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Mongolian milk skin 蒙古奶皮子
Fresh milk skin is rich and creamy, whereas a dried piece can be firmer and more concentrated in flavour. It softens in warm tea, changing the experience from chewing a sheet to drinking a fuller, milk-rich bowl.
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Mongolian Milk Skin 奶皮子
Mongolian Milk Skin (奶皮子), called öröm (өрөм) in Mongolian, is one of the milk foods of the Mongolian people: a dairy product that forms as a skin on the surface of slowly boiled fresh milk.
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Wallace Melon Tossed with Milk Skin 华莱士瓜拌奶皮
Wallace Melon Tossed with Milk Skin (华莱士瓜拌奶皮) is listed among the local specialties of Bayannur, Inner Mongolia. It is grouped here with sweets & desserts; retain the complete Chinese name when comparing local menus.
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Liaoyang Pagoda Candy 辽阳塔糖
Liaoyang Pagoda Candy (辽阳塔糖) is a traditional sweet of Liaoyang (辽阳), Liaoning, named after the city's White Pagoda (辽阳白塔), which dates from the Liao and Jin period.
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Madieer milk ice bar 马迭尔冰棍
It is creamy, cold and sweet, softening relatively quickly in warm weather. A brief pause before biting makes the texture less hard.
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Blueberry Jam 蓝莓果酱
Blueberry Jam (蓝莓果酱) from Daxing'anling Prefecture (大兴安岭地区), Heilongjiang, in China's far north, is made from the wild blueberries of the Greater Khingan (大兴安岭) forests.
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Qibao glutinous-rice dumplings 七宝汤圆
The wrapper is smooth and stretchy; the center may be fluid, creamy or meaty depending on the filling.
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Shanghai pear-syrup candy 上海梨膏糖
The candy is intensely sweet with a lingering pear or herbal aroma and a hard, slowly dissolving texture.
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Leisha Rice Balls with Red-Bean Powder 擂沙圆
Expect a soft, chewy rice wrapper with the aroma of red beans. The coating and the filling are separate components: a red-bean exterior does not identify everything inside.
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Rice Dumplings in Sweet Fermented Rice 酒酿圆子
The dumplings provide a soft, chewy contrast to the sweet fermented-rice liquid and grains. Some kitchens add other ingredients, so colour or garnish alone is not enough to identify the recipe.
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Nanjing pebble-pattern rice balls 南京雨花石汤圆
The wrapper is smooth and sticky, while a sweet filling adds concentrated flavor beneath the decorative exterior.
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Red Bean Soup with Rice Balls 赤豆元宵
Red Bean Soup with Rice Balls (赤豆元宵) is a Nanjing (南京) sweet of red beans and glutinous rice balls, yuanxiao (元宵).
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