Tofu & vegetable dishes 豆制品与蔬菜

Dishes centred on bean curd or vegetables. Stock, fat and toppings still need checking.

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Spicy Pickled Cabbage (辣白菜) — dish photograph
Heilongjiang

Spicy Pickled Cabbage 辣白菜

Spicy Pickled Cabbage (辣白菜) is listed among the local specialties of Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang. It is grouped here with tofu & vegetable dishes; retain the complete Chinese name when comparing local menus.

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AI illustration: A plate of freshly cooked leafy greens with slender stems and a few garlic slices.
Heilongjiang

Wild Mountain Vegetables 山野菜

Wild Mountain Vegetables (山野菜) is the collective name for the edible wild greens picked in Heilongjiang's forests: a group of plants, among them bracken, houtui, cinenya and day lily, rather than a single vegetable.

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素蟹粉 · Vegetable Mock Crab · AI dish illustration
Shanghai

Vegetable Mock Crab 素蟹粉

The potato gives body, carrot contributes colour and the ginger-vinegar seasoning shapes the resemblance. Its soft texture differs from intact vegetable pieces and from a plate of actual picked crab meat.

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Wensi tofu soup · 文思豆腐 · AI dish illustration
Jiangsu

Wensi tofu soup 文思豆腐

The soup is subtle and silky, with the tofu giving a cloudlike texture rather than large chunks to chew. Stock quality matters because seasoning is restrained.

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Reference photo for Mirror-Box Stuffed Tofu · 镜箱豆腐同类菜品参考照片
Jiangsu

Mirror-Box Stuffed Tofu 镜箱豆腐

Mirror-Box Stuffed Tofu (镜箱豆腐) is a traditional Wuxi (无锡) dish of stuffed tofu blocks, named because the blocks look like the mirror box (a dressing case) a woman used when doing her hair.

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Reference photo for Pingqiao Tofu in Rich Broth · 平桥豆腐同类菜品参考照片
Jiangsu

Pingqiao Tofu in Rich Broth 平桥豆腐

Pingqiao Tofu in Rich Broth (平桥豆腐) is named for Pingqiao (平桥), a town in Huai’an (淮安) on the eastern bank of the Grand Canal. Its finely cut tofu sits in a rich, savoury broth.

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