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Gansu

Cold Noodle Sheets 面皮子

Cold Noodle Sheets (面皮子) are a cold wheat-flour dish from Wuwei (武威) in Gansu, where local media call it Liangzhou mianpizi (凉州面皮子).

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Gansu

Pingliang Mutton and Bread Soup 平凉羊肉泡馍

Pingliang Mutton and Bread Soup (平凉羊肉泡馍) is the meat-and-broth bowl of Pingliang (平凉) in eastern Gansu, which the Pingliang culture and tourism bureau promotes as the "first bowl of the northwest" (西北第一碗).

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Gansu

Dunhuang Braised Flatbread with Mutton 敦煌胡羊焖饼

Dunhuang Braised Flatbread with Mutton (敦煌胡羊焖饼) is a one-pot dish of the Dunhuang (敦煌) and Jiuquan (酒泉) area of Gansu: red-braised lamb ribs with very thin pancakes cooked in the same pot and finished together in the broth.

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Gansu

Ning County Stove-Grate Flatbread 宁县炉齿馍

Ning County Stove-Grate Flatbread (宁县炉齿馍) is listed among the local specialties of Qingyang, Gansu. It is grouped here with street food & snacks; retain the complete Chinese name when comparing local menus.

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