Main Characteristics ：
• Different foods in different seasons 四季有别
• Pay Pay attention to interest 注重情趣
• Combination of food and medicine 食医结合
Chinese Food Culture
中国菜
•Introduction
Geographical distribution 分布
•Eight cuisines •Conclusion
Delicacy
饮食特色
Fairytale
Notable dishes
历史典故
名菜
Man sees food as the first priority 民以食为天 eat no rice but is of the finest quality, nor meat but is finely minced -----Confucius 食不厌精，烩不厌细——孔子
Min cuisine 闽菜
Notable dish
•佛跳墙
•鸡汤氽海蚌
•淡糟香螺片
•荔枝肉
•醉糟鸡
Min cuisine 闽菜
•One of the most famous dishes in Fujian cuisine is ―Buddha Jumps Over the Wall‖, a complex dish making use of many ingredients, including shark‗s fin(鱼翅), sea cucumber(海参), abalone(鲍鱼), and Shaoxing wine. Contains over 30 ingredients.
A variety of flavor 风味多样
vast territory and abundant 地大物博 Rice in south and flour in north 南米北面
A variety of flavor 风味多样
The Top Eight Cuisine 八大菜系
•Hui Cuisine •Cantonese Cuisine •Min Cuisine •Xiang Cuisine •Su Cuisine •Lu Cuisine •Chuan Cuisine • Zhe Cuisine 徽菜 粤菜 闽菜 湘菜 苏菜 鲁菜 川菜 浙菜
咸鲜为主，突出本味 以“爆”见长，注重 火功 精于制汤，注重用汤 烹制海鲜，独到之处 丰满实惠、风格大气
Braised Intestines in Brown Sauce （九转大肠） Zha Jinchan （deep fried golden cicada）
Sweat and sour carp：
Dezhou Braised Chicken德州扒鸡
Four-Joy Meatballs”四喜丸子
Sichuan cuisine：is a style of Chinese
cuisine originating from Sichuan province in southwestern China. Four sub-styles include Chongqing, Chengdu, Zigong, and Buddhist vegetarian style.
•Entertainment in the meal 娱乐穿插
The interest of Chinese food culture 注重情趣
Dongpo pork 东坡肉 Stewed pork ball in brown sauce 红烧狮子头
Combination of food and medicine 食医结合
Anhui Cuisine
• Anhui Cuisine chefs focus much more attention on the temperature in cooking and are good at braising and stewing. Often hams will be added to improve taste and sugar candy added to gain
Features :
• Fresh, tasty, but not greasy • Including many well-known seafood dishes • When meat of seafood is cooked, only small amounts of cooking oil and mild spices are used so that the natural flavor of the food is preserved.
One of the oldest cuisines in China, with a history of 2,500 years. Originates from Confucius family banquet, then adopted by imperial kitchen. Lu cai has great influence in north China and has become the representative of North China cuisines
Fujian Cuisine
• Consisting of Fuzhou Cuisine, Quanzhou Cuisine and Xiamen Cuisine, .
Features:
• Fujian Cuisine is distinguished for its choice seafood, beautiful color and magic taste of sweet, sour, salty and savory. The most distinct features are their "pickled taste"(卤味)
Cuisine feature
Ingredients： •Maize(玉米) •PeanutsGrains（谷物） •Staple vegetables •Vinegar（醋） Taste characteristics • •Salty, Fresh, Original • •Stir fried, Fire power • •Soup, Seafood • •Plentiful and • substantial
Hui Cuisine 徽菜
Notable dishes
•火腿炖甲鱼
•黄山炖鸽
•问政山笋
•臭鳜鱼
Hui Cuisine 徽菜
Notable dish
Stewed civet cats 红烧果子狸 Tastes: salty sweet Fairytale ：
雪天牛尾狸，沙地马蹄鳖——梅圣俞
Buddha Jumps Over the Wall
Nutrition：
Carp: •High protein digestion and absorption rate of 96% •Essential minerals, vitamin A and vitamin D •Fat more than unsaturated fatty acids, •Reduce cholesterol（胆固醇） •Prevent arteriosclerosis •（动脉硬化），Coronary（冠状 动脉） ，Heart disease
Origin：Spring and Autumn Period(770221BC)
Range：Qi and Lu.（齐国、鲁国） Famous person：Yi Ya （齐桓公的宠臣易牙）
Confucius （孔子） Classify：Eastern Shandong and Jinan dishes.（胶东菜系、济南菜系）
Influence：
•Foundational （基 础） school in Chinese cuisine. •Majority（多数）of the culinary （厨房）styles in China. •Beijing, Tianjin and the northeastern regions. •Northern Chinese households' meals
Medicine and food have the same origin.医食同源. Herbal cuisine 药膳
A variety of flavor 风味多样
•选材 ingredients
•刀工 cutting technique •火候 heat control •调味 flavor
Min cuisine 闽菜
Delicacy : •light but flavorful(清鲜)
•Soft and tender(软嫩)
• Umami(鲜味)
•Retaining the original flavor of the main ingredients instead of masking them.
Fo Tiao Qiang
Boiled whole chicken 清炖全鸡
Shandong cuisine ：is one of the Eight
Culinary Traditions of Chinese cuisine and is also ranked among the Four Great Traditions.It is derived from the native cooking styles of Shandong, a northern coastal province of China.