Famous
Mandarin cuisine
specialties

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Peking Duck

The succulently crisp skin of Peking (Beijing) duck is the most precious part of the dish. The diner smears a sweet bean paste with a scallion onto a thin flour pancake, then rolls and eats the preparation using his hand.

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Bird's Nest Soup

The nest of swallow is simmered to extract its gelatinous substance, which flavors and thickens the soup.

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Chicken Velvet

A very delicate forcemeat of chicken breast and egg white. Often poached.

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Tea Eggs

Hard boiled eggs, with cracked shells, are marinated in hot spiced tea until a distinctive cracked pattern and flavor is apparent.

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Moo Shi Pork

Slivers of pork, egg, tiger lily buds, cloud ear fungus, and other vegetables are stir fried together, combined with a light sauce, and eaten rolled up in thin flour pancakes. Moo Shi Pork was created by peasants as a dish for using up leftovers.

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