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Preserved Eggs
The proper Chinese name for preserved eggs is Songhua or Songhua Dan(pine-flower eggs)--so called because,when shelled,these solidified but semitransparent eggs show flowery patterns like pine needles inside.The more and the prettier the patterns,th...
Shashlick
The shashlick is an Arab snack very popular in the north and northwest of China,where there is a sizable muslim population.Many vendors are seen making them at street corners,especially in the cities and towns of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region...
Cake Particle in Mutton Soup
Soaking cake particles in mutton or beef soup first appeared in the pastureland in northwest China.Today it has become a special snack of Xi'an.Chunks of mutton or beef are washed and sliced into pieces and boiled with scallion,ginger,wild pepper,st...
Moon Cake
The Chinese moon cake is for the Midautumn Festival and is so called because it is made in the form of a disc representing the full moon of the festival. The cake consists of a crust and stuffing.The crust is made in varying ways and with varying de...
New Year Cake
At the Spring Festival,namely,the Chinese traditional New Year,most Chinese families will eat the New year cake(niangao)which is make of glutinous rice or miller flour and garnished with various auxiliary materials such as bean or jujube paste,assort...
Pyramid shaped Glutinous Rice Dumplings
Pyramid-shaped dumplings made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves are a traditional Chinese food for the Dragon Boat Festival which falls on the 5th of the 5th lunar month.The festival,popular among the Han people by tradition,was fir...
Dough Flowers
Dough flowers are not only a food but a work of art nice to look at.As the name implies,they are made of wheat flour,though sometimes mixed with glutinous rice flour for greater stickiness. They are very popular in the Chinese countryside,and those...
Roast Duck
The Beijing roast duck is a dish wellknown among gastronomes the world over. To cook ducks by direct heat dates back at least 1,500 years to the period of the Northern and Southern Ynasties,whenbroiled duck was mentioned in writing.About eight hundr...
Fermented Bean Curd
Fermented bean curd is often served as part of a Chinese breakfast. As the name suggests,it is made from bean curd and is usually available in two different varieties,the white and the red.Bean curd,as told by the previous article,first appeared as...
Hot Candied Fruit
This is a well-known Chinese sweet dish,and it can be made with either apple,pear,banana or yam.It is served hot and each piece should be dipped into a bowl of cold water before being put into one's mouth so that the surface is cooled and hardened w...