Chinese Local Delicacies

Yunnan

📍 Baoshan

🍽️ Tengchong Fried Rice Cake

Stir-fried erkuai legend from Ming prince.

📍 Kunming

🍽️ Crossing-the-bridge Rice Noodle

Broth cooks ingredients on the spot, silky noodles, a Yunnan icon.

🍽️ Steam-Pot Chicken

Chicken steamed in a steam-pot, pure broth.

🍽️ Grilled Erkuai

Grilled rice cake brushed with sauce, a Yunnan breakfast.

🍽️ Rose Flower Cake

Rose petals in flaky pastry, Yunnan souvenir.

🍽️ Small-Pot Rice Noodle

Rice noodles boiled in a small pot, tangy and savory.

🍽️ Kunming Dumpling

Kunming steamed dumpling, local classic.

📍 Xishuangbanna

🍽️ Lemongrass Grilled Fish

Dai-style fish wrapped in lemongrass, tangy aromatic.

Inner Mongolia

📍 Hulunbuir

🍽️ Milk Tea

Salty milk tea is a daily drink of Mongols, served with fried rice.

Taiwan

📍 Chiayi

🍽️ Turkey Rice

Chiayi turkey rice with chicken-oil drizzle.

Anhui

📍 Anqing

🍽️ Jiangmao Wonton

Thin-skinned wontons, Anqing old brand.

📍 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

📍 Dezhou

🍽️ Dezhou Braised Chicken

Five-spice chicken falling off bone.

🍽️ Dezhou Braised Chicken

Five-spice chicken that falls off the bone, a Shandong classic.

Shanxi

📍 Lvliang

🍽️ Oat Flour Rolls

Steamed oat-flour rolls with lamb gravy, north-Shanxi staple.

Guangdong

📍 Zhuhai

🍽️ Tea-Fragrant Duck

Duck infused with tea aroma, fragrant and mellow.

🍽️ Doumen Heavy-Shell Crab

Estuary crab with thick roe, salty-sweet.

🍽️ Hengqin Oysters

Island oysters from Hengqin, fat and sweet.

🍽️ Hengqin Oyster

Brackish-water oyster, fat and sweet.

📍 Yangjiang

🍽️ Yangjiang Fermented Black Beans

Salty fermented soybeans, soul of western Guangdong cooking.

🍽️ Zhugang Lu

Rice sheet rolled with sprouts, street snack.

🍽️ Goose Female Rice

Older goose fried with rice, savory chewy.

🍽️ Chengcun Oysters

Chengcun oysters, plump enough for raw or grilled.

🍽️ Yangjiang Rice Roll

Rice sheet rolled with bean sprouts.

Guangxi

📍 Baise

🍽️ Five-Color Rice

Plant-dyed sticky rice, Zhuang festival food.

🍽️ Debo Blood Sausage

Pig blood-rice sausage, fried aromatic.

📍 Guigang

🍽️ Lotus Root Pork Soup

Sticky lotus root with pork ribs, Guangxi home soup.

🍽️ Luoxiu Rice Noodle

Luoxiu thin rice noodles, never mushy.

Xinjiang

📍 Kashgar

🍽️ Cup Mutton

Mutton stewed in enamel cup, southern Xinjiang home dish.

🍽️ Kashgar Pigeon Soup

Southern Xinjiang pigeon soup with naan.

🍽️ Roast Lamb Skewer

Mutton marinated with cumin and chili, charcoal-grilled, aromatic.

Jiangsu

📍 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.

Hebei

📍 Chengde

🍽️ Rolling Donkey

Glutinous roll coated with soybean flour, sweet and soft.

🍽️ Buckwheat Noodles

Buckwheat noodles pressed into broth, mountain-town flavor.

🍽️ Imperial Lotus-Leaf Chicken

Chicken baked in lotus leaf, fragrant and tender.

🍽️ Chengde Jelly

Mung-bean jelly with sesame sauce.

Henan

📍 Shangqiu

🍽️ Shui Jian Bao

Pan-fried buns crispy bottom, soft top.

Hubei

📍 Enshi

🍽️ Tujia Bacon

Pine-smoked bacon, Tujia New Year flavor.

🍽️ Enshi Hezha

Tujia ground-soy stew, homely.

Hunan

📍 Yueyang

🍽️ Yueyang Barbecue

Lakeside night grill with spicy aquatic bites.

Gansu

📍 Lanzhou

🍽️ Lanzhou Beef Noodle

"Clear broth, white radish, red chili, green cilantro, yellow noodles" — a halal classic.

🍽️ Sweet Fermented Barley

Fermented highland barley, mildly alcoholic.

🍽️ Lanzhou Liangpi

Lanzhou cold skin with chili-garlic water.

📍 Gannan

🍽️ Tibetan Bun

Yak-meat Tibetan bun, grassland bite.

Fujian

📍 Ningde

🍽️ Fuding Meat Slice

Taro-starch beaten pork slices, tangy and slippery.

🍽️ Fuding Meat Slice

Taro-starch beaten pork, tangy.

📍 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.

Guizhou

📍 Guiyang

🍽️ Sour Soup Fish

Miao-style sour soup with fresh fish, tangy and appetizing.

🍽️ Fried Tofu Balls

Hollow fried tofu balls with herb chili dip.

🍽️ Changwang Noodle

Pig intestines and blood with noodles, a Guiyang breakfast.

🍽️ Guizhou Veggie Wrap

Thin wrap filled with shredded veggies, dipped in sour-spicy sauce.

🍽️ Guiyang Love Tofu

Grilled tofu with fishy herb dip.

Liaoning

📍 Jinzhou

🍽️ Jinzhou Barbecue

Northeast-style grill, cumin-chili on everything.

🍽️ Jinzhou Chicken Carcass

Grilled or fried chicken carcass, Northeast midnight food.

Shaanxi

📍 Weinan

🍽️ Timed Baozi

Weinan old-style buns, fluffy and fragrant.

Heilongjiang

📍 Yichun

🍽️ Iron-Pot Goose

Forest-goose stew with potatoes and vermicelli.

📍 Harbin

🍽️ Red Sausage

Russian-style sausage with strong garlic aroma, a Harbin specialty.

🍽️ Guobaorou

One of Northeast China's signature dishes, sweet and sour.

🍽️ Demoli Stewed Fish

Fresh fish stewed with tofu and vermicelli, rich and savory.

🍽️ Moderne Ice Pop

Old Harbin ice pop, milky and smooth.

🍽️ Harbin Big Lieba

Russian-style large loaf, sour and crusty.