The area was once a bustling hub for the island's tea exporting business, and visitors can still explore temples with intricate roofs and the historic shopping district of Dihua Street, where vendors now sell dried fruits, nuts and other delicacies.

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Din Tai Fung, at 194 Hsinyi Road, Section 2, does Shanghainese cuisine, including crab-meat dumplings and other steamed delicacies.

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In the 1840s Australian and American traders flocked in search of sandalwood, sea cucumbers and other Pacific delicacies to trade for tea in China.

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After a soothing soak in the baths, a lavish meal of fresh fish, tempura and other regional delicacies are served in your room, washed down by cold sake.

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This manifests itself in, among other things, an excessive love of deep-fried Mars bars and other health-sapping delicacies.

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On the other hand, some extreme delicacies sound vile but offer tastes that even a McDonalds-habituated Westerner might find pleasing.

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Both will thus be sensitive to the delicacies and risks of the other's internal party management.

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