Varieties and Colourfulness of Chinese cuisine that you, FOOD LOVERS, cant hardly resist!
So nyummeyhhh...
(In what regional are you into?)
Northern (Shandong, Beijing) Cuisine
The Northern (Shandong, Beijing) type is known for its preparation of dried products such as shrimp, scallops and sea cucumber. Noodles, dumplings and buns tend to be a staple diet. It is best known for Peking duck.
Sichuan food features hearty cooking flavoured with an exotic palette of spices: red and black pepper, sesame paste, flower pepper and fermented bean paste. Sichuan dishes are known to be "ma la hot" or "tongue burning spicy-hot."
Canton Cuisine
The Cantonese cuisine is perhaps the most famous of the various Chinese cuisine. The world outside is in fact most familiar with Cantonese cuisine, having spread far and wide across the world by intrepid Chinese chefs from Hong Kong who have migrated to various parts of the world. Canonese cuisine is famous for its remarkable range of refined ingredients cooked with a light touch, featuring roast meats, oyster sauce, black beans and shrimp paste. Cantonese dishes are well known for their freshness, tenderness and smoothness.
Jiangsu Cuisine
The Jiangsu type food can be classified into that of Suzhou-Wuxi style and Zhenjiang-Yangzhou style. The feature of Suzhou-style dishes is their natural flavour in original stock and a mixture of salty and sweet taste. The characteristics of Zhenjiang-Yangzhou style food are best described by the saying that the soup is so clear that you can see the bottom of the bowl and the sauce is so thick that it turns creamy white.
Zhejiang Cuisine
Zhejiang food is represented by Hangzhou, Ningbo and Shaoxing styles. Dishes of Hangzhou style are meticulously prepared, hence tasty and crisp. A blend of freshness and saltiness characterize dishes of Ningbo style. Steamed and roasted seafood is Ningbo's specialty. Shaoxing hood, with poultry as its main specialty, is palatable, crisp and glutinous.
Hunan Cuisine
Hunan food takes curing, simmering, steaming and stewing as the main cooking methods. Dishes of this style are usually tinged with sour and spicy flavour and are thoroughly cooked.
Anhui Cuisine
Anhui style food features dishes stewed in brown sauce with stress on heavy oil and sauce. Delicacies are abundant in Anhui dishes.
Fujian Cuisine
Fujian dishes, mostly marinated in wine, are sourly sweet. They stress beautiful colors and fresh tastes. Seafood dishes are Fujian specialties. Taiwan is also famous for it's Fujian cuisine.
