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Top food to try in Tianjin

6 dishes to eat in Tianjin, what is in them, and where they belong.

Last updated 2026-08-09

1. Goubuli baozi

Goubuli baozi
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Steamed pork buns with eighteen pleats, the city's most famous export.

2. Jianbing guozi

Jianbing guozi
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The Tianjin original: mung bean crepe, egg, and a crisp fried cracker inside. Not the Beijing version.

3. Erduoyan fried cake

Erduoyan fried cake
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Glutinous rice cakes with red bean, fried and eaten hot.

4. Mahua

Mahua
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Fried dough twists, sold in boxes and eaten as a snack rather than a dessert.

5. Seafood from Bohai Bay

Seafood from Bohai Bay
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Crab, razor clams and mantis shrimp in season.

6. Laobian dumplings

Laobian dumplings
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A northern dumpling tradition, boiled or pan-fried, by the jin.

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