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Local dishes, ingredients and the stories behind them.

Xiangshan Seafood 象山海鲜
Xiangshan Seafood (象山海鲜) is the seafood cooking of Xiangshan County (象山县), which lies on a peninsula in Ningbo with the sea on three sides.
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Rice Cake Soup with Pickled Greens 咸齑年糕汤
Rice Cake Soup with Pickled Greens (咸齑年糕汤) is a Ningbo (宁波) home soup of sliced rice cakes cooked with xianji (咸齑), the Ningbo name for salted xuelihong (雪里蕻) mustard greens.
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Wenzhou Fish Balls 温州鱼丸
Wenzhou Fish Balls (温州鱼丸) are a Wenzhou (温州) snack of hand-worked fish paste poached in seasoned boiling water and served in its own broth.
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Lamp-Shaped Savoury Fritters 灯盏糕
Lamp-Shaped Savoury Fritters (灯盏糕) are a fried snack associated with Wenzhou (温州).
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Steamed Glutinous Rice 糯米饭
Steamed Glutinous Rice (糯米饭) in Wenzhou (温州) is a breakfast bowl of freshly steamed glutinous rice with a minced-pork and mushroom gravy poured over it, finished with crushed fried dough sticks (油条, youtiao) and chopped spring onion.
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Airen Spongy Rice Cake 矮人松糕
Airen Spongy Rice Cake (矮人松糕) is a steamed cake of glutinous rice flour, diced pork fat, osmanthus and sugar from the city of Wenzhou (温州), Zhejiang.
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Raw Marinated Crab 江蟹生
Raw Marinated Crab (江蟹生) is a traditional Wenzhou (温州) cold dish made from chopped, uncooked crab. The Wenzhou Tourism Bureau (温州市旅游局) describes it as an everyday accompaniment to drinks at home and a cold plate at banquets.
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Duck Tongues 鸭舌
Duck Tongues (鸭舌) are a Wenzhou (温州) cold dish appearing on everyday tables and at Lunar New Year meals.
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Fish Cake 鱼饼
Fish Cake (鱼饼) is a snack from Wenzhou (温州), made with minced sea fish. The district government of Ouhai (瓯海) describes a tender cake whose preparation can include tofu, vegetable paste and sweet-potato starch.
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Pork Offal Rice Noodle Soup 猪脏粉
Pork Offal Rice Noodle Soup (猪脏粉) is a Wenzhou (温州) dish combining pig intestines, duck blood and rice noodles.
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Twice-Steamed Rice Cake 双炊糕
Twice-Steamed Rice Cake (双炊糕) is a sweet glutinous-rice cake from Rui’an (瑞安), associated with the Li Datong (李大同) pastry shop.
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Rui'an Cold Lamb Platter 瑞安扎羊
Rui'an Cold Lamb Platter (瑞安扎羊) is listed among the local specialties of Wenzhou, Zhejiang. The name includes 羊 (sheep).
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