After a long period of development and evolution, Shandong cuisine has gradually formed Qingdao, Jiaodong School represented by Fushan Gang and Jinan School including Dezhou and Tai 'an.

Jinan flavor is the main part of Shandong cuisine, which has a great influence in Shandong. Jinan cuisine is most famous for its soup dishes. As the saying goes, "Opera is a chef's soup". The methods of making clear soup and milk soup are recorded in Qi Yaomin's Book. Jinnan cuisine pays attention to cooking methods such as frying, frying, burning, frying, roasting and baking.

Jinan cuisine pays attention to material benefits, and its style is strong, vigorous, fragrant and tender. Since the Qing Dynasty, Shandong cuisine has been divided into "Fushan Gang" and "Jinan Gang". Jinan cuisine is divided into "Lixia School", "Wei Zi School" and "Taisu School".

Thai vegetarian dishes refer to vegetarian dishes and temple dishes represented by Tai 'an.

There are many temples in Mount Tai, and there is an endless stream of monks and Taoist priests. Mount Tai is famous for its tofu, cabbage and spring water, and is known as the "three beauties". In addition, Mount Tai is rich in all kinds of fungi and vegetables, so the vegetarian dishes in Tai 'an area are particularly exquisite, and their techniques are mostly influenced by Jinan. They are good at burning, frying, frying and frying, with elegant color and fresh taste.

The representative dishes of Thai cuisine include pot-collapsed tofu, soft tofu, fried tofu balls, fried mint, roasted Erdong and Sanmei tofu. When Feng Yuxiang, a patriotic general, lived in seclusion in Mount Tai, he usually ate tofu, cabbage and spring water and painted poems for it, which was highly praised.