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Traditional Dishes of Guilin 桂林传统菜肴 Old Duck Stewed with Gingko 白果老鸭汤 This traditional tonic dish is cooked with Guilins local specialty gingko, sliced old duck, ham slices and some other various ingredients. They are put together into a ceramic pot and stewed in a bamboo steamer. The main ingredients are duck meat (cubed), Gingko and slices of ham, which are steamed together. The finished dish is a light soup with tender duck meat complementing the gingko. Yangshuo Beer Fish 阳朔啤酒鱼 Yangshuo Beer Fish is Yangshuos most famous dish. It is made from fresh caught Li River carp. The fresh fish is fried in a wok along with beer, hot and green peppers, garlic, onions, celery, tomatoes, soy, and sugar. Visitors are amazed at how delicious the fishs skin is and how fresh and tender the meat is. Eating Yangshuos beer fish will be an unforgettable culinary experience. The best place to go is one of the open beer fish stalls in the night market of Yangshuo town, for the beer fish here is the most traditional. Here a group of people can sit around a table and eat delicious Yangshuo Beer Fish in a warm atmosphere. What an exciting feeling! Guilin Snail 桂林田螺/螺蛳 The snails of Guilin are big and meaty. Sour peppers, specially-prepared in Guilin, are always used in the snail-cooking process. Cooked also with shallot, ginger and Three-Flower Liquor, the finished dish is sour, spicy and very delicious. The tail of the snail is cut off before cooking for both the chefs and the consumers conveniences. Looped Meat with Lipu Taro 荔浦芋头扣肉 Lipu Taro Looped Meat is a famous traditional dish served in the traditional Guilin banquets. It is always found during festivals or important events. This dish is made of taro from Lipu County (104 km south of Guilin) combined with streaky pork, red pepper, garlic spread, Guilin fermented bean curd, wine, honey and many other seasonings. First the sliced streaky pork (with skin included) and the sliced Lipu taro are fried in oil until the color