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Yummy! Special dishes for Nian Li in Maoming

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One of the most recommended activities during Nian Li is definitely entertaining guests with banquets. All relatives and friends are welcome. It is a happy gathering for all.

For an ordinary host family, they present at least three to five tables. Some presents even more both at noon and in the evening. In Maoming, dishes for Nian Li banquet vary among regions. In coastal areas, seafood dishes are the highlights, while in other regions, typical Cantonese dishes are the most common. And dishes offered in each host family are different as well.

So, Nian Li banquets offer almost all the delicacies in West Guangdong, like a magnet attracting foodies far and near. Here are some of the favorite dishes for Nian Li banquet in Maoming.

  

Abalone (鲍鱼)

 

Squid ball (乌贼丸)


Boiled prawns (白灼虾)

Roasted suckling pig (红烧乳猪)


Stir-fried Shuidong leaf mustard (水东芥菜)

Simmered crab with sugar liquor (糖酒焗蟹)


White-cut chicken (白切鸡)

Eight-treasure rice pudding (八宝饭)


Steamed scallop with mashed garlic and silk noodles (蒜蓉扇贝蒸粉丝)

Crisp deep-fried fish (香酥炸鱼块)

 

Fried cuttlefish cake (香煎墨鱼饼)


  

Spicy slat prawns (椒盐虾)

  

Fried rice noodles with shredded meat, ham and egg (三丝炒米粉)

  

Boiled babylonia areolata(白灼花螺)


 

Seafood congee (海鲜粥)

 

Steamed turbot (清蒸多宝鱼)

 

Stir-fried spotted crab with ginger and shallot (姜葱炒花蟹)


 

Brewed lotus root with osmanthus flowers and sticky rice (桂花糯米酿莲藕)

 

Braised pork with summer squash (西葫芦焖烧肉)

 

 

Roasted duck with sauce (酱爆烧鸭块)


 

Fruit plate (水果拼盘)

 

Fried cuttlefish (小炒鱿鱼)

 

Braised pork with taro and preserved vegetable in soya sauce (香芋梅菜扣肉)


  

Roasted pigeon (红烧乳鸽)

 

Steamed mandarin fish (清蒸桂花鱼)

 

Roasted goose (烧鹅)

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