Henan people have a light taste.

Overall, the people of Henan have a light taste. There are more people in Henan who don't eat spicy food than those who do, except in the Xinyang area. The proportion of chili peppers in Henan's dietary traditions is not high, and even if there are some dishes with chili peppers, most of them are based on regular chili peppers, vegetable peppers, and chili peppers in bean paste.

Henan Cuisine

Henan Cuisine, also known as Yu Cuisine, is a general term for dishes, pastas and feasts made under the guidance of culinary theories with traditional cultural connotations of the Central Plains and the use of techniques and materials characteristic of the Central Plains region.

Yu cuisine is characterized by Chinese steak (steak dishes), western water (water seats), southern pot (pot chicken, pot fish), northern noodles (noodles, stuffed rice). Yu Cuisine is characterized by rigorous selection of materials, fine knife work, soup making, and moderate quality and flavor.

Top ten Yu dishes: sweet and sour soft fish baked noodles, pan-fried grilled mackerel head and tail, fried purple crispy pork, peony bird's nest, grilled broad tripe, Bianjing duck, fried eight pieces, abalone in broth, green onion grilled mutton, onion roasted sea cucumber.