Garlic & Ginger

Beijing · Pork intestine and lung with flatbread, garlic sauce and cilantro, a southern Beijing classic

Changsha · Black outer skin fried to a crisp, then filled with garlic and chili sauce

Chongqing · Alkaline noodles with chili, Sichuan pepper, scallions, and crushed peanuts

Harbin · Russian-style smoked sausage with a bold garlic aroma

Hangzhou · Scallion and fried dough stick rolled in a spring pancake and pressed-grilled

Hohhot · Hohhot-style shaomai with paper-thin wrappers, generously filled with mutton and scallion

Nanning · Old friend rice noodles with garlic, fermented black beans, pickled bamboo shoots—sour-spicy Nanning soul food

Nanning · River snails simmered for hours with lemongrass and ginger—sip from the shell, rich and briny

Qingdao · Fresh clams wok-fried with dried chili and garlic, best paired with an ice-cold Tsingtao

Qingdao · Plump mussels steamed open in Qingdao's own beer with ginger and scallion

Shanghai · Scallion oil simmered until dark then poured over noodles—simplest yet deepest

Xiamen · Muscovy duck braised with mature ginger and sesame oil, southern Fujian winter tonic

Xi'an · Hand-torn flatbread soaked in lamb soup, served with sweet garlic and chili paste

Yinchuan · Wild-picked Helan Mountain mushrooms stir-fried simply with garlic and green onion

Zhengzhou · Whole chicken poached in master stock, pulled apart tableside, served with scallion ginger dip