Eight Famous Chinese Cuisines Introduction
Hello 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 Cuisine
No.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。许多山东菜的历史和孔夫子一样悠久，使得山东菜系成为中国现存的最古老的主要菜系之一。
It Originates from Confucius family banquet（宴会）, then adopted by imperial kitchen（御膳房）. Lu (鲁)cuisine has great influence in north of China and it has become the representative of North China cuisines. Specializes in seafood like prawns（对虾）, sea cucumber（海参）, flounder （比目鱼）and so on .
2. Sichuan Cuisine
No.2, famous Chinese cuisines is Sichuan Cuisine. Sichuan Cuisine, known often in the West, is one of the most famous Chinese cuisines in the world. Characterized by its spicy and pungent flavor, Sichuan cuisine, prolific of tastes口感丰厚, emphasizes on the use of chili(红辣椒). Pepper（胡椒）and prickly ash（花椒粉）producing typical exciting tastes. Besides, garlic（蒜）, ginger（姜）and fermented soybean（豆豉）are also used in the cooking process. Wild vegetables and animals are usually chosen as ingredients（原料）, while frying, frying without oil, pickling and braising are applied as basic cooking techniques. It cannot be said that one who does not experience Sichuan food ever reaches China.
If you eat Sichuan cuisine and find it too bland, then you are probably not eating authentic Sichuan cuisine. Chili peppers and prickly ash are used in many dishes, giving it a distinctively spicy taste, called ma in Chinese. It often leaves a slight numb(麻木)sensation in the mouth. However, most peppers were brought to China from the Americas in the 18th century so you can thank global trade for much of Sichuan cuisine’s excellence. Sichuan hot pot s are perhaps the most famous hotpots in the world, most notably the Yuan Yang （mandarin duck）Hotpot half spicy and half clear.
3. Guangdong Cuisine
No.3，famous Chinese cuisines is Guangdong Cuisine. Cantonese food originates from Guangdong, the southern province in China. The majority of overseas Chinese people are from Guangdong，so Cantonese is perhaps the most widely available Chinese regional cuisine outside of China.
Cantonese are known to have an adventurous palate（味觉）, able to eat many different kinds of meats and vegetables. In fact, people in Northern China often say that Cantonese people will eat anything that flies except airplanes, anything that moves on the ground except trains, and anything that moves in the water except boats. This statement is far from the truth, but Cantonese food is really one of the most diverse（多种多样的）and richest
