China's food culture is famous for its richness and exquisiteness, and occupies an important position in the traditional culture of China. China has a long history and a vast territory. Due to the differences in climate, products and customs, the styles and tastes of food vary greatly from place to place. Through the creation of past dynasties, the long-standing culinary art has formed rich and colorful local dishes. Among them, the "eight major cuisines" enjoy a high reputation and are composed of Shandong, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Hunan, Fujian and Anhui.
Shandong cuisine is divided into jinan cuisine and Jiaodong cuisine. They are good at cleaning vegetables, clear but not greasy. Sichuan cuisine is known as "every dish has its own characteristics, and no two dishes taste the same". They are also famous for their spicy and delicious food. Chengdu and Chongqing cuisine are two branches of mail.
Jiangsu cuisine pays attention to the original flavor and is moderately sweet and salty. They include branches in Yangzhou, Suzhou and Nanjing. Zhejiang cuisine is delicious and fragrant, soft and slippery, clean and not greasy. They are composed of Hangzhou, Ningbo and Shaoxing branches. Cantonese cuisine has three styles: Guangzhou cuisine, Chaozhou cuisine and Dongjiang cuisine. They are good at choosing seafood and pay more attention to cooking skills. They are meticulous about light and tender food and have won the reputation of "Guangzhou is unique". Hunan cuisine consists of Hunan cuisine, Dongting Lake cuisine and Xiangxi local cuisine. Their tastes focus on thick, dry and spicy foods, and most of them use condiments like peppers, onions and peppers. The representatives of Fujian cuisine are Minhou, Fuzhou Ximen and Quanzhou cuisine. They take the selected seafood as the main raw material and cook it carefully, with bright color and delicious oil taste. They are good at frying, sliding and cooking, and pay attention to the sweetness, saltiness and appearance of dishes. The most striking feature is their "salty taste". Anhui cuisine pays more attention to the taste, color and cooking temperature of dishes. They are good at cooking delicacies. In addition to the eight major cuisines, there are Beijing Cuisine, Shanghai Cuisine, hubei cuisine Cuisine, Liangning Cuisine and Henan Cuisine, which are also famous. More importantly, steamed vegetables and vegetarian dishes have their own advantages. In fact, Chinese food has won the world reputation. China restaurants can be found everywhere in the world. Many foreigners think that eating Chinese food is a high honor.
Dietary customs
China and western countries have completely different styles of food. China has a history of 5000 years. We may spend half our time on food. People in China choose their food very carefully. They only use fresh materials to make food. For example, they only eat fresh fish. People in China have many ideas and skills about cooking. We can cook a chicken in more than ten ways. This is why Chinese food is so popular in the world. In western countries like Britain or America, they don't have fresh food because they buy food from supermarkets, which only sell stored materials. West Renye Fang prefers fast food such as hamburgers and French fries. They are harmful to human body. Westerners don't have many cooking skills. Most of them only cook, steam and bake food. By the way, westerners are good at making deserts and chocolates. They can make very good cakes and chocolates. They are sweet, but this kind of food will make you fat soon.
In China, if you invite others to dinner, the inviter will pay for the meal, but this is not the practice in western countries. In western countries, people will think that you just invited me, but you have no responsibility to pay for me. I can afford it. They won't be happy if you pay them. In China, people always put chopsticks on their guests' plates to show their enthusiasm, but they think it is unhealthy because your chopsticks have been used by you. In western countries like America, not Britain, people always tip waiters after eating in restaurants. If you don't do this, they will be unhappy, because tipping is one of their main incomes. In China, this only happens in some top restaurants and hotels in international cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. If you make a noise while eating, westerners will also think you are rude. Westerners will not lift their bowls even if they drink a bowl of soup.
There is a huge difference between China and West Renye Fang. People in China use chopsticks, while westerners use knives and forks. Usually people who use a knife and fork will hold the meat with a fork, cut it with a knife and help put the meat into the mouse's mouth with a fork. People in China just hold something with chopsticks and put it in your mouse.
People in China only eat three meals a day. But westerners will have more. They have afternoon tea. Usually they eat fruit, homemade cakes, tea (black tea) or cheese biscuits. If you are a housewife and have a lot of time, you can also have morning tea.
Generally speaking, I think Chinese food is much better than western food, not because I am from China. I think most people will agree with me. You can see Chinese food all over the world. This shows the success of Chinese food. Western food may be improved after a long time.