In Longmen Ancient Town, Fuyang, Hangzhou, lies a centuries-old culinary gem — Sun Quan's Fried Gluten Puffs. Made by washing wheat flour to extract gluten, it's then mixed with bamboo shoots and fresh pork, and hand-rolled into perfect spheres. The balls are then slowly fried to golden brown perfection, with a crisp exterior, an interior that bursts with layers of umami, and an intoxicating fragrance of bamboo shoots mingling with the savory meat