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Dinghu Vegetarian Mushroom Medley 鼎湖上素
Dinghu Vegetarian Mushroom Medley (鼎湖上素) is a well-known Cantonese vegetarian dish of mushrooms, edible fungi, nuts and vegetables. It takes its name from Dinghu Mountain (鼎湖山) in Zhaoqing (肇庆).
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Guangning Bamboo Shoot Banquet 广宁笋宴
Guangning Bamboo Shoot Banquet (广宁笋宴) is a meal built around fresh bamboo shoots in Guangning County (广宁县), Zhaoqing (肇庆), in Guangdong.
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Huaiji Sixty-Day Pickled Radish Greens 怀集六十日黄菜
Huaiji Sixty-Day Pickled Radish Greens (怀集六十日黄菜) are young radish plants, trimmed of their roots, salted and fermented, from a crop grown around Gansa (甘洒镇) in Huaiji County (怀集县), Zhaoqing (肇庆), Guangdong.
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Amajiao Fried Radish Fritters 阿嬷叫
Amajiao Fried Radish Fritters (阿嬷叫) are small deep-fried cakes of shredded white radish, dried shrimp and diced meat in a seasoned flour batter, a street snack of Huizhou (惠州) in Guangdong.
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Taro Abacus Beads 算盘子
Taro Abacus Beads (算盘子) are small discs of taro and cassava-flour dough shaped like the beads of an abacus, a long-established Hakka snack of Dabu (大埔) in Meizhou (梅州), Guangdong.
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Jiaoling Sanjidi Pork and Liver Soup 蕉岭三及第
Jiaoling Sanjidi Pork and Liver Soup (蕉岭三及第) is a soup of lean pork, pig's liver and pork small intestine with green vegetables, from Jiaoling County (蕉岭县) in Meizhou (梅州), Guangdong.
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Xiaomi Pork Dumplings 小米
Xiaomi Pork Dumplings (小米) are small steamed dumplings from Haifeng County (海丰县) in Shanwei (汕尾), Guangdong, and a traditional snack across the Hailufeng (海陆丰) area.
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Hailing Island Rice-Flour Dumplings 叶薄包
Hailing Island Rice-Flour Dumplings (叶薄包) are filled dumplings with a rice-flour skin from Hailing Island (海陵岛) in Yangjiang (阳江), Guangdong. In the island's dialect they also have a second name (角子).
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Ash-Lye Rice Cake 灰糍
Ash-Lye Rice Cake (灰糍) is a yellow rice-flour sweet from Yangjiang (阳江), Guangdong, made by working the flour with plant-ash water (草木灰水).
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Guancheng Glutinous Rice Balls in Ginger Syrup 莞城糖不甩
Guancheng Glutinous Rice Balls in Ginger Syrup (莞城糖不甩) are tangbushuai (糖不甩), a traditional Dongguan (东莞) snack of glutinous rice balls cooked in syrup, as sold in Guancheng (莞城).
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Tanzhou Paddy Ragworms 坦洲禾虫
Tanzhou Paddy Ragworms (坦洲禾虫) are worms gathered from the rice fields of Tanzhou (坦洲), a water town in Zhongshan (中山), Guangdong, and cooked as a seasonal delicacy.
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Yakou Pork Wontons 崖口云吞
Yakou Pork Wontons (崖口云吞) are the small wontons of Yakou (崖口), a village in Nanlang Subdistrict (南朗街道), Zhongshan (中山), on the shore of Lingdingyang (伶仃洋) at the mouth of the Pearl River.
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