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Historical Tianjin Whole-Fin Banquet Dish 扒通天鱼翅
The documented technique builds flavour through stock and a coating glaze while keeping the prepared ingredient together. This guide records that culinary history; it does not establish a current restaurant menu, an available species or an ethical sourcing claim. If encountering the name in a historical menu or exhibition, read it as a description of a particular banquet form and technique. For a present-day meal, ask the restaurant to explain its actual ingredients. A modern substitute should be named as a substitute, rather than represented as the historical ingredient. No nutritional or medicinal benefit is inferred from the dish’s past prestige.
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Golden Lion's Mane Sweet-and-Sour Carp 金毛狮子鱼
Golden Lion's Mane Sweet-and-Sour Carp (金毛狮子鱼) is a Hebei (河北) dish associated with Shijiazhuang (石家庄). Carp is cut, coated in batter and fried into an elaborate golden shape before sauce is poured over it.
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Crispy Battered Prawns 脆皮虾
Crispy Battered Prawns (脆皮虾) is listed among the local specialties of Hebei. The name includes 虾 (shrimp or prawns).
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Seafood with Mung Bean Gezha 海鲜饹馇
Seafood with Mung Bean Gezha (海鲜饹馇) is listed among the local specialties of Tangshan, Hebei. The name includes 海鲜 (seafood).
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Tangshan Shrimp Paste 唐山虾酱
Tangshan Shrimp Paste (唐山虾酱) includes the fermented coastal pastes made in Luannan (滦南) and Leting (乐亭).
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Handan Soft-Bone Braised Fish 邯郸酥鱼
Handan Soft-Bone Braised Fish (邯郸酥鱼) is freshwater fish that is fried and then simmered for hours until its bones turn soft.
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Huanghua Swimming Crab 黄骅梭子蟹
Huanghua Swimming Crab (黄骅梭子蟹) is the swimming crab of the sea waters under the jurisdiction of Huanghua (黄骅), a city in Cangzhou (沧州), Hebei.
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Shengfang Crab 胜芳蟹
Shengfang Crab (胜芳蟹) is the crab of the waters around Shengfang (胜芳镇), a historic water town in Bazhou (霸州), Langfang (廊坊).
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Tofu with shrimp paste 虾酱豆腐
Soft tofu tempers the paste's intense saltiness, while fermentation adds a forceful marine aroma. A little sauce can season a large mouthful of plain rice.
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Braised Abalone with Potatoes 土豆焖鲍鱼
Braised Abalone with Potatoes (土豆焖鲍鱼) is listed among the local specialties of Shanxi. The name includes 鲍鱼 (abalone), 土豆 (potato).
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Shanxi Sweet-and-Sour Fish 山西糖醋鱼
Shanxi Sweet-and-Sour Fish (山西糖醋鱼) is a traditional Shanxi dish of Yellow River carp, fried and then dressed with a sauce of aged vinegar and sugar.
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Yellow River Spring Thaw Fish 黄河开河鱼
Yellow River Spring Thaw Fish (黄河开河鱼) is the fish eaten in Baotou (包头) and other Inner Mongolian cities on the Yellow River when the river ice breaks up each spring.
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