Shandong cuisine: represented by Jinan City, Shandong Province, it pays attention to the heat and tastes delicious. The famous dishes include braised pork, shredded pork with fish flavor and Taishan cuisine.
Sichuan cuisine: represented by Chengdu, Sichuan Province and its surrounding areas, with Chili and Zanthoxylum bungeanum as the main seasonings, paying attention to spicy taste. The famous dishes include kung pao chicken, Mapo tofu, boiled fish and so on.
Cantonese cuisine: Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, as the representative, pays attention to the delicacy and taste of ingredients, and pays attention to lightness and delicacy. The famous dishes include boiled chicken, lettuce in oyster sauce and barbecued pork.
Hunan cuisine: represented by Changsha City, Hunan Province, it has unique characteristics of Xiangjiang River Basin. It is seasoned with hot pepper and chopped pepper, and pays attention to rich taste, sour and spicy stimulation. The famous dishes include chopped pepper fish head, tasty shrimp, orange juice ribs and so on.
Anhui cuisine: represented by Hefei and its surrounding areas in Anhui Province, it pays attention to the original flavor and pays attention to stewing and cooking skills. The famous dishes include Huizhou-style roasted pigeon, hairy bean curd, and Anhui stew.
Fujian cuisine: Represented by Fuzhou and Xiamen, Fujian Province, it pays attention to freshness and lightness, and is good at using seafood. The famous dishes include Dongpo pork, Buddha jumping wall and Satay Noodles.
Zhejiang cuisine: represented by Hangzhou and Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, it pays attention to freshness and knife skills. The famous dishes include West Lake vinegar fish, Dongpo meat and beggar chicken.
Jiangsu cuisine: represented by Nanjing and Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, is exquisite and exquisite, pursuing the perfect unity of color, fragrance and taste. The famous dishes include stewed lion's head, Sweet and Sour Mandarin Fish, crab-yellow lion's head and so on.
These eight cuisines represent the essence of traditional cooking in China, and each one has its own unique flavor and characteristics, reflecting the food culture and local characteristics of various regions in China.