Regional dishes & banquets 地方菜与宴席

Taihu Lake Three Whites 太湖三白

Taihu Lake Three Whites (太湖三白) are three foods from Lake Tai (太湖): the whitefish (白鱼), the icefish (银鱼) and the white shrimp (白虾), named for their shared white colour.

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Sweet Taro in Syrup 糖芋头

Sweet Taro in Syrup (糖芋头) is medium-sized taro cooked with brown sugar and finished with sugared osmanthus, the dish Wuxi (无锡) households make for the Mid-Autumn Festival, which older people in the city call "Bayueban" (八月半, "the middle of the eighth month").

Changzhou Dried Radish 常州萝卜干

Changzhou Dried Radish (常州萝卜干), also called Wujin dried radish (武进萝卜干), is a salted and dried radish that Chinese Wikipedia lists as a well-known local product of Changzhou (常州) in Jiangsu.

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Caul Fat Rolls 网油卷

Caul Fat Rolls (网油卷), also called wanggao juan (网膏卷), are a Changzhou (常州) sweet: sweet bean paste wrapped in pig's caul fat, coated in a whipped egg-white batter and deep-fried, rather like a sesame ball.

Liyang Tied Liver Bundles 溧阳扎肝

Liyang Tied Liver Bundles (溧阳扎肝) combine pork liver with skin-on pork, fried tofu and rehydrated dried bamboo shoots, all secured with pork small intestine.

Hengshanqiao Tofu Sheets 横山桥百叶

Hengshanqiao Tofu Sheets (横山桥百叶) are sheets of pressed bean curd from Hengshanqiao (横山桥) in Wujin (武进), Changzhou (常州), Jiangsu.

First Delicacy Under Heaven 天下第一鲜

First Delicacy Under Heaven (天下第一鲜) is a folk nickname for the hard clam (文蛤, wenge), a speciality of Nantong (南通), which faces the Yellow Sea to the east and the Yangtze to the south; it is also the name of a Nantong clam dish.

Rugao Dried Radish 如皋萝卜干

Rugao Dried Radish (如皋萝卜干) is a sun-dried radish pickle made from Rugao white radish (如皋白萝卜) in Rugao (如皋), Jiangsu.

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Guanyun Soybean Hawkmoth Larvae 灌云豆丹

Guanyun Soybean Hawkmoth Larvae (灌云豆丹) are the large green caterpillars that feed on soybean leaves, eaten as a delicacy in Guanyun County (灌云县) in Lianyungang (连云港), Jiangsu, where they are also called doushen (豆参), "bean ginseng".

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Huaiyang Lion's Head Meatballs 淮扬狮子头

Huaiyang Lion's Head Meatballs (淮扬狮子头) are large pork meatballs, a traditional dish of Huaiyang cuisine (淮扬菜) from Yangzhou (扬州) and other parts of Jiangsu.

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Yancheng Eight-Bowl Banquet 盐城八大碗

Yancheng Eight-Bowl Banquet (盐城八大碗) is a set of eight large bowls from Yancheng (盐城), served in earlier years when local families hosted guests. The Yancheng city government puts it first on its list of the city's must-eat foods.

Lion's Head Meatballs 狮子头

Lion's Head Meatballs (狮子头) are large, round pork meatballs, a traditional dish of Yangzhou (扬州) and Huaiyang (淮扬) cooking.