Fish & seafood 河鲜海鲜

River fish, shellfish and coastal seafood dishes; names and preparation styles vary locally.

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Tianjin

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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Hebei

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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Hebei

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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