Chinese Food 中国美食

Eight-Strand Fried Dough Stick 八股油条

Eight-Strand Fried Dough Stick (八股油条) is a Xuzhou (徐州) breakfast fritter: an oval fried dough stick made from eight pieces of dough, eaten in the city for more than a hundred years according to China.com.cn (中国网).

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Sha Soup 饣它汤

Sha Soup (饣它汤) is Xuzhou's (徐州) breakfast soup of old hen, pork and wheat kernels, sold at most of the city's breakfast stalls according to Ta Kung Pao (大公报).

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Xuzhou Rice Noodles 徐州米线

Xuzhou Rice Noodles (徐州米线) combine springy rice strands with beef-bone broth and a slow-cooked pork sauce. Coriander, pickled mustard stem and red chilli oil finish the bowl.

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Tadpole-Shaped Starch Jelly 蛙鱼

Tadpole-Shaped Starch Jelly (蛙鱼) is a cold starch jelly from Xuzhou (徐州), made mainly from sweet-potato starch. Its local name, "wayu" (literally "frog fish"), comes from the pieces, which look like tadpoles.

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Scrambled Eggs with Salted Beans 盐豆炒鸡蛋

Scrambled Eggs with Salted Beans (盐豆炒鸡蛋) is listed among the local specialties of Xuzhou, Jiangsu. The name includes 鸡蛋 (egg). 炒 describes stir-frying.

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Fengxian Mutton Soup 丰县羊肉汤

Fengxian Mutton Soup (丰县羊肉汤) is listed among the local specialties of Xuzhou, Jiangsu. The name includes 羊肉 (lamb or mutton). The term 汤 points to soup.

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Tianmu Lake Clay Pot Fish Head 天目湖砂锅鱼头

Tianmu Lake Clay Pot Fish Head (天目湖砂锅鱼头) is the head of a bighead carp slow-simmered in a clay pot with water from Tianmu Lake (天目湖) in Liyang (溧阳), Changzhou (常州), Jiangsu. The soup comes out milk-white.

Crab-Filled Soup Dumplings 加蟹小笼包

Crab-Filled Soup Dumplings (加蟹小笼包) are Changzhou's (常州) crab version of the small steamed soup dumpling, first made at the Wanhua Teahouse (万华茶楼) by the Xiaoheyan (小河沿) floating bridge during the Daoguang reign of the Qing dynasty.

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Changzhou Dried Radish 常州萝卜干

Changzhou Dried Radish (常州萝卜干), also called Wujin dried radish (武进萝卜干), is a salted and dried radish that Chinese Wikipedia lists as a well-known local product of Changzhou (常州) in Jiangsu.

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Caul Fat Rolls 网油卷

Caul Fat Rolls (网油卷), also called wanggao juan (网膏卷), are a Changzhou (常州) sweet: sweet bean paste wrapped in pig's caul fat, coated in a whipped egg-white batter and deep-fried, rather like a sesame ball.

Rice Balls in Sweet Fermented Rice Soup 酒酿元宵

Rice Balls in Sweet Fermented Rice Soup (酒酿元宵) is a Changzhou (常州) sweet with white, springy glutinous-rice balls and a fragrant, lightly sweet fermented-rice soup.

Liyang Tied Liver Bundles 溧阳扎肝

Liyang Tied Liver Bundles (溧阳扎肝) combine pork liver with skin-on pork, fried tofu and rehydrated dried bamboo shoots, all secured with pork small intestine.