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AI illustration: A glass bowl of light sweet soup with pale jelly pieces.
Jiangsu

Gorgon Nut Sweet Soup 鸡头米糖水

Gorgon Nut Sweet Soup (鸡头米糖水) is a Suzhou (苏州) summer soup made from gorgon nut, the seed of a water plant of the water-lily family, which Suzhou counts among its eight water vegetables, the shui baxian (水八仙).

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First Delicacy Under Heaven (天下第一鲜) — dish photograph
Jiangsu

First Delicacy Under Heaven 天下第一鲜

First Delicacy Under Heaven (天下第一鲜) is a folk nickname for the hard clam (文蛤, wenge), a speciality of Nantong (南通), which faces the Yellow Sea to the east and the Yangtze to the south; it is also the name of a Nantong clam dish.

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AI illustration: A plate with a few round golden baked or griddled flatbreads.
Jiangsu

Clam Cakes 文蛤饼

Clam Cakes (文蛤饼) are small pan-fried cakes of chopped hard clam meat, a well-known snack of Nantong (南通) in Jiangsu.

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

Haimen Goat Meat 海门山羊肉

Haimen Goat Meat (海门山羊肉) is associated with autumn and winter meals in Haimen (海门), Nantong (南通). Red braising is its classic preparation: the meat becomes glossy red, tender and aromatic.

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AI illustration: Small rectangular and irregular pieces of sesame or peanut brittle and puffed-rice candy on a simple plate.
Jiangsu

Rugao Dong Candy 如皋董糖

Rugao Dong Candy (如皋董糖) is a crumbly, layered sweet from Rugao (如皋), Jiangsu, made from roasted barley flour, sesame and malt syrup and cut into small squares.

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Langshan Chicken (狼山鸡) — dish photograph
Jiangsu

Langshan Chicken 狼山鸡

Langshan Chicken (狼山鸡) is a local chicken breed of Nantong (南通), Jiangsu, raised for both eggs and meat, and in Rudong county (如东县) it is cooked as a clear-simmered dish, qingdun Langshan ji (清炖狼山鸡).

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