Street food & snacks 街头小吃

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Baxian Rice Noodles (八仙粉) — dish photograph
Guangxi

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

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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Strained Rice Noodles (滤粉) — dish photograph
Guangxi

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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Guangxi

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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Shrimp Fritters (虾饼) — dish photograph
Guangxi

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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