The gastronomic skills included in the national intangible cultural heritage include: Beijing roast duck, steamed buns with beef and mutton, Tianfuhao sauce elbow, Pingyao beef, and West Lake vinegar fish.

1. Beijing roast duck is made from high-quality meat duck, grilled over charcoal fire with fruit wood. It has a ruddy color, fat but not greasy meat, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.

Beijing roast duck is divided into two major schools, and the most famous roast duck restaurant in Beijing is the representative of both schools.

It is known as "the world's delicacy" because of its bright red color, tender meat, mellow taste, fat but not greasy.

2. Beef and mutton steamed buns. The beef and mutton steamed buns in Shaanxi are a delicacy that must not be missed. Starting from the beef and mutton soup sacrificed in the pre-Qin Dynasty, it laid the foundation for Xi'an people to love eating beef and mutton.

The local Tongshengxiang is most famous for its beef and mutton meat. The meat is rotten in a thick soup and full of aroma. It has become one of the intangible cultural heritage delicacies.

3. Tianfuhao Sauced Elbows Beijing's Tianfuhao was established in the third year of Qianlong's reign. It is said that the Empress Dowager Cixi loved the sauced elbows here, and she was given a "Tianfuhao waist plate" specifically to deliver the elbows to the Forbidden City for enjoyment every day.

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The sauced elbow has a shiny black appearance, is fat but not greasy, and is thin but not greasy.

4. Pingyao beef is one of the representative delicacies of the ancient city of Pingyao. Pingyao beef started in the Tang Dynasty. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with the rise of Shanxi merchants, Pingyao beef went nationwide.

The cooked beef will be red in color, salty and delicious.

When eating, cut the beef into thin slices, chew it carefully, and have endless aftertaste.

5. West Lake Vinegar Fish is a masterpiece of Hangzhou’s intangible cultural heritage cuisine. It is also a dish with a high click-through rate in Hangzhou restaurants. There is a saying that “the most beautiful thing about West Lake Vinegar Fish is Hangzhou Louwailou”.

Louwailou sells hundreds of West Lake vinegar fish every day, and the taste of the fish is sweet and sour, which tastes different from other fish dishes.