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Nanning tapered rice noodles 南宁粉虫
The pieces have a smooth, substantial chew and catch sauce around their rounded surfaces. Their shape supplies the worm-like name.
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Guangxi rolled rice sheets 卷筒粉
The wrapper is soft and slippery, enclosing a more textured filling and absorbing the finishing sauce. It is tender rather than crisp like a fried spring roll.
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Rice-Skin Dumplings 粉饺
Rice-Skin Dumplings (粉饺) are a traditional dish of Nanning (南宁), Guangxi, eaten there at any of the day's three meals.
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Baxian Rice Noodles 八仙粉
Baxian Rice Noodles (八仙粉) is listed among the local specialties of Nanning, Guangxi. It is grouped here with street food & snacks; retain the complete Chinese name when comparing local menus.
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Hengxian Sesame Cakes 横县芝麻饼
Hengxian Sesame Cakes (横县芝麻饼) are baked sesame cakes made in Hengzhou (横州), Guangxi, and sold there as New Year goods. The Nanning tax bureau of the State Taxation Administration describes them as crisp and sweet.
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Binyang Sour Rice Noodles 宾阳酸粉
Binyang Sour Rice Noodles (宾阳酸粉) are thin steamed rice-noodle sheets dressed with a sweet-and-sour sauce and fried toppings, from Binyang County (宾阳县) in Nanning (南宁), Guangxi.
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Paper-Thin Cloud Slice Cake 云片糕
Paper-Thin Cloud Slice Cake (云片糕) is a sliced glutinous-rice cake from Liucheng County (柳城县) in Liuzhou (柳州), Guangxi.
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Strained Rice Noodles 滤粉
Strained Rice Noodles (滤粉) are a rice-noodle snack from Rongshui (融水) in Liuzhou (柳州), Guangxi, made by letting a thin rice batter drip through a pierced sheet-iron bucket into a boiling wok.
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Copper-Ladle Rice Fritters 铜瓢粑
Copper-Ladle Rice Fritters (铜瓢粑) are a street snack of Rongshui Miao Autonomous County (融水苗族自治县) in Liuzhou (柳州), Guangxi: rice-batter cakes with a centre of shredded white radish and spring onion, fried in a copper ladle.
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Guilin water-chestnut cake 马蹄糕
Water-chestnut cake is translucent and softly springy with crisp inclusions; the rice-flour version is more opaque and crumbly.
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Shrimp Fritters 虾饼
Shrimp Fritters (虾饼) are a fried snack of Beihai (北海), Guangxi: small shrimp and chopped spring onion in rice batter. Their origin is credited to the Tanka (疍家), families who once lived on boats off Beihai.
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Pork Trotter Rice Noodles 猪脚粉
Pork Trotter Rice Noodles (猪脚粉) in Beihai (北海), Guangxi, are rice noodles served with a fist-sized piece of pork trotter.
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