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Pan'an Fangqian Dumplings 磐安方前扁食
Pan'an Fangqian Dumplings (磐安方前扁食), known locally as bianshi, are dumplings from Fangqian town (方前镇) in Pan'an county (磐安县), Jinhua (金华).
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Tangxi Scallion Pork 汤溪葱花肉
Tangxi Scallion Pork (汤溪葱花肉) is minced pork mixed with chopped spring onion, wrapped in pig's caul fat and fried.
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Braised Rabbit Heads 兔头
Braised Rabbit Heads (兔头) are a snack of Quzhou (衢州) in western Zhejiang: rabbit heads braised in a seasoned liquor.
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Spicy Braised Duck Heads 鸭头
Spicy Braised Duck Heads (鸭头) are a Quzhou (衢州) speciality sold in shops along Mazhandi Street (马站底).
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Braised Fish Heads 鱼头
Braised Fish Heads (鱼头) in Quzhou (衢州) are the fish member of the city's signature food set, the "three heads and one foot" (三头一掌): duck heads, rabbit heads and fish heads, plus duck feet.
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Braised Duck Feet 鸭掌
Braised Duck Feet (鸭掌) belong to Quzhou’s (衢州) santou yizhang (三头一掌), a group also containing rabbit heads, duck heads and fish heads.
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Kaihua River Snails 开化青蛳
Kaihua River Snails (开化青蛳) are a speciality of Kaihua (开化). In a 2025 essay for Shangguan News (上观新闻), Zheng Xinwei (郑信伟) describes the western Zhejiang (浙江) snails as having slender, inky-black shells and grey-green flesh, and recalls cooking them over a fierce wood fire at his family home.
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Longyou Spicy Chicken 龙游辣子鸡
Longyou Spicy Chicken (龙游辣子鸡) is the Longyou (龙游) county version of spicy chilli chicken, from Quzhou (衢州) in Zhejiang.
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Changshan Tribute Noodles 常山贡面
Changshan Tribute Noodles (常山贡面) are very fine, hand-pulled noodles from Changshan County (常山县) in Quzhou (衢州), in the west of Zhejiang.
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Jiangshan Steamed Rice Cake 江山米糕
Jiangshan Steamed Rice Cake (江山米糕) is a Lunar New Year food in Jiangshan (江山). Families gather to steam cakes from flour made from dried cooked rice, with sesame and brown sugar among the traditional ingredients.
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Kaihua Steam Cake 开化汽糕
Kaihua Steam Cake (开化汽糕) is a rice-flour cake from Kaihua (开化), also called Qiyueban (七月半).
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Zhoushan Seafood Noodles 舟山海鲜面
Zhoushan Seafood Noodles (舟山海鲜面) are noodle soup with a selection of seafood and other toppings.
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