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Tianjin

Tianjin is a municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China, with a population of 13,866,009 in 2020.

Featured Dishes from Tianjin

Guobacai

Guobacai

Soup made with crispy crepe strips, bean curd, green onions, soy sauce, ginger, sesame oil

Jianbing guozi

Jianbing guozi

A large mung bean or wheat flour crepe filled with youtiao, pork, eggs, sweet potatoes, vegetables, a variation of jianbing, from the city of Tianjin

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Ear

hole fried cake - Glutinous yellow rice flour cakes with red bean paste

Mahua

Mahua

Twisted pastries filled with sweet bean paste

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Tangdui

Hawthorn berries filled with bean paste, nuts, seeds, then grilled and coated in syrup

Tanghulu

Tanghulu

Candied fruit on skewers, for example, hawthorn, strawberries, bananas, kiwi

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Zhilanzhai gao gan

Small glutinous rice cakes filled with sweet red beans and hawthorn and topped with candlenut, walnut or watermelon seeds

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Abalone and shrimp congee

Braised cabbage with shrimp

Braised cabbage with shrimp

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Braised cucurbita maxima

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Braised whole shark fin

Crab

Crab

Crayfish

Crayfish

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Dongbei da lapi

Cold mung bean noodles with shredded pork, vegetables, egg strips and mustard

Donkey

Donkey

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Eight great bowls

A collection of eight mainly meat dishes

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Eight

treasured tofu - Stir fried tofu with sea cucumber, crab, chicken, shellfish, squid, magnolia, snow peas

Fish

Fish

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Four great stews

A collection of stews, for example, beef, chicken, duck, mutton, seafood

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Four treasures as winter tonics

Lapland bunting, salangid, purple crabs and hotbed chives

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Fried lapland bunting

Fried prawns

Fried prawns

Goubuli baozi

Goubuli baozi

Dumpling with 18 folds, filled with beef, lamb, seabass, pork

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Gracilaceae algae

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Grilled vegan

Seasoned and boiled sliced magnolia, shiitake mushrooms, cucumbers, winter melon, carrots and cabbage

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Koryo salangid

Lamb

Lamb

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Maobuwen jiaozi

Mutton

Mutton

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Official roast fish strips

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Pork cutlet

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Sauteed shelled shrimp

Seafood

Seafood

Shrimp

Shrimp

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Sour and granulated purple crabs

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Sour and granulated whole shark fin

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Stir fried large yellow croaker

Sweet and sour yellow croaker

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Stir fried old threes

Stir fried sheep heart, liver and kidney with garlic

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Unique gluten

Fried gluten ball soaked in water water

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Vinegar braised fish rolls

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Xianxie shrimp flat

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Yan's dried meat floss dish

Zeng beng liyu

Zeng beng liyu

Deep fried carp in a sweet and sour sauce, the carp is bent so it appears as if it is jumping into the fishing net

Chatang

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Chatang

Porridge made from flour from sorghum, broomcorn millet, proso millet, glutinous millet

Chestnut

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Chestnut

Dumpling sauce

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Dumpling sauce

Sauce made for dumplings, many different dipping sauces exist

Guobacai

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Guobacai

Soup made with crispy crepe strips, bean curd, green onions, soy sauce, ginger, sesame oil

Ham sausage

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Ham sausage

Sausage similar to kielbasa

Tianjin preserved vegetable

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Tianjin preserved vegetable

Pickled vegetables

Wotou

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Wotou

Small steamed cone-shaped cornbread