Chinese Local Delicacies

Yunnan

📍 Baoshan

🍽️ Tengchong Fried Rice Cake

Stir-fried erkuai legend from Ming prince.

📍 Dali

🍽️ Milk Fan

Milk stretched into fan shape, grilled with brown sugar.

🍽️ Sour and Spicy Fish

Erhai fish with sour-spicy seasoning, Bai ethnic flavor.

🍽️ Dali Milk Fan

Milk stretched into fan, grilled with rose sugar.

📍 Honghe

🍽️ Mengzi Cross-Bridge Noodle

Birthplace of crossing-bridge noodles.

Taiwan

📍 Taipei

🍽️ Beef Noodle Soup

Rich braised broth, a representative Taiwanese dish.

🍽️ Lu Rou Fan

Minced braised pork over rice, Taiwan staple.

🍽️ Oyster Mee Sua

Oyster and intestine thick noodle soup.

🍽️ Lu Rou Fan

Minced braised pork over rice, Taiwan staple.

📍 Keelung

🍽️ Ding Bian Cuo

Rice slurry scraped into broth, night-market soup.

Sichuan

📍 Nanchong

🍽️ Northern Sichuan Jelly

Pea jelly with chili oil, north Sichuan summer.

📍 Meishan

🍽️ Dongpo Pork Knuckle

Braised pork knuckle, Meishan.

Ningxia

📍 Guyuan

🍽️ Guyuan Hui Stew

Meatballs, vermicelli and lamb stew, Guyuan.

Anhui

📍 Sanhe

🍽️ Sanhe Rice Dumpling

Indica-rice skin dumpling with tofu pork.

📍 Anqing

🍽️ Jiangmao Wonton

Thin-skinned wontons, Anqing old brand.

Shandong

📍 Tai'an

🍽️ Taishan Tofu Banquet

Tofu-based mountain banquet near Mount Tai.

📍 Jinan

🍽️ Nine-turn Large Intestine

A classic Shandong dish with sweet, sour, bitter, spicy and salty flavors.

🍽️ Bazi Pork

Soy-braised pork belly, Jinan street food.

Shanxi

📍 Datong

🍽️ Datong Noodles & Mutton Offal

Shanxi knife-cut noodles in mutton offal broth.

🍽️ Datong Sliced Noodles

As famous as Taiyuan's, with rich gravy and unique flavor.

Guangdong

📍 Heyuan

🍽️ Pork Knuckle Rice Noodle

Pork knuckle broth over rice noodles, a Heyuan breakfast.

🍽️ Eight-Cut Pork Soup

Eight pork parts in clear soup, Hakka style.

🍽️ Mugwort Rice Dumpling

Mugwort glutinous dumpling, a Hakka seasonal snack.

🍽️ Heyuan Radish Cake

Radish glutinous cake, Hakka winter snack.

Guangxi

📍 Hezhou

🍽️ Hezhou Stuffed Tofu

Hakka stuffed tofu at Guangxi/Hunan/Guangdong crossroad.

🍽️ Huangtian Braised Pork

Pork with taro, Hezhou banquet dish.

Xinjiang

📍 Aksu

🍽️ Walnut Naan

Naan with walnuts, aromatic and shelf-stable.

Jiangsu

📍 Taizhou

🍽️ Huangqiao Sesame Cake

Famous sesame cake, savory or sweet.

🍽️ Jingjiang Crab Bun

Crab-roe soup bun, sip then eat.

📍 Zhenjiang

🍽️ Guogai Noodle

Noodles boiled with a small pot lid, Zhenjiang quirk.

🍽️ Zhenjiang Vinegar

Sour but not astringent, aromatic and slightly sweet, one of China's four famous vinegars.

Jiangxi

📍 Yingtan

🍽️ Tianshi Eight-Trigram Banquet

Longhushan Taoist banquet with herbal dishes.

Hebei

📍 Xingtai

🍽️ Xingtai Braised Cake

Wheat cake strips braised with meat and veggies.

Zhejiang

📍 Wenzhou

🍽️ Wenzhou Fish Ball Soup

Fish balls in clear broth, a Wenzhou specialty.

🍽️ Wenzhou Sticky Rice

Sticky rice with fried dough and pork floss.

🍽️ Wenzhou Sticky Rice

Sticky rice with fried dough and pork floss.

Hainan

📍 Dongfang

🍽️ Li Bamboo Rice

Li ethnic rice roasted in bamboo tubes.

Hunan

📍 Changde

🍽️ Changde Beef Rice Noodle

Round rice noodles in red beef broth.

📍 Xiangxi

🍽️ Xiangxi Bacon

Pine-smoked bacon from Tujia/Miao hills.

📍 Shaoyang

🍽️ Blood Tofu Ball

Smoked tofu-blood balls, central Hunan cured food.

🍽️ Shaoyang Rice Noodle

Thick rice noodles in red broth.

📍 Chenzhou

🍽️ Dongjiang Fish

Cold-lake fish, smoked or steamed.

Fujian

📍 Fuzhou

🍽️ Buddha Jumps Over the Wall

Simmered abalone, sea cucumber and shark fin, the top Min dish.

🍽️ Fuzhou Fish Ball

Fish-paste skin with meat filling, fresh and bouncy.

🍽️ Lychee Pork

Sweet-sour pork shaped like lychee.

Tibet

📍 Shigatse

🍽️ Air-dried Yak Meat

Air-dried on the plateau, firm texture, easy to carry.

Guizhou

📍 Tongren

🍽️ She Rice

Wild herbs with sticky rice, Dong/Miao spring dish.

🍽️ Jiangkou Rice Tofu

Rice-tofu cubes with chili water.

Qinghai

📍 Hainan

🍽️ Hand-Grabbed Yak

Plateau yak boiled plain with garlic.