Hotpot, noodles & dough dishes 火锅、粉面与面点

Puffed Pork Skin Noodles 皮肚面

Puffed Pork Skin Noodles (皮肚面) are a well-known snack of Nanjing (南京), cooked with pidu (皮肚), dried and puffed pork skin, as the main ingredient.

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Xiaolong Soup Dumplings 小笼馒头

Xiaolong Soup Dumplings (小笼馒头) in Wuxi (无锡) have thin skins, plentiful juices and a notably sweet-savoury filling.

Silver Thread Noodles 银丝面

Silver Thread Noodles (银丝面) have a documented Wuxi (无锡) tradition at Xinwanxing (新万兴), a noodle restaurant remembered for fine, white, smooth strands in clear broth.

Xuzhou Rice Noodles 徐州米线

Xuzhou Rice Noodles (徐州米线) combine springy rice strands with beef-bone broth and a slow-cooked pork sauce. Coriander, pickled mustard stem and red chilli oil finish the bowl.

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Aozao Noodles 奥灶面

Aozao Noodles (奥灶面) are a noodle speciality of Kunshan (昆山) in Jiangsu, best known in the two bowls of the Aozao restaurant (奥灶馆): red-oil noodles topped with fried fish (红油爆鱼面) and white-broth noodles topped with braised duck (白湯滷鸭面).

Pan-Fried Pork Buns 生煎馒头

Pan-Fried Pork Buns (生煎馒头), usually shortened to shengjian, are small filled buns fried in a flat pan, a traditional snack of Suzhou (苏州), Shanghai and the wider Jiangnan (江南) region.

Fengzhen Soup Noodles 枫镇大面

Fengzhen Soup Noodles (枫镇大面) are a Suzhou (苏州) noodle dish with a clear, pale broth and a topping of slowly cooked pork. Thin noodles sit beneath the meat, while fermented rice adds a wine-like fragrance to the soup.

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Nantong Bamboo-Pole Noodles 南通跳面

Nantong Bamboo-Pole Noodles (南通跳面) are hand-made wheat noodles from Nantong (南通), Jiangsu, whose dough is pressed with a rolling pin tied into a rope loop while the cook bounces with its swing; tiaomian means "jumping noodles".

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Three-Diced Steamed Buns 三丁包子

Three-Diced Steamed Buns (三丁包子) are leavened steamed buns from Yangzhou (扬州), Jiangsu, filled with diced chicken, diced pork and diced bamboo shoot, the 'three dice' of the name.

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Noodles with Wontons 饺面

Noodles with Wontons (饺面) is the noodle bowl that Modern Express (现代快报) chose to represent Yangzhou (扬州) in its 2022 round-up of thirteen noodles for Jiangsu's thirteen cities: a bowl of yangchun noodles (阳春面) with a portion of small all-meat wontons added.

Fish Broth Noodles 鱼汤面

Fish Broth Noodles (鱼汤面) are part of morning tea in Taizhou (泰州), with fine noodles in a thick, milky-white fish stock. The broth carries the dish’s rich savoury flavour, while chopped scallion adds a green finish to the bowl.

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Xuanbao Small Wontons 宣堡小馄饨

Xuanbao Small Wontons (宣堡小馄饨) are tiny hand-wrapped wontons in a soy-based soup from Xuanbao (宣堡), a town in Taixing (泰兴) in the Taizhou (泰州) area of Jiangsu.

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