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Jiangsu

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) — dish photograph
Jiangsu

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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AI illustration: A wooden tray of pale steamed glutinous rice cakes cut into tidy soft blocks.
Jiangsu

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

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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AI illustration: A white bowl of smooth white glutinous rice balls in clear sweet soup.
Jiangsu

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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AI illustration: A plain bowl and plate of soft pale folded dumplings with thin dough skins and visible pleats.
Jiangsu

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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