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Jinan cuisine is strict with its cutting and slicing skill, duration and degree of heating, flavour, color, smell, taste and shape. Soup-stock is an important feature of Jinan cuisine. Although Jinan dish is affect by other local dishes at present, there are still some special ones: Tang Cu Li Yu (Sweet and sour carp), Jiu Zhuan Da Chang (Fried Pork Chitterlings), Steamed Stuffed Bun of Caobao, You Xuan, Spring Roll, and Jinan Roast Duck.

Yellow River Carp with Sugar and Vinegar is a typical Jinan dishes cooked the Yellow River carp with sweet and sour flavor. Milked Pucai Soup is renowned as the No.1 soup in Jinan with the material of milk and Pucai. A traditional snack You Xuan can trace back to the Qing Dynasty, which is crisp outside and tender inside with a nice spice of green Chinese onion. Jinan Food Street is the place where most of local dishes scatter in!

135 reviews
It is said that in the past, a restaurant near the Yellow River hired a young man who looked stupid, so, people called him Caobao which, in Jinan dialect, means dumpish. In fact, he was quite clever and able-minded He only made steamed stuffed buns which became well-known soon. Later, he came to Jinan and made steamed stuffed bun which were called Caobao.
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173 reviews
It is a traditional nosh in Jinan. As early as in the Daoguang Period of the Qing Dynasty, You Xuan was sold in the city. It is crisp outside and tender inside with a nice spricery of green Chinese onion. You Xuan is still warmly welcome today in Jinan.
149 reviews
As its name implies this steamed bun has a variety of fillings. They are peanut meat, sesame meat, walnut meat, almond and melon seed meat. The other ingredients are jujube meat cube and sugar, which make the bun more flavorful.
190 reviews
It is made of milk and Pucai, a kind of vegetable available in Daming Lake which is crisp and delicious. This dish is praised as the No. 1 soup in Jinan.
128 reviews
The carp is delicious and nutrient. Jinan is located in the lower reaches of the Yellow River. It has its own way of cooking carps. This dish named the Yellow River Carp with Sugar and Vinegar has been praised as the most famous dish in Shandong.
143 reviews
Jinan people continue the custom of making Spring Rolls in the spring. Restaurants also sell spring rolls and the popular version has a variety of wild vegetable as it main filling.
129 reviews
It is a variety of fried and baked stuffing snack. The stuffing often is comprised of pork and vegetables.