Chinese food refers to Chinese-style meals and dishes. There are eight major cuisines: Cantonese, Sichuan, Lu, Huaiyang, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan and Anhui.

In addition to the "eight cuisines" there are some more influential cuisines in China, such as: Northeast Cuisine, Ji Cuisine, Yu Cuisine, E Cuisine, Bengtang Cuisine, Hakka Cuisine, Gan Cuisine, Peking Cuisine, Halal Cuisine, and other cuisines.

China is a big country of catering culture, for a long time in a certain area due to the geographical environment, climate and products, cultural traditions and ethnic customs and other factors, the formation of the East Asian continental characteristics of catering category.

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Chinese food characteristics

1, in the selection of materials, because most people in China in the diet of religious taboos constraints less Less, and people in the diet and like to hunt, pay attention to things are rare, so Chinese food is very wide selection of materials, almost fly, dive, animals, plants, nothing to eat.

2, the processing of raw materials, Chinese chefs are very concerned about knife work, you can process the raw materials into tiny silk, ding, slices, end and other knife.

3, cooking, Chinese cooking generally use the round bottomed pan, open fire stove is very suitable for stir-frying, so Chinese fried cooking methods are very much.

4, taste, most Chinese food dishes have obvious salty flavor, and rich in change, most dishes are fully cooked before eating.

5, staple food, Chinese food has a clear concept of main and side dishes, staple food has a variety of products such as rice and noodles.

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