Golden City White Pagoda

Golden City White Pagoda

　　Lanzhou was historically known as the "Golden City." The White Pagoda is a seven-story, eight-sided pagoda-style structure standing atop Lanzhou’s North Mountain, overlooking the Yellow River to the south. The majestic Zhongshan Iron Bridge spans the river from north to south, forming an impressive sight. The cold meat platter "Golden City White Pagoda" masterfully reflects this grand and unique Lanzhou landscape. The making of Golden City White Pagoda involves slicing luncheon meat and arranging it with white and yellow shrimp paste to form stepped platforms; carving luncheon meat, salted pork liver, and yellow shrimp paste into the shape of an “iron bridge”; using luncheon meat, yellow shrimp paste, ham, and blood sausage to create the pagoda base; placing white shrimp paste on top of the base to form the “white pagoda”; and crafting the “undergrowth” with egg rolls, pork elbow, abalone, char siu, salted shrimp, and shredded kelp, garnished with radish flowers, coriander leaves, and tomato slices. The “Golden City White Pagoda” is strikingly lifelike, vibrantly colored, and offers a variety of flavors, making it a truly exceptional culinary “work of art.” (Lanzhou)