postgres Mala crayfish is a spicy dish made with red swamp crayfish, commonly eaten as a late-night snack or with alcohol. Its spread is associated with the crayfish festival in Xuyi, Jiangsu, and events on Guijie in Beijing. “Thirteen-spice” is a conventional name for a blend that may contain more than twenty spices. /en/concepts/mala-crayfish/relation.html concept_mala_crayfish concept mala-crayfish

Mala crayfish is a spicy dish made with red swamp crayfish, commonly eaten as a late-night snack or with alcohol. Its spread is associated with the crayfish festival in Xuyi, Jiangsu, and events on Guijie in Beijing. “Thirteen-spice” is a conventional name for a blend that may contain more than twenty spices.

published category-food zhwiki https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%BA%BB%E8%BE%A3%E5%B0%8F%E9%BE%99%E8%99%BE 2026-10-31T04:01:30+08:00 2026-10-31T04:01:30+08:00 user:admin 20 Mala crayfish, also called *maxiao* or *maxiao'er*, is made primarily with red swamp crayfish (*Procambarus clarkii*). It is commonly eaten as a late-night snack or with alcoholic drinks. [^zhwiki] ## Origins and spread Xuyi County in Jiangsu began holding a crayfish festival in 2000, when crayfish were mainly stir-fried. Xuyi crayfish later spread to Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai and other areas. After 2001, mala crayfish appeared in Beijing, including on Guijie. Guijie held its first “Mala Crayfish Festival” in 2002, helping the dish gain popularity in Beijing and elsewhere. [^zhwiki] ## The “thirteen-spice” flavour In Xuyi’s “thirteen-spice mala crayfish,” “thirteen-spice” is a conventional name. The seasoning may in fact combine more than twenty spices and can produce several flavour profiles. The name therefore does not mean that the recipe contains a fixed set of exactly thirteen spices. [^zhwiki] ## Eating Mala crayfish is commonly found at night markets and served as a late-night snack or with alcohol. Diners usually remove the shell when eating it. [^zhwiki] /concepts/mala-crayfish.html en zh ar de en es fr hi id it ja ko ms nl pt ru th tr vi zh-hant dish concept_wanghong_meishi 网红美食 /en/concepts/wanghong-meishi.html concept en zh ar de en es fr hi id it ja ko ms nl pt ru th tr vi zh-hant concept_kind Concept kind Dish 1 50 0 0 1