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Thick mutton soup with yam and lotus root

Taiyuan tounao

太原头脑

Tàiyuán tóunǎo

A pale, thick Taiyuan soup with mutton, wine and flour.

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Savory, herbal and wine-aromatic

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Thick soup with meat and root vegetables.

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