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Mutton Vermicelli Soup 羊肉粉汤
Mutton Vermicelli Soup (羊肉粉汤) is a mutton soup that the Jiayuguan (嘉峪关) Culture and Tourism Bureau calls an authentic traditional snack of the city.
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Saozi Noodles 臊子面
Saozi Noodles (臊子面) is listed among the local specialties of Jiayuguan City, Gansu. The term 面 points to noodles or flour-based food.
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Yongchang Boiled Dumplings 永昌水饺
Yongchang Boiled Dumplings (永昌水饺) is listed among the local specialties of Jinchang, Gansu. The term 饺 points to dumplings.
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Shuichuan Long Noodles 水川长面
Shuichuan Long Noodles (水川长面) are long, fine noodles in a deliberately sour soup, described by the Baiyin (白银) city government as a speciality found only in Shuichuan (水川), Baiyin.
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Baiyin Pulled Noodles with Pork 白银大肉面
Baiyin Pulled Noodles with Pork (白银大肉面) is the hand-pulled noodle bowl of Baiyin (白银) in Gansu, served in a broth of whole chicken and pork bones and topped with large pieces of pork.
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Noodles with Thick Gravy 打卤面
Noodles with Thick Gravy (打卤面) is a traditional Gansu snack as it is made in Tianshui (天水), where it is called dalumian (大卤面): hand-pulled wheat noodles more than two centimetres wide under a stir-fried meat and vegetable topping finished with a thick starch gravy.
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Liangzhou Cold Noodles 凉州凉面
Liangzhou Cold Noodles (凉州凉面) are alkaline wheat noodles eaten cold under a hot gravy in Liangzhou (凉州), the old name of Wuwei (武威) in Gansu.
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Spinach Noodles in Thick Chicken Broth 臊面
Spinach Noodles in Thick Chicken Broth (臊面) are the saomian of Zhangye (张掖) in Gansu, called Ganzhou saomian (甘州臊面) on the city government's food pages: fine noodles made with spinach juice and served in a thickened chicken broth under a set of toppings.
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Zhuanglang Charcoal Clay Hot Pot 庄浪暖锅
Zhuanglang Charcoal Clay Hot Pot (庄浪暖锅) is a pot of layered pork and vegetables from Zhuanglang (庄浪) in Pingliang (平凉), Gansu, simmered in an earthenware pot around a central tube of burning charcoal.
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Lingtai Handmade Noodles 灵台手工面
Lingtai Handmade Noodles (灵台手工面) are long, hand-rolled wheat noodles from Lingtai County (灵台县) in Pingliang (平凉), a loess-plateau county between the Jing (泾河) and Wei (渭河) rivers in Gansu.
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Jingchuan Long Noodles 泾川长面
Jingchuan Long Noodles (泾川长面) is listed among the local specialties of Pingliang, Gansu. The term 面 points to noodles or flour-based food.
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Hele Pressed Noodles 饸饹面
Hele Pressed Noodles (饸饹面) are round noodles pressed through a wooden press with round holes, and Gansu Daily calls them a traditional speciality of Pingliang (平凉).
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