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Swimming Crab Stir-Fried with Rice Cakes 梭子蟹炒年糕
Swimming Crab Stir-Fried with Rice Cakes (梭子蟹炒年糕) combines chopped swimming crab with rice cakes and is cooked in both Zhoushan (舟山) and Ningbo (宁波).
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Brined Raw Crab with Red Roe 红膏呛蟹
Brined Raw Crab with Red Roe (红膏呛蟹) is a raw salt-cured swimming-crab dish associated with Zhoushan (舟山).
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Air-Dried Eel 风鳗
Air-Dried Eel (风鳗) is sea eel (海鳗) salted and hung in the winter wind in Zhoushan (舟山), Zhejiang. Zhejiang Online calls the steamed dish a fixture of Spring Festival tables in most Zhoushan households.
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Half-Dried Fried Fish 熏鱼
Half-Dried Fried Fish (熏鱼) is a New Year and wedding dish in the Zhoushan (舟山) islands. Writing for Shangguan News (上观新闻) in November 2023, Yu Yan (虞燕) recalls a family preparation commonly made with Spanish mackerel or hairtail.
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Pork Braised with Dried Yellow Croaker 黄鱼鲞烤肉
Pork Braised with Dried Yellow Croaker (黄鱼鲞烤肉) is a pot of pork stewed with dried fish, made here with dried yellow croaker (黄鱼鲞), the fish that people on the Zhoushan (舟山) islands off Zhejiang traditionally open out flat, salt and hang in the north wind.
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Hairtail Fish Rice 带鱼饭
Hairtail Fish Rice (带鱼饭) is listed among the local specialties of Zhoushan, Zhejiang. The name includes 鱼 (fish).
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Xiazhi Fish Balls 虾峙鱼丸
Xiazhi Fish Balls (虾峙鱼丸) is listed among the local specialties of Zhoushan, Zhejiang. The name includes 虾 (shrimp or prawns), 鱼 (fish).
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Shengsi Mussels 嵊泗贻贝
Shengsi Mussels (嵊泗贻贝) are a local seafood product of Shengsi (嵊泗), including the farming waters around Gouqi Township (枸杞乡).
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Putuo Buddhist Vegetarian Meal 普陀素斋
Putuo Buddhist Vegetarian Meal (普陀素斋) is listed among the local specialties of Zhoushan, Zhejiang. It is grouped here with regional dishes & banquets; retain the complete Chinese name when comparing local menus.
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Salt-Baked Razor Clams 盐焗蛏子
Salt-Baked Razor Clams (盐焗蛏子) is listed among the local specialties of Zhoushan, Zhejiang. The name includes 蛏 (razor clams). 盐焗 describes salt-baking.
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Maixia Wheat Dough Soup 麦虾
Maixia Wheat Dough Soup (麦虾) is a local snack of Linhai (临海) in Taizhou (台州), made by cutting strips of flour batter directly into boiling broth.
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Wenling Stuffed Rice Cake 温岭嵌糕
Wenling Stuffed Rice Cake (温岭嵌糕) is a breakfast of soft rice cake wrapped around a savoury filling, from Wenling (温岭), a county-level city of Taizhou (台州) on the southeast coast of Zhejiang.
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