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Brown-sugar glutinous-rice cakes 红糖糍粑
Brown-sugar glutinous-rice cakes (红糖糍粑) are hand-pounded glutinous-rice cakes, or ciba (糍粑), rolled in soybean flour and eaten with brown-sugar syrup.
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Naxi Puffed Sugar Candy 纳溪泡糖
Naxi Puffed Sugar Candy (纳溪泡糖) is a pulled sugar confection from Naxi (纳溪), today a district of Luzhou (泸州) in Sichuan.
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Suji Puffed Rice Candy 苏稽米花糖
Suji Puffed Rice Candy (苏稽米花糖) is a crisp confection from Suji town (苏稽镇) in Leshan (乐山), made with glutinous rice, peanuts, white sugar, sesame and pork fat.
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Dazhu Fermented Glutinous Rice 大竹醪糟
Dazhu Fermented Glutinous Rice (大竹醪糟) is the sweet fermented glutinous rice of Dazhu County (大竹县) in Dazhou (达州), Sichuan, best known as Dongliu laozao (东柳醪糟).
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Bingjiang 冰浆
The texture is icy but creamy and slightly grainy, with fruit sweetness and chewy or crunchy additions depending on the stall.
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Zhenning sesame candy 镇宁波波糖
It breaks into a delicate, flaky mouthful with a strong toasted-sesame aroma and concentrated sweetness.
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Zunyi Egg Sponge Cakes 遵义鸡蛋糕
Zunyi Egg Sponge Cakes (遵义鸡蛋糕) are baked egg cakes from Zunyi (遵义) in Guizhou, which the Zunyi city government features in its series on the snacks of Zunyi, a famous historic city.
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Zhenning Pork-Filled Fried Batter Cakes 油炸鸡蛋糕
Zhenning Pork-Filled Fried Batter Cakes (油炸鸡蛋糕) are a deep-fried snack of Zhenning Buyei and Miao Autonomous County (镇宁布依族苗族自治县) in Anshun (安顺), Guizhou: a batter of rice and soybeans cooked in a mould around a seasoned pork filling.
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Bijie Glutinous Rice Dumplings 毕节汤圆
Bijie Glutinous Rice Dumplings (毕节汤圆) are tangyuan, balls of glutinous rice dough wrapped round a sweet filling, and the Bijie (毕节) city government counts them among the city's traditional snacks.
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Hezhang Walnut Candy 赫章核桃糖
Hezhang Walnut Candy (赫章核桃糖) is a set slab of corn-and-malt syrup packed with walnut kernels, made in Hezhang (赫章) County in Guizhou and also called Caishen walnut candy (财神核桃糖) after Caishen (财神) town.
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Qiaojia Brown Sugar Glutinous Rice Cakes 巧家小碗红糖糍粑
Qiaojia Brown Sugar Glutinous Rice Cakes (巧家小碗红糖糍粑) is listed among the local specialties of Zhaotong, Yunnan. The term 糍粑 points to pounded-rice cakes.
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Yak Milk Yogurt 牦牛酸奶
Yak Milk Yogurt (牦牛酸奶) is yogurt made from yak milk, sold and served as a local speciality in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (迪庆藏族自治州), Yunnan, including the city of Shangri-La (香格里拉).
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