Liangfen were formerly also used. The starch is boiled with water and the resulting sheets are then cut into thick strips. "Liangfen" is generally served cold. The "liangfen" strips are tossed with seasonings including soy sauce, vinegar, sesame paste, crushed garlic, julienned carrot, and chili oil. In Lanzhou it is often served stir fried. In Sichuan, a spicy dish called Chuanbei Liangfen is particularly popular (see photo above). Similar foods include the Korean "muk" made with chestnut starch and Japanese konnyaku jelly . "Jidou liangfen", a similar dish from the Yunnan province of southwest China, is made from chick peas rather
Gejang and ground Korean pear, onions, ginger and garlic, as well as whole sesame seeds, and sesame oil. In general, the "gejang" can be eaten a half day after the preparation and consuming the dish within two or three days is best to have its intact spicy and sweet and sour taste. If crabs are first marinated in a boiled and chilled mixture of "eakjeok" (액젓, filtered "jeotgal") and soy sauce before mixing the spicy sauce, the "yangnyeom gejang" can be well marinated with the latter sauce, and can be preserved longer. Types are divided by crab species, region, and cooking