Korean rice cake is made from glutinous rice that is pounded with a rice mallet. It can be found all over the streets of Dandong—soft, sticky, sweet, and translucent, it's truly a rare delicacy. Introduction: During preparation, (1) first wash the glutinous rice and soak it in water for over ten hours, until the grains can be easily crushed by hand…
Birch Leaf Cakes are a traditional Manchu food. The Manchu people in Dandong have a special fondness for this dish. Typically, during the fourth or fifth lunar month, they head up the mountains to gather tender and large birch leaves, which are then brought home, washed, and set aside. Sticky rice or millet is soaked in water for several days, ground into flour, rolled into thin pancakes, and cooked. These are then filled with mashed red beans that have been boiled until soft...
Prosperity in Bloom Leaf Fish is a famous dish from Dandong, primarily made with grass carp from the upper reaches of the Yalu River. It is prepared with auxiliary ingredients such as bok choy, tomatoes, carrots, and seasoned with delicacies like scallops. The live grass carp is first slaughtered and its meat is extracted to make fish paste. Seasonings and supplementary ingredients are added to the paste, which is then shaped into leaves. The leaf-shaped fish paste is lightly fried until cooked, followed by a quick stir-fry...
Golden Cicada Playing with Peony is a famous dish from Dandong, made primarily with yellow sea prawns and xiaorenxian (a type of yellow sea shellfish), along with shiitake mushrooms, squid paste, and shredded red and green peppers as secondary ingredients, and seasoned with premium abalone sauce. The fresh large sea prawns are peeled and deveined, the meat is flattened into petals, then blanched in water to form petal shapes. Meanwhile, the xiaorenxian and prepared squid paste are shaped into golden cicadas...
Kailai Silver Thread Soup is a renowned dish from Dandong, made primarily with sea cucumber, shrimp, abalone, and tender tofu, complemented by ingredients such as king oyster mushrooms, black moss, and winter bamboo shoots. It is simmered in a secret premium broth. The sea cucumber, shrimp, abalone, and tender tofu are all shredded into hair-thin strands. The flavor is adjusted using the premium broth, and the ingredients are gently stirred in one direction in the soup...
The Banquet of the Cloud Dragon Exploring the Sea (Jiangcheng Flavor Feast) is a famous banquet from Dandong. The dishes in this banquet are meticulously prepared using local specialties such as the eel-like fish from the Yalu River, Chinese forest frogs, flying crabs, male silkworm moths, wild mountain vegetables, as well as seafood like sea cucumbers, abalones, lobsters, and razor clams from nearby waters. Cold dishes include Pastoral Song, Auspicious Shrimp Medley, Fruit and Vegetable Flower Basket,…
Stir-fried Rice Noodles with Clams is made primarily with rice noodles, along with chopped clams, chives, carrots, onions, and other ingredients, seasoned with minced garlic and sesame oil, and stir-fried to perfection. With its golden color, tender yet chewy texture, and delicious savory taste, it is one of Dandong’s most distinctive snacks. The rice noodles evolved from the Manchu dish “Suan Tang Zi”...
Made primarily from corn, the dough is fermented, ground into a watery mixture, strained to extract the starch, and then extruded into strips before being boiled. It is served with chopped scallions, shredded pork, dried shrimp, mushrooms, and soybean paste. The noodles are smooth and silky, with a tangy and refreshing taste that aids digestion, invigorates the spleen, relieves fatigue, and quenches thirst. The dough can be stored for a long time without spoiling and can be cooked in boiling water whenever needed, saving both time and effort.
Sino-Korean Friendship Ginseng is a famous dish from Dandong, created by He Yanhui, one of the top ten chefs in Dandong, from Zhonglian Food City. It is meticulously prepared using abalone mushrooms as the main ingredient, along with vegetable hearts and homemade rich broth. First, the abalone mushrooms are carved into twelve vegetarian sea cucumbers, cleaned, and placed in a large pot. They are then simmered with old hen and pork rib bones until fully flavored and set aside. …
Orange-Flavored Oyster Glass Noodle Fish is a famous dish from Dandong, primarily made with local specialties: glass noodle fish from the Yalu River and oysters. It is meticulously prepared using orange juice, fine vermicelli, egg whites, flour, oranges, and seasonings such as pepper. The fresh glass noodle fish is first deveined and cleaned, while the oysters are selected for uniform size and washed before being marinated separately with scallion, ginger juice, salt, MSG, and Jiufa wine...
Steamed buns are a staple food for the Manchu people on both ordinary days and festive occasions, made from glutinous rice. Varieties include bean flour buns, perilla leaf buns, and sticky rice cakes. Bean flour buns are made by grinding yellow millet and broomcorn millet into fine powder, then mixing in bean flour and steaming. These buns are golden in color, sticky in texture, and deliciously fragrant. Perilla leaf buns are made by mixing sticky sorghum flour with mashed red beans...
Cold Mixed Yellow Clams The main ingredient of Cold Mixed Yellow Clams is fresh cleaned yellow clams, with chives as a garnish, and the seasonings include soy sauce, mustard, and sesame oil. Clean the fresh clams, scald them in boiling water until they open, then remove them; take out the clam meat, rinse it again with clean water, and drain it for later use. Wash the chives, blanch them thoroughly in boiling water, cool them in cold water, then remove and drain the water…
Brilliant Red Peach: A late-maturing variety, ripening in early to mid-August. The fruit is very large, with an average single fruit weight of 180 grams and a maximum of 450 grams. The fruit is relatively attractive, with high yield potential, good fruit quality, and excellent overall quality. Growth and development characteristics (1) Roots: Mainly distributed in the soil layer 20–50 cm deep, with the widest spread near the canopy edge…
Dandong Specialty: Blueberries “Blueberries, as an emerging small berry industry with great potential, are expected to become a pillar of our city’s agriculture. Dandong blueberries can also fully establish themselves as a major production area for blueberries in China.” The Dandong Blueberry Association, established on May 19, has set the future of the blueberry industry as a distinctive...
In the history of silk production in China, there is a saying: “Mulberry in the south, oak silk in the north.” “Oak silk in the north” refers to the production of tussah silk in the Dandong area. Tussah silk is the raw material used to make silk. Of China’s tussah resources, 85% are in Liaoning Province, and 80% of Liaoning’s are in Dandong. For over a hundred years, Dandong has been the country’s largest base for processing tussah silk raw materials and producing tussah silk...
Sticky Cake Buns: Made by soaking glutinous yellow millet, grinding it into flour, wrapping some mashed beans in the middle of the millet dough, and then steaming it. These buns can be pan-fried or served with sugar, offering a deliciously fragrant and sweet taste. …
A type of sea snail, the fragrant snail is also known as the yellow inlaid jade snail. It has a relatively thin yet solid shell shaped like a pear, with a yellowish-brown surface and a pale gray top. It inhabits muddy or sandy tidal flats, leaving visible trails as it crawls, where it can be collected. Nutritional analysis: The snail meat is rich in vitamin A, protein, iron, and calcium, and has therapeutic effects on conditions such as eye redness, jaundice, beriberi, and hemorrhoids.
Liaoning Province is one of China’s three major white pear production regions. The Autumn White Pear is one of the oldest pear varieties in northern China. Due to its preference for fertile water and suitability for growing in sandy loam soil on sunny slopes, the Autumn White Pear has made its home in the farmsteads of Liaoxi’s mountainous areas. The fruit is oblong or oval-shaped, averaging 150 grams in weight, with the largest single fruit weighing up to 18…
Dandong in Liaoning Province enjoys a warm climate and abundant rainfall, which are highly conducive to strawberry cultivation. The city’s strawberry production area has reached nearly 100,000 mu, with a total output of 150,000 tons, making it an important production base for strawberries in the province and even the whole country. A wide variety of strawberries are grown in Dandong, including Japanese varieties mainly represented by 'Fengxiang', European and American varieties primarily represented by 'Honey'...
Dandong Tower Vinegar is produced in the current administrative regions of Zhenxing District, Yuanbao District, and Zhen'an District, Dandong City, Liaoning Province. "Letter from Dandong Municipal People's Government on Defining the Protection Area for the Geographical Indication Product of Dandong Tower Vinegar" (Danzheng Letter [2016] No. 36), Dandong Quality and Technical Specification: ZJG0025S-2015 "Dandong Tower Vinegar"...