Regional dishes & banquets 地方菜与宴席

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Zhenyuan Old-Style Banquet (镇原老席) — dish photograph
Gansu

Zhenyuan Old-Style Banquet 镇原老席

Zhenyuan Old-Style Banquet (镇原老席) is the traditional formal feast of Zhenyuan County (镇原县) in Qingyang (庆阳), Gansu: a fixed sequence of mostly pork dishes served at a square table under set rules of seating and etiquette.

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Weiyuan Pounded Potato Mash (渭源洋芋搅团) — dish photograph
Gansu

Weiyuan Pounded Potato Mash 渭源洋芋搅团

Weiyuan Pounded Potato Mash (渭源洋芋搅团) is a pounded potato dish documented in Yuangudui Village (元古堆村), Weiyuan County (渭源县), Dingxi (定西). Xinhua (新华社) photographed villagers preparing it before the Spring Festival in February 2021.

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Wudu Pounded Potato Mash (武都洋芋搅团) — dish photograph
Gansu

Wudu Pounded Potato Mash 武都洋芋搅团

Wudu Pounded Potato Mash (武都洋芋搅团) is boiled local potato pounded into a springy paste, which the Longnan (陇南) city government lists as a famous snack of Wudu (武都), served hot in sour pickled-vegetable water or cold in a vinegar broth.

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Sweet Fermented Oats (甜麦子) — dish photograph
Gansu

Sweet Fermented Oats 甜麦子

Sweet Fermented Oats (甜麦子), more formally called tianpei (甜醅), is a bowl of fermented oat grains in their own juice that Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture (临夏回族自治州) presents as a speciality snack of Guanghe County (广河县).

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