Eight Famous Chinese Cuisines IntroductionHello everyone, recently, I have been looking for an interesting topic to do the presentation .but I haven’t any idea, then I noticed a famous documentary—a bite of China, so I found my theme—Chinese food.China covers a large territory and has many nationalities. so, a variety of Chinese food with different but fantastic and mouth-watering flavor.Since China’s local dishes have their own typical characteristics, generally, Chinese food can be roughly divided into eight regional cuisines, which has been widely accepted around. Certainly, there are many other local cuisines that are famous, such as Beijing Cuisine and Shanghai Cuisine. Now we are look this following Chinese cuisines.1. Shandong CuisineNo.1, famous Chinese cuisines is Shandong Cuisine. Consisting of Jinan(济南) cuisine and Jiaodong（胶东）cuisine, Shandong cuisine, clear, pure and not greasy（油腻的）, is characterized by its emphasis on aroma, freshness, crispness（脆的）and tenderness（嫩的）. Shallot（大葱）and garlic（蒜）are usually used as seasonings so Shandong dishes tastes pungent（刺激性的）usually. Soups are given much emphasis in Shandong dishes. Thin soup features clear and fresh while creamy soup looks thick and tastes strong. Jinan（济南）cuisine is usually use deep-frying 油炸, grilling(炙烤), frying and stir-frying(油锅煎) while Jiaodong division（地区）is famous for cooking seafood with fresh and light taste.Shandong is the birthplace of many famous ancient scholars such as Confucius and Mencius. And much of Shandong cuisine’s history is as old as Confucius himself, making it the oldest existing major cuisine in China. 山东是许多著名学者的故乡，例如孔夫子和孟子。
