Question by Aqua: How many different Chinese cuisines are there?
I would like to know because I am going to do my senior project on this. I am going to make a Chinese dish.
Thank You for all your Help!
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Answer by Chang S
Chinese cuisine any of several styles of food originating in the regions of China, some of which have become highly popular in other parts of the world — from Asia to the Americas, Australia, Western Europe and Southern Africa. Where there are historical immigrant Chinese populations, the style of food has evolved – for example, American Chinese cuisine and Indian Chinese cuisine are prominent examples of Chinese cuisine that has been adapted to suit local palates. In recent years, connoisseurs of Chinese food have also sprouted in Eastern Europe and South Asia. The culinary Michelin Guide has also taken an interest in Chinese cuisine, establishing Hong Kong and Macao versions of its publication.
Four Great Traditions
Cantonese – Huaiyang – Shandong – Szechuan
(p.s. I like Cantonese food better)
Sone examles of Chinese food are Dim Sum, fried rice, Chow Mein (fried noodle)
The most fancy one should be Manchu Han Imperial Feast…
Hope this helps!
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There are 8 “major” Chinese cuisine styles. http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/cuisine_drink/cuisine/eight_cuisines.htm
There are also tons of local Chinese cuisine styles/varieties. To give you an idea, take a look at the number of major Chines dialect in use (and the number of local varieties): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_dialects To figure out the exact number of all different Chinese cuisines definitely won’t be an easy task.
Points of interest:
Chinese got a very good number of sauces produced through fermentation process. I do not know the exact numbers; I think most Chinese do not know the exact figure too.
1) There’s a Xinjiang noodle dish that tastes almost identical to Italian spaghetti with chunky, marinara sauce. The color of the sauce is green because green tomatoes were used.
2) Chinese also have “naan bread”. It looked like a pizza crust with no toppings. It’s soft in the middle and crunchy along the edges. It could be eaten hot, warm, and cold. It could stay fresh for weeks and the texture will NOT change! Personally, I call it Xinjiang miracle bread.
3) Chinese have roasted lamb dishes similar to middle eastern lamb dishes.
4) Sichuan cuisine got 30+ different cooking methods/styles. I can not imagine how anyone could come up with 30+ distinctive cooking methods/styles. (The number is either 32 or 38. Scary stuff!)
5) Some Chinese do eat raw seafoods. This is obviously a regional thing. Oddly, raw fish seemed to be absent from Chinese menu; so far, I’ve never seen an authentic Chinese style raw fish dish.
6) Chinese also eat puffer fish or fugu. Chinese don’t eat fugu raw though.
7) The oldest known noodles were found in China – in the form of a 4000 years old fossil.
9) Chinese hard liquor usually won’t give you a hangover. Rice wines like shaoxing wine will give you the worst hangover imaginable; oddly, you’ll also recover rather quickly. LOL
Hope I’ve given you enough ideas. Have fun.
erm it is more like different styles of food
they usually come about because of the different races and places they originate from
you call them chinese, but actually, it is made up of 56 different races/ tribes, as you would call it
there are different styles of food, like hongkong, macau, teochew, north-east, and other different styles
the food from different places would vary in taste and flavour
for example, people from noth-easter china, like me, would usually prefer food with a stronger flavour, and more salt, oil, etcetc. although of course, it should be possible to ask for less salt and stuff like that .
it depends a lot on what race makes those kinds of food too.
people of different races would favor different foods. some might like bread better, others,rice.
hope this is helpful.
good luck!
Each province has its distinct cuisine, but the major Chinese culinary stiles would have to be the Peking and Cantonese style. Peking style derives from the northern part of china, and consists mostly of steamed food prepared with hearthy broths, such as won ton noodles or egg drop soup. Cantonese food is from southern China, it is signified by stir fryed foods with rich spices, such as general tso chicken or shrimp lo mein. What people usually know as Chinese food are a combination of these two major groups