1. Chinese Food Types 飠物的中关
A Short Description of the Eight Food Styles of China By
Howard Honig
Dec 2, 2008

2. Eight Regions Szechwan Cuisine Guangdong Cuisine Shandong Cuisine
Huaiyang Cuisine
Fujian Cuisine
Hunan Cuisine
Zhejiang Cuisine
Anhui Cuisine

3. 1. Szechuan Cuisine

4. Szechuan
Heavy use of dried and fresh red chiles, Szehuan pepper, ginger and garlic
Fresh meats and vegetables play a large role
Famous for the Hot Pots (hua gua). The Chongquing hot pot has ‘spread’ all over China
Steamed, smoked, stewing and stir fry are also popular cooking styles

5. Braised Eggplant and Pork
Szechuan Dishes
Braised Eggplant and Pork
Braised Shrimp in Chili Sauce
The Chili Sauce
Peppercorns

6. 2. Guangdong Cuisine

7. Guangdong (Cantonese)
Light and fresh tasting
Includes Chaozhou, Hainan, Dongjiang
Uses stir frying, grilling, stewing, soups, deep frying, roasting, and braising.
Specialty is suckling pig – which includes fermented tofu
Dim sum dishes are typically steamed.

8. Guangdong – con’t
At least 750 tables
From chinasmack.com

9. Guangdong
Guangdong Dishes: Cantonese foods are best known for their snakes, birds, cats, dogs and monkeys. The main flavor is freshly, crispy and tasty, but main attraction of Cantonese food is its rarely-find. You can find Guangdong dishes in Guangzhou province and it's nearby some place or some large cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong etc. Restaurants in Guangdong offer specialties such as smoked pomfret, sweet and sour pork, deep-fried egg jelly wrapped in wheat flour and steamed pomfret topped with scallions and flavored oil. If you are the adventurous type, go ahead and dig into some snake dishes, braised chicken, roast piglet or assorted soups in wax gourds. Guangdong is also famous for its moon cakes.

10. 3. Shandong Cuisine

11. Shandong Light and usually non-greasy
Attempts to preserve and emphasize original flavors and aroma
Heavy use of shallots and garlic
Best known for soups (Swallow’s nest soup). Thin soups are clear and fresh while creamy soups are thick and taste strong

12. Shandong
Duck

13. 4. Huaiyang Cuisine Huaiyang, Henan Huaiyang, Hebai Hauiyang, Guangxi
Yangzhou

14. Huaiyang Origins traced back to about 300 BC
Originated in Yangzhou, Jiangsu
Light flavored and fresh tasting
Fine workmanship in cutting, matching, cooking and arrangement
Best known for the carvings such as melon carvings
Also called Jiangsu or Su Cuisine

15. Huaiyang
Flaky Pastry
JIAN GUO
Xiaolongbao

16. 5. Fujian Cuisine

17. Fujian Combo of Fuzhou, QuanZhou and Ziamen
Fish and shrimp, since it’s a coastal region
Cutting is a very important aspect
Includes such famous dishes as:
Snow Chicken
Prawn and Dragon’s Body
Phoenix Tail
Buddha Jumping over the Wall

18. Phoeniz tail, dragon body prawns
Fujian (con’t)
Chinese radishes with clam meat
Drunk Crab
Crab with 8 delicacies
Phoeniz tail, dragon body prawns
Stir fry clams

19. Fujian Jar of Delicacies
Materials: shark's fins shark's lips fish maw abalone bechedemer scallops chicken duck meat lamb shoulder meat ham pork tendons dried mushrooms winter bamboo shoots

20. 6. Hunan Cuisine

21. Hunan Cuisine has a recorded history of over 2100 years
Known for the spicy spicy that makes the tong swell and become numb
Recorded over 4000 separate dishes
Dishes such as
Dongan Chicken
Peppery Hot Chicken
Stir fried tripe silvers
Duck web soup
Lotus seed with rock candy
Hot and spicy frog legs

22. Hunan (con’t) Mu Shu pork Preserved beef with sour tasting beans
Sweet and Sour Fish
(Tangsu Yu)
Watermelon in light sauce
Spicy Fish Hot Pot

23. 7. Zhejiang Cuisine

24. Zhejiang (Zhe Cai)
Known for its fresh, tender, and fragrant dishes and elaborate preparation
Stresses use of vegetables, mushrooms and bamboo shoots
Special fish and shrimp dishes keep these animals alive until ready to cook
Slightly sweet flavor with less salty taste
Dishes such as
Mandarin Fish topped with Sweet and Sour Tomato Sauce – Emperor Quianlong of Qing dynasty’s favorite dish
West Lake Fish steamed in vinegar
Braised shrimp served with Longjing tea
Bean Curd Soup with Clam
Hu Town Popcorn Sugar
Dried Tofu with Fennel
Sweet Potato Vermicelli Soup
Nanxi Noodle or “8 shape” noodle

25. Beggar’s chicken
Legend has it that "Beggar's chicken" was invented by a Hangzhou thief. The story goes that because the thief had no stove, he wrapped the stolen bird in clay and baked it in a hole in the ground; another version explains that he was a hungry thief who found a way to cook his bird and keep it and its aroma secret!

26. Zhejiang dishes
Dongpo Pork
Westlake Sour Fish
Dong-Po Pork
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27. 8. Anhui Cuisine

28. Anhui Cuisine (Hui Cai)
Focus on taste, color and temperature of cooking
Slightly spicy and salty
Dishes such as
Stewed fish belly
Steamed stone frog
Bamboo shoots cooked with sausage.
Candied sugar and ham are often added

29. Stewed fish belly in brown sauce
Anhui Dishes
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Smoked Duck
Stewed fish belly in brown sauce
Stewed Snapper??

30. Misc pictures
Braised duck tongue
Pork Lungs in Chili Sauce

31. Misc pictures

32. Bibliography www.honeysoftware.net
Yihong (Vergil) Huang