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Stone-Pressed Wheat Cake 石头馃
Stone-Pressed Wheat Cake (石头馃) is a flat, filled wheat-dough cake, a traditional snack of Huizhou (徽州) in Anhui. It takes its name from the stone laid on top of it while it cooks.
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Kudzu Starch Balls 葛粉圆子
Kudzu Starch Balls (葛粉圆子) are a snack of the Huizhou (徽州) mountain area of southern Anhui, made from the starch of kudzu root.
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Tianchang Ganlu Cake 天长甘露饼
Tianchang Ganlu Cake (天长甘露饼) is a flower-shaped, sugar-dusted fried pastry from Tianchang (天长), Chuzhou, Anhui. Its making is one of the city's three provincial intangible cultural heritage items.
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Fuyang Rolled Flatbread 阜阳卷馍
Fuyang Rolled Flatbread (阜阳卷馍) is a snack from Fuyang (阜阳) in north-western Anhui: several thin, soft round wrappers are stacked and rolled around bean sprouts and wheat gluten (面筋) lifted straight out of a simmering pot.
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Starch-Coated Simmered Chicken 粉鸡
Starch-Coated Simmered Chicken (粉鸡) is a traditional snack of Taihe County (太和县) in Anhui, where it is known as Taihe fenji (太和粉鸡) and is served by the bowl.
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Mugwort Cakes 蒿子粑粑
Mugwort Cakes (蒿子粑粑) are a spring snack of Lu'an (六安) in western Anhui: the juice of young wild mugwort is worked into rice flour with diced cured pork, and the cakes are toasted against the side of an iron wok until they are golden.
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Beef-Filled Flatbread 牛肉馍
Beef-Filled Flatbread (牛肉馍) is a large round pie of thin dough layers rolled around minced beef, a local snack of Qiaocheng District (谯城区) in Bozhou (亳州), Anhui.
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Lixin Tribute Bread 利辛贡馍
Lixin Tribute Bread (利辛贡馍) is listed among the local specialties of Bozhou, Anhui. It is grouped here with street food & snacks; retain the complete Chinese name when comparing local menus.
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Bozhou Thick Baked Flatbread 亳州锅盔
Bozhou Thick Baked Flatbread (亳州锅盔) is a very large, thick round of sesame-topped bread from Bozhou (亳州), Anhui.
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Guichi Pan-Fried Stuffed Cakes 贵池小粑
Guichi Pan-Fried Stuffed Cakes (贵池小粑) are small leavened-dough cakes with a vegetable filling, fried in rapeseed oil until golden and crisp.
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Ningguo Stuffed Griddle Cakes 宁国粑粑
Ningguo Stuffed Griddle Cakes (宁国粑粑) are thin-skinned, heavily filled flatbreads fried in a wide pan, a breakfast-stall staple of Ningguo (宁国) in Xuancheng (宣城), Anhui, and promoted by the city as one of its signature dishes.
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Langxi Houcun Candied Jujube Cake 郎溪侯村蜜枣糕
Langxi Houcun Candied Jujube Cake (郎溪侯村蜜枣糕) is listed among the local specialties of Xuancheng, Anhui. The name includes 枣 (jujubes). The term 糕 points to cakes.
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