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Manchu Eight-Bowl Banquet (满族八大碗) — dish photograph
Jilin

Manchu Eight-Bowl Banquet 满族八大碗

Manchu Eight-Bowl Banquet (满族八大碗) is represented in Siping (四平) by the version at Manyanlou (满宴楼). A 2024 China Tourism News (中国旅游报) feature describes this restaurant’s ingredients and traditional cooking methods.

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Jilin

Venison Banquet 鹿肉宴

Venison Banquet (鹿肉宴) is a banquet of sika deer (梅花鹿) dishes served in Liaoyuan (辽源), Jilin, whose Dongfeng County (东丰县) calls itself the ‘hometown of the sika deer’.

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