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Small Fish Pancake Wrap 小鱼煎饼
Small Fish Pancake Wrap (小鱼煎饼) pairs fried small fish with the chewy pancakes of Ganyu (赣榆) in Lianyungang (连云港).
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Ganyu Griddle Pancakes 赣榆煎饼
Ganyu Griddle Pancakes (赣榆煎饼) are griddle pancakes from Ganyu District (赣榆区) in Lianyungang (连云港), one of the parts of northern Jiangsu where pancakes are eaten as a staple food.
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Mantis Shrimp Pancake 虾婆饼
Mantis Shrimp Pancake (虾婆饼) is a Lianyungang (连云港) cake of mantis-shrimp meat and juice cooked with a little batter and egg, a local way of eating the shrimp that people in the city call xiapopo (虾婆婆).
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Huai'an Fine Fried Dough Twists 淮安茶馓
Huai'an Fine Fried Dough Twists (淮安茶馓) are golden, thread-like strands of fried dough traditionally eaten with tea between meals.
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Chaopai Flatbread 朝牌饼
Chaopai Flatbread (朝牌饼) is the long rectangular baked cake of Huai'an (淮安) in Jiangsu.
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Jianhu Lotus Root Starch Balls 建湖藕粉圆子
Jianhu Lotus Root Starch Balls (建湖藕粉圆子) are a sweet from Jianhu (建湖), Yancheng (盐城), with a translucent, elastic coating around a rich filling. The cooked balls are deep red, soft and tender.
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Funing Sweet Cake 阜宁大糕
Funing Sweet Cake (阜宁大糕) is a glutinous-rice cake from Funing (阜宁), Yancheng (盐城), cut into very thin white slices. The slices are moist, soft and pliable enough to roll up.
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Yancheng Egg Crepe 盐城鸡蛋饼
Yancheng Egg Crepe (盐城鸡蛋饼) is a batter pancake cooked with an egg on a hot iron plate, and Wenhui Daily (文汇报) calls it the most common snack on the streets and lanes of Yancheng (盐城), Jiangsu.
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Thousand-Layer Steamed Cake 千层油糕
Thousand-Layer Steamed Cake (千层油糕) is a sweet pastry long made in Yangzhou (扬州), Jiangsu, where it forms a famous pair with emerald shaomai (翡翠烧卖).
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Lotus Root Starch Balls 藕粉圆子
Lotus Root Starch Balls (藕粉圆子) are round dumplings made with lotus-root starch, a speciality of Baoying county (宝应) in Yangzhou (扬州), Jiangsu, eaten both as a snack and as a dish at the table.
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Yanling Steamed Duck in Broth 延陵鸭饺
Yanling Steamed Duck in Broth (延陵鸭饺) is a named local dish of Yanling (延陵) in Danyang (丹阳), Jiangsu: duck cut into pieces and steamed in a vessel for four hours, with the condensed steam collecting into a duck soup.
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Zhenjiang Sesame Oil Fried Dough Twists 镇江麻油馓子
Zhenjiang Sesame Oil Fried Dough Twists (镇江麻油馓子) are the Zhenjiang (镇江) version of sanzi (馓子), a fried snack of noodle-thin strands of dough, made with the city's own stone-ground sesame oil.
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