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Half-Dried Fried Fish (熏鱼) — dish photograph
Zhejiang

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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Anhui

Luzhou Roast Duck 庐州烤鸭

Luzhou Roast Duck (庐州烤鸭) is a traditional roast duck of Hefei (合肥), the Anhui city whose old name is Luzhou (庐州), cooked whole in a jar-shaped oven over fruitwood charcoal.

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Anhui

Huizhou Laba Preserved Tofu 徽州腊八豆腐

Huizhou Laba Preserved Tofu (徽州腊八豆腐) is a pressed, oven-baked and sun-dried bean curd that Xinhua describes as a folk specialty of Yixian (黟县) county in Huangshan (黄山), Anhui.

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Anhui

Huizhou Ham Stewed with Soft-Shell Turtle 徽州火腿炖甲鱼

Huizhou Ham Stewed with Soft-Shell Turtle (徽州火腿炖甲鱼) is a clay-pot stew of soft-shell turtle and ham from the old Huizhou (徽州) region, which Chinese Wikipedia equates with today's Huangshan (黄山) city and Jixi (绩溪) county in Anhui and Wuyuan (婺源) county in Jiangxi.

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AI illustration: A white platter of sliced roast duck or goose with rich amber skin and visible meat cross sections.
Anhui

Qinlan Spiced Braised Goose 秦栏卤鹅

Qinlan Spiced Braised Goose (秦栏卤鹅) is a whole goose prepared in aged brine, a speciality of Qinlan (秦栏镇), a town in Tianchang (天长) under Chuzhou (滁州), Anhui.

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Yimen Smoked Beef (义门熏牛肉) — dish photograph
Anhui

Yimen Smoked Beef 义门熏牛肉

Yimen Smoked Beef (义门熏牛肉) is a speciality of Yimen town (义门镇) in Guoyang County (涡阳县), Bozhou (亳州), Anhui: beef that is cured for days, steamed for hours and finally passed through oil.

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AI illustration: A white platter of sliced roast duck or goose with rich amber skin and visible meat cross sections.
Fujian

Jian'ou Pressed Duck 建瓯板鸭

Jian'ou Pressed Duck (建瓯板鸭) is a salted duck pressed flat, a traditional product of Jian'ou (建瓯) in Nanping, northern Fujian, praised as a 'fine dish of Fujian' (八闽佳肴) and counted among China's four great pressed ducks.

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AI illustration: A white platter of sliced roast duck or goose with rich amber skin and visible meat cross sections.
Fujian

Langu Tea-Smoked Goose 岚谷熏鹅

Langu Tea-Smoked Goose (岚谷熏鹅) is a whole goose braised and then smoked over toasted glutinous rice and tea in Langu Township (岚谷乡), Wuyishan (武夷山), in north-western Fujian.

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