The four food capitals include Chengdu, Shunde, Macau and Yangzhou in China, which are recognized as China food cities by UNESCO. The representative food in Chengdu is Sichuan cuisine, Shunde cuisine belongs to Guangfu cuisine in Guangdong cuisine, Macao lettuce is also called Macao Portuguese cuisine, and Yangzhou is the birthplace of Huaiyang cuisine.

What are the four gourmet capitals?

The four major food cities here are recognized by UNESCO, not what Chinese people think. Four cities in China won this title. They are Chengdu (21), Shunde District (214), Macao Special Administrative Region (217) and Yangzhou City (219).

1. Chengdu cuisine

As one of the schools of Sichuan cuisine, it belongs to Shanghe Gang cuisine, also known as Chengdu official cuisine. Sichuan cuisine is exquisite in practice, spicy in taste, elegant in practice and various in categories.

representative dishes: wife's lung slices, mapo tofu, boiled pork slices, shredded pork with fish sauce, kung pao chicken, etc.

2. Shunde cuisine

Shunde cuisine belongs to Guangfu cuisine in Cantonese cuisine and is one of the important birthplaces of Guangfu Cantonese cuisine. Shunde cuisine is characterized by being clear, fresh, refreshing, tender and smooth.

representative dishes: daliang double-skin milk, ginger milk, jinbang milk, London cake, braised eel, Chencun powder and chicken cake.

3. Macao cuisine

has absorbed and integrated the cooking techniques of Africa, India, Southeast Asia, Malacca and China and Guangdong, and its practices are diversified, blending foreign cooking techniques, and gradually forming Macao's unique cuisine.

representative dishes: Portuguese egg tart, Ma Jiexiu, shrimp soup, coconut cake, crab porridge, free treatment, sweet potato cake and pig bag.

4. Yangzhou Cuisine (Huaiyang Cuisine)

Huaiyang Cuisine originated in Yangzhou and Huai 'an and is one of the four traditional cuisines in China. Because it is located on the edge of the river, Huaiyang cuisine is mostly made of river and lake fresh water, supported by top cooking techniques, and superior in original flavor. The dishes made are properly used and meticulous.

representative dishes: boiled shredded pork, three sets of ducks, stewed lion's head with crab powder, soft-pocked long fish, crystal yaorou, squirrel mandarin fish, and crispy eel in Liangxi.