Regional dishes & banquets 地方菜与宴席

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Fujian

Shaowu Heel-Shaped Rice Cakes 邵武脚掌糍

Shaowu Heel-Shaped Rice Cakes (邵武脚掌糍) are thin, dished rounds of cooked rice paste from Shaowu (邵武) in Nanping (南平), Fujian, pinched so that a stack of them looks like a human heel.

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Fujian

Zhenghe Dongping Xiaoge Dish 政和东平小胳

Zhenghe Dongping Xiaoge Dish (政和东平小胳) is the traditional xiaoge (小胳) of Dongping Town (东平镇) in Zhenghe County (政和县), Nanping (南平), in northern Fujian. It is also known as Qiandong xiaoge (乾东小胳).

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Jiangxi

Huahudie Numbing-Spicy Snack 花蝴蝶麻辣

Huahudie Numbing-Spicy Snack (花蝴蝶麻辣) is numbing-spicy bean-curd skin (麻辣豆皮) from Pingxiang (萍乡), a Jiangxi city on the border with Hunan, sold under the name Huahudie, 'flower butterfly'.

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Xiushui Shaozi Dumplings (修水哨子) — dish photograph
Jiangxi

Xiushui Shaozi Dumplings 修水哨子

Xiushui Shaozi Dumplings (修水哨子) are filled taro-and-sweet-potato-starch parcels from Xiushui (修水), Jiujiang (九江). Rounded underneath and pointed on top, they are a New Year food whose shape symbolises reunion and rising success.

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Miguo Rice Cakes (米果) — dish photograph
Jiangxi

Miguo Rice Cakes 米果

Miguo Rice Cakes (米果) is listed among the local specialties of Xinyu, Jiangxi. It is grouped here with regional dishes & banquets; retain the complete Chinese name when comparing local menus.

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