is the topmouth culter (翘嘴红鲌) caught in Xingkai Lake (兴凯湖), the freshwater lake on the border between Heilongjiang and Russia's Primorsky Krai (滨海边疆区), and it is listed as the lake's own specialty in the Chinese Wikipedia article on Jixi (鸡西).

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AI illustration: A shallow bowl of cooked wheat noodles with a modest brown savory dressing.
Heilongjiang

Mishan Grilled Noodle Sheets 密山烤冷面

Mishan Grilled Noodle Sheets (密山烤冷面) are sheets of cold noodles grilled over charcoal in Mishan (密山), Jixi (鸡西), Heilongjiang, which the Mishan city government presents as the place where grilled cold noodles (烤冷面) began.

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