Northeast specialties include hot pot, stewed dishes, sticky bean buns, corn bread, roasted cold noodles, pork stewed vermicelli and so on.

1. Hot Pots

There are many kinds of hot pots in Northeast China, such as mutton hot pot, fish hot pot, spicy hot pot, rock sugar hot pot and so on. Among them, the most distinctive one is the rock sugar hot pot, which is a sweet and sour soup base boiled with rock sugar, vinegar, ginger, garlic and other seasonings.

2. Stews

Northeasters like to eat stews, because stews are convenient and affordable, and they can keep the original ingredients. There are many kinds of stews in Northeast China, such as stewed noodles with Chinese cabbage, stewed beef with potatoes, stewed ribs with radish, stewed gluten with beans and so on. One of the most famous is jar meat, which is a kind of meat product pickled with large pieces of pork belly and coarse salt and fermented in a jar. Before eating, it is cooked with water or stewed with Chinese cabbage. The jar meat is fat but not greasy, and its aroma is tangy, so it is a must-have dish for Chinese New Year in Northeast China.

3. Sticky bean bag

Sticky bean bag is a kind of snack that is steamed by wrapping red bean paste or sesame stuffing with dough made of glutinous rice flour and soybean flour. The outer skin of the sticky bean bag is soft, waxy and sweet, and the inner filling is dense and fragrant, so it tastes rich.

4. Corn bread

Corn bread is a kind of bread made of corn flour and baking soda, which is fried in an oil pan. Corn bread is golden and crisp, soft and sweet inside, and has a special corn aroma. Corn bread is one of the breakfasts in Northeast China, and it is also a common street snack. It is nutritious and delicious with a cup of soybean milk or a bowl of porridge.

5. Grilled cold noodles

Grilled cold noodles are a kind of cake-like food made by mixing cold noodles with eggs, minced meat, chopped green onion and other materials and frying them in a pan. Grilled cold noodles are crispy on the outside, soft and juicy on the inside, and have a unique salty flavor.

6. Pork stewed vermicelli

Pork stewed vermicelli is a soup made of pork and vermicelli, potatoes, Chinese cabbage and other materials. Pork stewed vermicelli soup is rich and delicious, pork is soft and rotten, vermicelli is tender and refreshing, and potatoes and cabbage increase the nutrition and taste of dishes.