Regional dishes & banquets 地方菜与宴席

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Heilongjiang

Imperial Mock Bear Paw 御品赛熊掌

Imperial Mock Bear Paw (御品赛熊掌) is a Heilongjiang banquet dish that copies braised bear paw with pork skin, minced meat and beef tendon, since bear paw itself can no longer be cooked.

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Heilongjiang

Soy-Braised Pork Spine 酱骨架

Soy-Braised Pork Spine (酱骨架) is listed among the local specialties of Harbin, Heilongjiang. 酱 describes sauce or bean-paste seasoning.

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Heilongjiang

Guolao Pan-Fried Dumplings 锅烙

Guolao Pan-Fried Dumplings (锅烙) is listed among the local specialties of Harbin, Heilongjiang. It is grouped here with regional dishes & banquets; retain the complete Chinese name when comparing local menus.

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Heilongjiang

Russian-Style Western Cuisine 俄式西餐

Russian-Style Western Cuisine (俄式西餐) is the Russian-rooted restaurant cooking of Harbin (哈尔滨), which the China Hotel Association named China's "Capital of Western Food" in 2017.

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Heilongjiang

Raohe Whole Fish Banquet 饶河全鱼宴

Raohe Whole Fish Banquet (饶河全鱼宴) brings together a range of river-fish dishes in Raohe (饶河). Local fish restaurants offer banquets of more than twenty dishes, including steamed aohua fish (鳌花) and gaya fish (嘎牙子) braised in sauce.

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