Cuisine of Nuzhen

The cuisine of Nuzhen is based primarily on traditional Northeastern Chinese cuisine (東北菜), with noticable Russian and Mongol influence. It relies heavily on preserved foods and a variety of red meats and game due to the harsh winters and relatively short growing seasons. Preserving vegetables is common, and pickled cabbage is traditionally made by most households in giant clay pickling vats. Noodles and wheat-based steamed buns tend to be the most common form of starch rather than rice.

Popular dishes: pork and chive dumplings mutton hot pot with suancai beef stew with noodles cumin & caraway lamb tealeaf stewed hardboiled eggs porridge with preserved mustard root lamb gigot - This is a shank of lamb that has been first cooked in a highly spiced sauce, then deep fried before fragrant oil is poured over it.

Strong distilled spirits such as maotai are very popular among the Han Chinese, while Vodka is popular among the Russian minority.