the world’s third Chinese food

“Forbes” has published an article entitled, celebrity trainer and author of Harry le jie Ke Lina has recently written a “world of food five factors,” the book lists a number of countries have a healthy diet that s ‘Japan is ranked First, Chinese food was third, new people very happy.In this book, which is based on the rate of food leading to obesity classification of different regimes. What is the number one Japanese, driving power to the obesity of 1.5%, life expectancy of people 82 years and eat fruits and vegetables, followed by Singapore, 1.8 percent of the leading food obesity, life expectancy is 82 years of people; came third in the Chinese, 1.8% of the food leading to obesity, people life expectancy 73 years.

Read rankings, the Chinese people really happy to get up there? I am not afraid.

Chinese cuisine has always been a good reputation in overseas because Americans eat Chinese restaurant in China is primarily oil on a food high in fat. However, this book explains, in fact, the Chinese eat in the restaurant and the United States are not the same, the main ingredient in Chinese cuisine, two-thirds or more vegetables, fruits, whole grains and beans, including green leafy vegetables, root vegetables, beans, ginger and garlic, these ingredients are very healthy. The Chinese fried foods occasionally, but more often they used the fly, steam, slow method.

Pleasant words, but the authors are commendable, I fear not now that the Chinese people love the food sour oil large restaurant, but two or three decades before the traditional Chinese home cooking. At that time, because the wealth is not high, the family is relatively small amount of oil, cook the meat at least first and often eat whole grains and beans. Of course, at that time, the Chinese population obesity, diabetes, coronary heart disease rate is very low.

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Chinese food

China has a lot of delicious dishes, twelve great cuisine, says that the Shandong (Lu), Huaiyang (Soviet Union), Sichuan (Sichuan), Guangdong (Guangdong), Zhejiang (Zhejiang), Anhui (Hui), Hunan ( Hunan), Fujian (Min), Beijing (Beijing), Shanghai (Shanghai), Henan (Henan), Shaanxi (Shaanxi, Qin) here introduces to you the top ten Cuisine:

1 Shandong cuisineRepresentative dishes: crisp double explosion, Braised sea cucumber, broth Yan Cai, sweet and sour carp, sea bream steamed, nine turn the large intestine, Dezhou Braised Chicken, etc.

2. Sichuan cuisineRepresentative dishes: Kung Pao Chicken, Mapo tofu, fish-flavored pork, Shuizhuroupian, smoked tea duck, smell chicken, dry rock fish, dried beef stir-wire, etc.

3. Jiangsu cuisineRepresentative dishes: Three ducks, fried crab meat lion head, large cook Gansi, Beggar Chicken, steamed shad, Farewell My Concubine, sheep, fish, Tibetan side

4 CantoneseRepresentative dishes: the three snakes dragon will, Youpao shrimp jen, Baiyun Trotter, crispy suckling pig, protect the country and vegetable, Daliang fried milk, sweet and Sour Sweet and Sour Pork, etc.

5. Zhejiang for foodRepresentative dishes: Xihucuyu, Pork, Longjing Shrimp, braised bamboo shoot, honey fire side, crystal turtle, Ning-style Shansi, the more chicken broth

6 Fujian CuisineRepresentative dishes: pretenders, fresh razor clams, fried beauty tongue, chicken bird’s nest, brisk braised duck, litchi, orange sea bream, etc.

7 HunanRepresentative dishes: spicy chick, slip raw fish, steamed sausages together, Dongting fat belly, Jishou sour meat, heart and other chestnut cooking

8. Anhui cuisineRepresentative dishes: the Huangshan braised pigeon, ham, soft-shelled turtle, political mountain bamboo shoots, raised the water. Mao Feng smoked shad, chicken, etc. Fuliji

9. Beijing cuisineRepresentative dishes: Beijing roast duck, lamb, shrimp, see red lip, toad abalone, shark fin yellow stew, sheep’s head casserole, etc.

10. Shanghai cuisineRepresentative dishes: herring thrown in water, Royal Chicken, shrimp big black ginseng, pine nut, fish, rice, eight Baoji, Feng Jing Ding shoes, etc.

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Chinese Food

Chinese cooking is one of the greatest methods of cooking. Since ancient time, many factors that have influenced its development. Confucius once said: “Eating is the utmost important thing in life.” Cooking Chinese food requires more time and effort, and is considered a very sophisticated art. As a result, many travelers who have visited China consider Chinese cuisines one of the best.

A meal in Chinese culture is typically seen as consisting of two general components:

main food – a carbohydrate source or starch, typically rice (predominant in southern parts of China),noodles, or buns (predominant in northern parts of China), and
accompanying dishes – of vegetables, fish, meat, or other items.

This cultural conceptualization is in some ways in contrast to Western meals where meat or animal protein is often considered the main dish. Chopsticks are the primary eating utensil in Chinese culture for solid foods, while spoons are used for drinking soups. Food is usually prepared in bite-sized pieces (except fish, crabs and so on), ready for direct picking up and eating. Traditionally, Chinese culture considered using knives and forks at the table “barbaric” due to fact that these implements are regarded as weapons. It was also considered ungracious have guests work at cutting their own food.

Chinese food styles

As China is a geographically huge country, it is diverse in climate, ethnicity and subcultures. Not surprisingly therefore, there are many distinctive styles of cuisine. Traditionally there are eight main families of dishes, namely

* Hui (Anhui)
* Yue (Cantonese)
* Min (Fujian)
* Xiang (Hunan)
* Yang (Jiangsu)
* Lu (Shandong)
* Chuan (Szechuan)
* Zhe (Zhejiang)

Today there are mainly four main styles of food in China, namely the Beijing Style, the Shanghai Style, the Sichuan/Szechuan Style and the Cantonese Style. The Cantonese style is the most popular style in overseas restaurants. When you are traveling in China, you would find it extremely hard to resist the Peking duck, the Shanghai pork bun, or the Cantonese dim sum.

This section will introduce you to some of the finest chinese cuisines, and provide you with some Chinese food receipts. If you are traveling in China, don’t forget to try out some of the dishes introduced here!

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Nanjing Food

Traditional Nanjing cuisine is known as Jin Su cuisine and is notable for the emphasis placed on original flavor and carefully selected raw ingredients. Nanjing dishes are traditionally bright in color and use only a moderate amount of seasoning but a significant amount of oil.

Jin Su specialties that should be sampled include: Jinling roast duck, steamed duck cutlets, salted duck, Longchi carp and “Eight delicacies soup”. The “Eight delicacies” are: fish, water chestnut, lotus root, vine, parsley, arrowroot and lotus seeds. This is a popular dish especially around “Moon Festival” time (roughly around the middle of August). There are numerous classical restaurants serving up these delicacies and the area around the Confucius Temple has some great places to taste good Nanjing food.

Western and Japanese food is also becoming increasingly popular and there is a good selection of Western and Chinese food available around the universities off Shanghai Lu. Browse our Restaurant Index for more detailed information. Of course, the big hotels such as The Hilton and The Jinling also have good restaurants. McDonalds and KFC are hugely popular here.

Duck Blood Soup – The name of this dish may sound odd to foreigners who might wonder how the blood and soup is combined. Actually Chinese people do eat the blood of duck, goose and chicken but in a unique way. They collect the blood of a freshly killed duck or goose and stir, then seal and refrigerate until ready to use. The result is blood cakes. The soup is seasoned with salt, pepper, and subtly spicy undertones. Simmer gently for several minutes and serve with eggs, noodles and caraway. This food is the top of all travelers’ recommendations. The cheap stalls at Fuzimiao dining street sell the best at 3.5 yuan.

Steamed Duck – As early as 1910, the Nanjing steamed Duck cutlet was awarded a national award by the Qing government and is now popular in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. This dish is characterized by its appetizing appearance and tender and delicate taste. The cooking process involves steeping, boiling, braising and baking the duck. The best places to taste this are the snack bars around the Confucius Temple area of the city.

Salted Soup Duck – Autumn in Nanjing is a season of scented osmanthus blossom and the best time to make the delicious Salted Soup Duck because ducks at this time are fat. The chef chooses well-bred ducks and smears salt and spice on them to add flavors. The spice ingredients are a secret. Then the spiced ducks are marinated in a sauce for two hours. Just before eating, the ducks are steamed. It should taste fragrant, crisp and tender. The best restaurant to taste it is Jinling Restaurant near Xinjiekou.

Gan Si (Shredded Bean-curd Sheets) – A refreshing cold dish made of Bean-curd sheets. The bean-curd sheets are cut finely into threads with seasoning of sauce, sesame oil and vegetables shreds of bamboo root, mushroom, chicken or meat. It has fine shreds and a tender taste. It can also be boiled in broth and served with other meat shreds.

Dou Fu Nao (Tofu pudding) – This is a great breakfast-time soup dish made from tofu (bean curd), mushrooms, coriander and chilli. The best place to taste it is Liu Feng Ju.

Jinling Snacks – Jinling is the former name given to Nanjing and today it is not only the name of the tasty beer brewed in the city but also the name associated with the local traditional snacks which are named after the area. These snacks originate in the Confucius Temple area of the city.

This district has long been the center of Nanjing cuisine and today there are many great restaurants and snack bars around here where you can sample traditional Jinling snacks. Local specialties include: deep fried dough cake with scallion and salted duck gizzard.

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Shanghai Food

Being a relatively new city in China, Shanghai does not really have a cuisine of its own, but successfully refines all the work of the surrounding provinces such as Zhejiang and Jiangsu. Through years of culinary practice and the assimilation of the art in other styles of cuisine, Shanghai chefs have also created a style of cuisine peculiar to the region. Shanghai dishes are usually characterized by the use of heavy and highly flavored sauce.

The use of sugar is another uniquness found in Shanghainese cuisine and, especially when used proportiaonally with soy sauce, the taste created is not so much sweet but rather savory. My chef friend told me that this is mainly due to the fact that sugar neutralized the sourness found in soy source. Household in Shanghai would consume as much soy source as sugar. Visitors are often surprised when the “secret ingredient” was revealed by local Shanghainese.

Shanghai Xiao Long Bao (Little Dragon Bun)
The little dragon bun is one of my favourite dish. Unlike the buns in northern China, these buns are very small and easy to swallow. The buns are usually steamed in containers made of banboo. The skin of the buns are very thin and the bun is very juicy. The dish is now popularized and consumed widely throughout China as a Dim Sum.

Chou Dou Fu (Smelly Tofu):
When first smelled, one would naturally hold their nose, not to mention give it a try and swallow a piece. The smelly tofu is a popular local food mainly found on Shanghai streets. The tofu is fermanted with many ingredients before fried. Old ladies usually serve them on their liltte trolley. Dispite their odour, most foreigners love it after tasting it. It is dirt cheap too!

Shanghai Da Zha Xie (Hairy Crab)
It is a special type of crab found in rivers, and is normally consumed in the winter. The crabs are tied with ropes or strings, placed in bamboo containers, steamed & served. There is little artificial ingredient added to the dish yet it tastes fantastically good. Da Zha Xie is usually consumed with vinegar. Locals are also quite fussy about when to consume male crabs and when to consume female crabs.

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Guilin Food

Guilin is not only famous for its wonderful landscape but also famous for varied delicious cuisine and snacks. Guilin being the communication center is a place of gathering officials and business men since the ancient times. It mingled the diet habit of Cantonese and Hunanese dishes. It is chacterized by its sweetness and delicate use of spice and chili.

Duck Stewed with Ginkgo Seeds (Dun Laoya)
This is one of the most famous and traditional nourishing food in Guilin, With tonic effect Duck Stewed with Ginkgo Seeds is a heading dish in restaurants. The most important ingredients are old duck and baiguo (Gingko) which is famous Chinese medicine. As old duck and ginkgo seeds have the function relieving inflammation, it is not a flavorful menu but also a tonic dish.

Guilin Cuisine: Lingchuan Gou Rou
This is the most famous on in Guilin. is haven by self cooking in restaurant. The restaurant will provide their clients a small pan, some bean curds preserved vegetable and seasonings. Clients then followed the right process to stir fir Gou Rou. If you add some fermented bean curd, you will find it is more delicious. With abundant nutrition and high contented protein, Linghchuan Gou Rou also has medicinal function.

Guilin Rice Noodles
Guilin Rice Noodles is well known and popular snack, is pliable but strong, fragrant and mellow, and cheap (0.5 dollar for a bowl). Rice Noodles is made by grinded high quality rice. The rice is firstly be grinded into slurry and then dried up. Cooked rice noodles are pure white, tender, smooth and refreshing. The cooking of Guilin Rice Noodles pays more intention of the making of good bittern soup.

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Xian Food

Xian has been rich in the delicious food of Shaanxi snacks, There are many varieties of famous snacks of fashionable foreign delicacies with uniqueness. The representative snacks includes as follows:

Xi’an Dumpling Banquet
Xi’an Dumpling Banquet was originated from the dumplings of Tang Dynasty and traditional dumplings in folk community. This banquet is made with elaborate material selections and unique techniques. The dumplings made are impressive and characterized for their shapes. Xi’an Dumpling Banquet is famous for its multiple diversity and variety of dumplings on the table.

Xi’an Dumpling Banquet concentrates the good-points of various dumplings in different regions. Many breakthroughs and betterments are shown in design, shape, production and cuisine-style. Fresh vegetables of different seasons and the daintiness of different areas are made to be different stuffing. The way of cooking is enlarged to be cooking, frying, baking and boiling from the one-fold cooking and braising. In the angle of style and design, more and more folktales and fairytales are widely used for uniqueness and attractiveness.

Qinzhen Liang Pi
One of famous Shanxi snacks is Qinzhen Liang Pi, It has more than 200-year history. It is made of the rice flour. Such kind of snack is also called Qinzhenmipi for it is from Qin town of Hu County. The rice flour is generally made to be the paste and then laid on multilayer bamboo steamers. The Liangpi is thin, slender, and soft with typical local relish.

Roujiamo is the well-known food in Xi’an. It was originated from Warring states. At that time people called it Cold Meat (Hanrou). It is generally called Chinese-style hamburger. The most famous producer of Roujiamo is Fan Fengxiang and his son. Their shop was founded in 1925 with more than 80 years.

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Chinese Dumpling (JiaoZi)

Dumplings with meat and vegetable fillings, is very popular at the Chinese new year and at other festivals. It tops the list of delicacies of people in north china, where people eat dumpling at midnight on new year‘s eve and for breakfast on new year’s day. The history of dumpling dates back to ancient time. But the custom of making dumpling a special dish during spring festival, started in the Ming dynasty, some 500 years ago. The reason is simple. The appearance of dumpling looks like the V shape gold or silver ingot used as money in ancient china. As the spring festival marks the start of a new year, people choose to eat dumpling to connote their wishes for good fortune in the new year. Although Times has changed, the tradition has remained.

But today, dumpling is considered more as a sign of propitious blessing than of fortune. as china is a country with a vast territory, there are great differences in various regions in ways of making dumpling or even serving it. There is no set rule as to what makes dumpling filling, they can be anything from vegetables, meat to seafood. Whatever the fillings, the wrapping skill needs to be exquisite to make dumpling look attractive. Ways of serving dumpling also vary from place to place. Generally, dumpling are boiled in water and served with vinegar, soy sauce, garlic or chilli oil if one likes them hot. Many families in china usually prepare enough dumpling to last several days of the spring festival time. To make dumpling, first of all, chop the meat into tiny pieces and mash tem, then add salt, sesame oil, soy sauce, ginger, scallions, Chinese cabbage and MSG if you like. Mix thoroughly the ingredients and meat filling, add 2 spoonful of water if necessary.

In a big bowl, add water to flour gradually. Mix and knead by hand to form soft dough, then cover it with towel and put it aside for about an hour. Then scatter some dry flour on the board, knead and roll it into small pieces. Press each piece with you hand and get a pancake. Finally, to hold the pancake with your palm and put the filling in the center and wrap in to half moon shaped and seal the edges.
Next step is easy. Put the dumpling into boiling water, when it is well cooked, it is ready to be served. However before eating you need to prepare some small dishes to contain the mixture of soy sauce vinegar and sesame oil or chilli oil. There have been so many varieties of dumpling that it is no longer a rare scene for restaurants to offer a whole dumpling banquet, serving up several dozen kinds of dumplings.

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Peking Court Cuisine (Fangshan)

Beihai “Fangshan” Restaurant
Address: Beihai Park, Beijing
Open Time: Daily 11:00am-8:00pm
Phone: 86-10-64011879
Average cost: RMB200-500 /p.p

Peking court cuisine

Introduction of Court Cuisine:

Beijing Court Cuisine, as the name suggests, consists of dishes once prepared excl- usively for the imperial family. Every dynasty in Chinese history had an “imperi- al Kitchen ” to prepare meals for the emperor and his consorts. The dishes were not only meticulously prepared, but also included rare and expensive fo-odstuffs, such as bear’s paws, bird’ nests, sharksfins, venison, sea cucumber, duck webs and other delicacies of land and sea. The Court Cuisine of today is based on the dishes prepared by the Qing imprial kitchens but further develop ever since.

There are several restaurants in Beijing where it is available: The ” Fangshan” (Imitation Imperial) Restaurant in Beihai Park, and the Pavilion for listening to Orioles Restaurant in the summer Palace and some other restaurants featuring the Court Cuisine.

” Fangshan ” ( imitation imperial )Restaurant is located on Qionghua islet with a hill behind and a lake in frout. You enter Beihai Park by the east gate,cross a briage, turn right and walk along the lakeside for 5 minutes, you will get to the restayrant. The restaurant offers a picruresque view. There are 11 halls, large and small, which can accommodate a total of 250 people. All the dishes and desserts are imitations of imperial cuisine. Its dishes are carefully prepared and beautifully served. The taste is subtle and clear. The textures are crisp and tender. The reataurant is also famous for its delicate pastries, including pea flour cakes, kidney bean flour rolls,miniature corn cakes and seed buns with minced meat filling.

These pastries originated among the ordinary people of Beijing and there are interesting stories about how they were introducedto the Qing court.For instance the corn cakes found their way into the court in1900 when the Allied Forced of Eight Imperialist Powers occupied Beijing. On her flights To Xi’an,1,200 Kilome- tres by railway, empress Dowager Cixi was so hungry that she ordered the imp- erial kitchen to make corn cakes for her. But the chefs, afraid that ordinary cakes might be too rough for Cixi to eat, made miniature cakes with finely-ground corn flour and white sugar instead.

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Tang Huo Shao (Sweetened Baked Wheaten Cake)

Beijing Longfusi Snack Bar
Address: No.1 Lungfusi Fore Street, Dongcheng Distirct
Open Time: Daily 10:00am-9:00pm
Phone: 86-10-64060668
Average cost: RMB 10 – 30 /p.p

Beijing local snacks: Tang Huo Shao (Sweetened Baked Wheaten Cake)

Introduction of Tang Huo Shao:

The Sweetened Baked Wheaten Cake, or named Tang Hou Shao in Chinese, is one of the favorable Local Snacks in Beijing. Its origin is traced back as far as 300 years ago. The most famous Tang Huo Shao are those from Da Shun Zhai Restaurant in Tongzhou in eastern Beijing, which are the most favorable foods for Muslims in their pilgrim to Mecca.

How to cook it?
The Ingredient of Tang Er Duo is brown sugar, flour, and sesame paste. Place brown sugar in flour in a bowl and beat. Bake the flour mixture. Drip sesame paste, oil and brown sugar. Place water in flour in other bowl and beat. Put flour mixture aside for fermenting. Place soda in fermented flour mixture. Roll the flour mixture to a long bar. Cut the flour bar at 500g piece. Press broad one piece. Place sugar paste and roll over again into round. Cut the round flour mixture in 50g ball. Press the balls, put them in oven. Cool them when they are ready.

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