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Several sticky purple-brown glutinous rice buns filled with red bean paste
Heilongjiang

Sticky Bean Buns 粘豆包

Sticky Bean Buns (粘豆包) appears in the local food directory for Heilongjiang. The Chinese introduction below explains the named food and its preparation in the linked culinary reference.

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AI illustration: A plate of two round or oval browned stuffed flatbreads.
Heilongjiang

Mongolian Meat Pie 蒙古馅饼

Mongolian Meat Pie (蒙古馅饼) is listed among the local specialties of Daqing, Heilongjiang. The term 饼 points to cakes or flatbreads.

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AI illustration: A plate of softly risen pale-golden sponge cakes cut into square slices.
Heilongjiang

Pine Nut Cakes 红松籽糕

Pine Nut Cakes (红松籽糕) is listed among the local specialties of Yichun, Heilongjiang. The term 糕 points to cakes.

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AI illustration: A plate with a few round golden baked or griddled flatbreads.
Heilongjiang

Hanging-Oven Flatbread 吊炉饼

Hanging-Oven Flatbread (吊炉饼) is listed among the local specialties of Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang. The term 饼 points to cakes or flatbreads.

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Pieces of Korean-style pounded rice cake coated with bean powder.
Heilongjiang

Pounded Rice Cake 打糕

Pounded Rice Cake (打糕) is the glutinous-rice cake of China's Korean ethnic group (朝鲜族), beaten into a dough with wooden mallets.

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Chongming rice cake · 崇明糕 · AI dish illustration
Shanghai

Chongming rice cake 崇明糕

It is substantial and gently sweet, with a grainy-tender crumb rather than the stretch of pure sticky-rice dough. Added fruit gives concentrated sweet pockets.

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