Wontons with noodles (jiao mian)
Wontons with noodles, or jiao mian, is a typical dish popular and affordable in Yangzhou. Jiao refers to wontons, not dumplings. The soup, teemed with shrimp roe, lard stearin and various other seasonings, really brings out the dish's delicate flavor.

Wontons with noodles is a typical dish popular and affordable in Yangzhou. [Photo/Yangzhou Tourism Bureau]
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