Blossary – Chinese Food

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People in China are enthusiastic about food. There is an old Chinese saying "waste not, want not", which exactly expresses Chinese usage of food raw materials. Chinese people use an infinite variety of plants and animals including some unexpected parts of plants and animals. Food in different regions has its own unique characteristics. Every part of animals is used for food, so western travelers might have different feelings about Chinese food such as surprise, tasty, horror, disgust and unhappiness. People from other countries usually are shocked at what Chinese people eat such as scorpions, ants, dogs, cats, snakes and eggs with unborn birds. The staples and main food types are various and surprising in China. There is a proverb saying Chinese people eat everything with four legs except tables and the flying except airplanes. If you are interested in some special local snacks, you could have a try. For sure, there is a lot of delicious regional food such as Sichuan Cuisine, Guangdong Cuisine, Shandong Cuisine and Shanghai Cuisine. China is a country that its people love to eat with gusto. There are some tips to help you understand Chinese eating.

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yu-shiang shredded pork

Yu-Shiang means smelling and tasting like fish. It is not really true about this dish though. The making of this dish is actually using the ingredients usually used to cook fish, to cook the shredded ...

yangshuo beer fish

Beer fish, a famous local specialty dish in Yangshuo, has spicy and delicious meat without any fishy smell and is very appetizing. It is selected from the big fresh carps in the Li River and is ...

xiao long bao zi

Xiao Long Bao Zi(小笼包子), or usually called Xiao Long(小笼) or Xiao Long Bao(小笼包) by Chinese, is a very popular snack in Shanghai. It is served in almost every Shanghai Cuisine Restaurant, as well as a ...

west lake fish in vinegar gravy

This dish was named after the most beautiful and famous lake in China, West Lake (西湖). But what makes this dish famous is not just because of its name. Before the fish is cooked, it has to stay ...

tofu

Ma Po Tofu is probably the most famous Chinese dish made of Tofu. The original taste of Tofu is plain and not exciting, so are most dishes mainly made of Tofu. In 1860s, a cook's wife invented this ...

sweet and sour pork with pineapple

This dish is actuallu quite popular across the whole China. The cooking of this dish does not require so much skill as other dishes like Xiao Long Bao Zi(小笼包子), which requires a lot of skills to make ...

sticky rice bundles menu

Sticky rice bundles (粽子 Zongzi /dzong-dzrr/) are made from sticky or glutinous rice and a filling, which is kneaded in. They are then wrapped in bamboo leaves in pillow or triangular-based pyramid ...