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Changpo Soft Rice Noodles 长坡米烂
Changpo Soft Rice Noodles (长坡米烂) are fine threads of rice noodle, known locally as milan or milanzai, from Changpo (长坡), a small town on the Xuanlun River (宣伦江) in Danzhou (儋州), Hainan.
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Haitou Steamed Rice Rolls 海头猪肠馍
Haitou Steamed Rice Rolls (海头猪肠馍) are sheets of steamed rice batter rolled around peanuts, shredded coconut and shredded papaya, a snack from Haitou town (海头镇) in Danzhou (儋州), Hainan.
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White Rice Cakes 白馍
White Rice Cakes (白馍) are glutinous-rice cakes of Danzhou (儋州) in Hainan, made in two quite different ways: a cake steamed in ten to twenty thin layers with dried shrimp, squid and pork, and plain rounds of hand-pounded rice from Guangcun (光村).
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Coconut Sorghum Cakes 椰香高粱粑
Coconut Sorghum Cakes (椰香高粱粑) are a traditional snack of Qionghai (琼海), Hainan: small steamed cakes of sorghum and glutinous rice, coated while hot in shredded coconut mixed with sugar.
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Dongge Rice Dumplings in Ginger Syrup 东阁粿仔
Dongge Rice Dumplings in Ginger Syrup (东阁粿仔) are small dumplings of finely ground rice, round in the middle with pointed ends, served in a thick syrup of ginger and sugar with crushed peanuts and mashed coconut on top.
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Wenchang Coconut Sticky Rice Cakes 文昌按粑
Wenchang Coconut Sticky Rice Cakes (文昌按粑) are small boiled discs of glutinous rice dough rolled in a sweet filling of fresh grated coconut, brown sugar, peanut and sesame.
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Xinglong Southeast Asian Pastries 兴隆南洋糕点
Xinglong Southeast Asian Pastries (兴隆南洋糕点) are the Nyonya-style cakes of Xinglong (兴隆), a town in Wanning (万宁), Hainan, where returned overseas Chinese from 21 countries and regions have settled.
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Zhuchang Sticky Rice Cakes 猪肠粑
Zhuchang Sticky Rice Cakes (猪肠粑) are glutinous rice rolls made with shredded coconut, from Wanning (万宁), Hainan. The name means "pig-intestine cake" and comes from the roll's shape.
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Sour Dressed Rice Noodles 酸粉
Sour Dressed Rice Noodles (酸粉) is listed among the local specialties of Wanning, Hainan. It is grouped here with street food & snacks; retain the complete Chinese name when comparing local menus.
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Jishiteng Vine Rice Dumplings 鸡屎藤粿仔
Jishiteng Vine Rice Dumplings (鸡屎藤粿仔) are a hand-made Hainan snack of small rice-dough pieces with powdered jishiteng (鸡屎藤), a vine, worked into the dough, served in a sweet or savoury liquid.
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Chengmai Small Cakes 澄迈糕仔
Chengmai Small Cakes (澄迈糕仔) is listed among the local specialties of Chengmai County, Hainan. The term 糕 points to cakes.
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Lingao Rice Noodles 临高粉
Lingao Rice Noodles (临高粉) are a street snack from Lingao (临高) distinguished by an unusually wide choice of toppings.
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