Chinese Local Delicacies

Yunnan

📍 Chuxiong

🍽️ Yi Mutton Pot

Whole-mutton Yi-style pot with chili.

Inner Mongolia

📍 Ordos

🍽️ Stewed Mutton

Grassland lamb stewed plain, rich but not gamey.

Ningxia

📍 Guyuan

🍽️ Guyuan Hui Stew

Meatballs, vermicelli and lamb stew, Guyuan.

Anhui

📍 Hefei

🍽️ Hefei Roast Duck

Crispy skin and tender meat, a traditional Hefei dish.

🍽️ Li Hongzhang Hotchpotch

Assorted ingredients stewed together, Hefei classic.

📍 Huainan

🍽️ Huainan Beef Soup

Beef bone broth with vermicelli, Anhui breakfast icon.

📍 Jixi

🍽️ Hu Shi One-Pot

Huizhou layered stew pot, meat and veg stacked.

📍 Huangshan

🍽️ Smelly Mandarin Fish

Smells bad but tastes good, a signature Anhui dish.

🍽️ Huangshan Sesame Cake

Preserved mustard filling, crisp and savory.

Shandong

📍 Qufu

🍽️ Confucian Mansion Cuisine

Refined ceremonial dishes, an elegant Shandong branch.

Shanxi

📍 Linfen

🍽️ Beef Ball Noodle

Spicy broth with beef balls, a Linfen street breakfast.

Guangxi

📍 Liuzhou

🍽️ Snail Duck-Foot Pot

Duck feet braised in snail broth, spicy gelatinous.

🍽️ Liuzhou Duck-Foot Pot

Duck feet braised in snail broth, gelatinous.

🍽️ Luosifen

Sour bamboo shoots in snail soup, fresh, spicy and sour.

Xinjiang

📍 Urumqi

🍽️ Big Plate Chicken

Chicken, potatoes and wide noodles, spicy and hearty.

🍽️ Samsa

Tandoor-baked bun with spiced lamb.

🍽️ Urumqi Ban Mian

Wide noodles with tomato-lamb sauce.

Jiangsu

📍 Nanjing

🍽️ Salted Duck

White skin, tender meat, fatty but not greasy, a Nanjing specialty.

🍽️ Duck Blood Vermicelli Soup

Duck offal and glass noodles in light broth.

📍 Xuzhou

🍽️ Diguozhi Chicken

Chicken stew with stuck-on flatbread, northern Jiangsu.

🍽️ Xuzhou Di Guo Ji

Chicken stew with stuck flatbread.

🍽️ Sha Soup

Eel-chicken morning soup, old Xuzhou.

📍 Taizhou

🍽️ Huangqiao Sesame Cake

Famous sesame cake, savory or sweet.

🍽️ Jingjiang Crab Bun

Crab-roe soup bun, sip then eat.

Henan

📍 Xinyang

🍽️ Xinyang Stew

Huai River slow stew, savory not spicy.

🍽️ Xinyang Tea Omelette

Tea leaves in egg, south Henan.

📍 Zhoukou

🍽️ Xiaoyao Spicy Soup

Peppery thick soup with gluten balls.

📍 Puyang

🍽️ Puyang Wrapped Liangpi

Cold skin wrapped like a roll.

Hainan

📍 Sanya

🍽️ Hele Crab

Roe-heavy crab, one of Hainan's four famous dishes.

🍽️ Qingbuliang

Coconut milk with mixed grains and candied fruit, refreshing.

🍽️ Sanya Gangmen Noodle

Seafood thin rice noodles, Yazhou flavor.

Hubei

📍 Yichang

🍽️ Yangtze Fat Fish

River fish in milky broth, tender.

🍽️ Yichang Radish Dumpling

Fried radish dumpling, Yangtze snack.

📍 Wuhan

🍽️ Hot Dry Noodle

Alkaline noodles mixed with sesame paste, a Wuhan breakfast icon.

🍽️ Three-Delicity Tofu Skin

Glutinous rice wrapped in tofu skin with pork and bamboo.

🍽️ Duck Neck

Spicy and aromatic, a Wuhan snack classic.

🍽️ Wuhan Tofu Skin

Glutinous rice in tofu skin with three delicacies.

🍽️ Mianwo

Fried rice batter ring, crisp outside hollow inside.

📍 Jingzhou

🍽️ Zaotang Noodle

Dockside morning noodles, rich broth.

🍽️ Jingzhou Fish Cake

Minced fish steamed into cake.

🍽️ Jingzhou Fish Cake

Fish cake made from minced fish, fresh and tender.

Hunan

📍 Zhangjiajie

🍽️ Tujia Three-Pot Stew

Bacon, tofu and radish stew, western Hunan.

🍽️ Zhangjiajie Sour Pork

Tujia fermented sour pork stir-fried with chili.

📍 Huaihua

🍽️ Zhijiang Duck

West-Hunan braised duck with herbs.

📍 Yongzhou

🍽️ Yongzhou Blood Duck

Duck stir-fried with blood sauce, south-Hunan bold.

Gansu

📍 Gannan

🍽️ Tibetan Bun

Yak-meat Tibetan bun, grassland bite.

Fujian

📍 Xiamen

🍽️ Sea Worm Jelly

Salted worm jelly, cold and bouncy.

🍽️ Xiamen Oyster Omelet

Oysters, egg and starch pan-fried.

🍽️ Satay Noodle

Broth made from satay sauce with seafood and meat, a southern Fujian flavor.

Guizhou

📍 Kaili

🍽️ Sour Soup Rice Noodle

Tomato and litsea sour broth over noodles.

🍽️ Kaili Sour Soup Fish

Fermented tomato sour soup with fish, southeast Guizhou icon.

Chongqing

📍 Wanzhou

🍽️ Wanzhou Grilled Fish

Fish grilled then braised in spicy broth.

Heilongjiang

📍 Yichun

🍽️ Iron-Pot Goose

Forest-goose stew with potatoes and vermicelli.

📍 Mohe

🍽️ Sauerkraut Pork & Blood Sausage

Northern China pork feast with sauerkraut and blood sausage.