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Answer
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Open-top pork dumplings with yellow wrappers
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Siu mai
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Common yellow dessert tart in dim sum restaurants predicated on the Portuguese 'pastel de nata'
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Egg tart
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Light-brown fruit sauce that often accompanies roast duck
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Plum sauce
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Popular fried chicken burger chain in China
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Wallace
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Strongly brewed black tea that typically uses both evaporated and condensed milk
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Hong Kong milk tea
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Three parts coffee, seven parts the above
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Yuenyeung
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Savoury pancake folded with oil and this type of onion
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Scallion pancake
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Dark, fermented broad bean and chilli paste integral to Sichuan cuisine
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Douban
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Name for southern dried, mildly sweet sausages that can be chopped up into steamed rice
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Lap cheong
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Pan-fried rectangular cake made from this shredded white vegetable
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Turnip cake
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Root vegetable that is a staple in African cuisine. This Chinese version is longer, thinner and whiter than other variants
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Chinese yam
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Name any of China's 'Top 10 Famous Noodles', according to the Ministry of Commerce
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Beijing’s Zhajiangmian | Jilin's Cold Noodles | +8 others
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Slightly bitter black jelly used in desserts and sweet drinks
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Grass jelly
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Fresh type of fermented rice noodle native to Yunnan province
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Mixian
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Staple powdered yellow seasoning with a concentrated chicken broth flavour
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Chicken bouillon
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Gelatinous refrigerated dessert made from coconut milk
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Coconut bar
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Seafood toast that is sometimes sprinkled with sesame seeds before frying
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Shrimp toast
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Spicy, stewed Sichuan chicken skewers prepared in a pottery bowl
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Bo bo ji
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Dried meat product with a texture comparable to cotton
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Meat floss
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Delicacy containing this protein-rich structure formed from solidified bird saliva
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Bird's nest soup
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Manchu sweet, cubic snack with a similar appearance to Rice Krispies
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Sachima
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Long variant of clam consumed across both East and Southeast Asian cuisines
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Razor clam
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General term for savoury broth soups that use a thickening agent (e.g. starch)
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Geng
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Specially prepared tofu snack which appears _____ due to the fermentation process
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Hairy tofu
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Soy-free, wheat gluten alternative to meat which sounds a bit like 'satan'
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Seitan
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Xinjiang baked bun typically filled with minced lamb and onions (Hint: 'samosa' minus a letter)
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Samsa
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‘Siu yuk’ is a crispy skinned, whole roast ___
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Pig
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Flower tea that is most popularly consumed as the sweetened 'Vita' branded version
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Chrysanthemum tea
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Cantonese dessert pastry considered to be a coconut and peanut mochi
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Lo mai chi
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Leafy vegetable also known as 'Chinese broccoli'
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Gai lan
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• Beijing’s Zhajiangmian - fried noodles served with ground pork and a dark bean sauce
• Hangzhou’s Pian’er Chuan - noodle soup served with preserved vegetables, sliced pork, and bamboo shoots
• Henan's Xiaoji Stewed Noodles - braised, chewy noodles in a beef/mutton broth
• Jilin’s Cold Noodles - Korean-influenced clear noodle dish
• Kunshan’s Aozao Noodles - ‘Aozao’ is a famous restaurant that produces a famous, flavourful noodle soup that requires a lot of ingredients and preparation
• Lanzhou’s Hand-Pulled Noodles - dish of hand-pulled ‘lamian’ noodles in a clear beef broth
• Shanxi’s Knife-Cut Noodles - ribbon-shaped noodles cut from a slab of wheat dough
• Sichuan’s Dandanmian - noodles with a sauce of Sichuan pepper, minced pork, chilli oil, pickled vegetables and spring onions
• Wuhan‘s Hot Dry Noodles - alkaline noodles served with sesame paste