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Cold Steamed Noodle Sheets 酿皮子
Cold Steamed Noodle Sheets (酿皮子) are sheets of steamed wheat starch, cut into strips and dressed cold, and a well-known local snack of Lanzhou (兰州), Gansu.
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Hot Winter Pear Drink 热冬果
Hot Winter Pear Drink (热冬果) is a hot street snack of Lanzhou (兰州) in Gansu: pieces of winter pear boiled in water with Sichuan pepper and sweetened with yellow sugar at the end.
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Lily Bulb Peaches 百合桃
Lily Bulb Peaches (百合桃) is listed among the local specialties of Lanzhou, Gansu. It is grouped here with regional dishes & banquets; retain the complete Chinese name when comparing local menus.
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Yongchang Vegetables Cooked with Flour 永昌卜拉子
Yongchang Vegetables Cooked with Flour (永昌卜拉子) is a snack of Yongchang County (永昌县) in Jinchang (金昌), Gansu, made by cooking chopped seasonal vegetables or wild greens together with fine wheat flour.
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Coiled Hand-Pulled Pastry 一窝丝
Coiled Hand-Pulled Pastry (一窝丝) is a traditional wheat-dough cake from Jingyuan County (靖远县) in Baiyin (白银), Gansu, also called golden-thread cake (金丝饼) or coiled-incense cake (盘香饼).
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Jingtai Cold Noodle Sheets 景泰酿皮
Jingtai Cold Noodle Sheets (景泰酿皮) is listed among the local specialties of Baiyin, Gansu. It is grouped here with regional dishes & banquets; retain the complete Chinese name when comparing local menus.
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Wushan Baked Ring Cakes 武山油圈圈
Wushan Baked Ring Cakes (武山油圈圈) are ridged, ring-shaped breads spiced with Sichuan pepper and turmeric, sold at snack stalls in the county town of Wushan (武山) in Tianshui and in market towns such as Luomen (洛门).
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Qingshui Dumpling Soup 清水扁食
Qingshui Dumpling Soup (清水扁食) is a bowl of thin, hand-rolled dumplings in broth from Qingshui (清水) County in Tianshui (天水), Gansu, whose wrappers are folded around air instead of a filling.
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Tianshui Hodgepodge Soup 天水杂烩
Tianshui Hodgepodge Soup (天水杂烩) is a basin of chicken stock built around jiabanrou (夹板肉), minced pork steamed between two thin egg sheets, and it is one of the traditional Eight Bowls (八大碗) of Tianshui (天水) banquets.
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Wuwei Santaoche Set Meal 武威三套车
Wuwei Santaoche Set Meal (武威三套车) is the three-part meal of Wuwei (武威), the old Liangzhou (凉州): red-date fu tea (茯茶), braised pork and a bowl of hand-pulled xingmian (行面) noodles in gravy.
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Thick Broth with Fried Dough Twists 糊饽
Thick Broth with Fried Dough Twists (糊饽) is listed among the local specialties of Zhangye, Gansu. It is grouped here with regional dishes & banquets; retain the complete Chinese name when comparing local menus.
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Dunhuang Cold Noodle Sheets 敦煌酿皮
Dunhuang Cold Noodle Sheets (敦煌酿皮) are sheets of wheat starch cut into long strips and served with pieces of wheat gluten under a sour, hot dressing.
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