Manchu banquets generally have 18 dishes, including 54 dishes from South China and 54 dishes from North China. Southern cuisine includes 3 Jiangsu and Zhejiang dishes, 12 Fujian dishes and 12 Cantonese dishes. There are 12 Manchu cuisines, 12 Beijing cuisines and 3 Shandong cuisines in North China.

Manchu-Han banquet is a court feast in Qing dynasty, which has both the characteristics of court dishes and the essence of local flavor. Barbecue, hot pot and shabu-shabu are almost indispensable dishes.

Manchu banquet dishes are salty and sweet, well-prepared in meat, widely available, with fine ingredients and all-inclusive food. The Manchu-Han Banquet, which rose in the Qing Dynasty, is the most famous Chinese banquet in history, combining the essence of Manchu-Han Banquet. During the reign of Qianlong and Shenjia, Li Dou recorded a Manchu-Chinese banquet in Yangzhou Painting Boat Record, which was the earliest Manchu-Chinese banquet record.