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Hangzhou, China
6 dishes to eat in Hangzhou, what is in them, and where they belong.
Braised pork belly named for the Song poet who reputedly invented it, cooked until it collapses.
Grass carp poached and sauced with sweet vinegar — divisive, and definitively local.
Chicken wrapped in lotus leaf and clay, baked, then cracked open at the table.
River shrimp stir-fried with Dragon Well tea leaves — spring cooking at its lightest.
Noodles with bamboo shoot, preserved vegetable and pork — the local breakfast bowl.
Autumn osmanthus blossom in cakes, syrups and rice balls.
