Chinese Food

Food has a special meaning to the Chinese people. The "waste not, want not" ethos means that a surprising range and variety of plants and animals, and every part of a plant or animal is used. This has given rise to a remarkable diversity in regional cuisine, but to Westerners it can be overwhelming - surprising, fantastic, delicious, horrifying or disgusting - but above all, different.

Staples and Main Food Types

The Chinese eat everything with four legs, except tables, and everything that flies - except airplanes". What are the staples and main food types of a nation who are willing to eat just about anything? Wild animals, snake, ants, you name it. If they can find a tasty way to prepare it, the Chinese will eat it with gusto. Here you will find staple foods and the main food types that the C hinese eat. What we tell you here is only the tip of the ice berg regarding the great variety of Chinese food. Read More

Main Chinese Food Types

China Regional Cuisine

China can be divided into many geographical areas, and each area has a distinct style of cooking. The ingredients used in the food are based on the natural agricultural products of the region. In N orthern China, for example, wheat is eaten more than rice as staple food. Food using wheat as its main ingredient, such as noodles and dumplings is prevalent there. Compared to the rather monotonous fare of the North, China's southern cuisine is notable for its exceptional tastiness and its great variety. Most of the famous Chinese dishes served in international capitals, i.e., what is considered "Chinese Cuisine" abroad, belong, in fact, to the cuisine tradition of Southern China. Read More

Eight Distinctive Regional Cuisine

Chuan Cuisine(Sichuan Cuisine)
Cantonese Cuisine (Yue Cuisine)
Lu Cuisine (Shandong Cuisine)
Min Cuisine (Fujian Cuisine)
Su Cuisine (Jiangsu Cuisine)
Xiang Cuisine (Hunan Cuisine)
Hui Cuisine (Anhui Cuisine)
Zhe Cuisine (Zhejiang Cuisine)

Typical Chinese Food

Chinese New Year Food

Chinese New Year Foods are very important to Chinese people. All family members come together to eat at this time. Chinese New Year foods are not only delicious but it is traditional to eat certain foods over this festival. Chinese Dumplings, Fish, Spring Rolls, Nian Gao are usually seen as delicious and eaten at this time. Read More

Chinese Vegetarian Food

Most Chinese vegetarians are Buddhists, following the Buddhist teachings about minimizing suffering. In addition, many Yoga practicers in China are vegetarians or vegans. Nowadays, in order to keep health and fit, more and more Chinese people who are not vegetarians or vegans, tend to eat vegetarian food from time to time. Read More

Chinese Medicinal Food

Medicinal food is food with the function of dietetic therapy, which is made by taking medicine and food as materials and processing them through cooking. It is the product of the combination of Chinese traditional medical knowledge and cooking experience. Read More

Chinese Cooking Techniques

Chinese cooking embodies the dining culture tradition of Chinese nation. Compared with the cooking of all other nations in the world, it has many distinctive features.

Firstly, it has varied flavor. Since our country has a vast territory and abundant resources with differences in climate, products, customs and habits in all parts, it has developed many flavors in diet over a long period of time. There has been the saying of rice in the south and noodles in the north in our country all the time. The flavor is divided into sweetness in the south, saltiness in the north, sourness in the east and hotness in the west, which can mainly be reduced to the four flavors of Bashu (Sichun), Qilu (Shandong), Huaiyang (Jiangsu) and Yuemin (Guangdong and Fujian). Read More

Easy DIY Recipes

Many Chinese dishes during people's daily life are easy to cook. For Example, Fried Rice with Egg takes only minutes to make. Others, such as Jiiaozi Stuffed with Leek and Pork, Saozi Noodles and Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs, take longer but still consist of only a few simple steps. Many of the ingredients can be readily available at the local supermarkets, while others may require a trip to a Chinese/Asian market or using a substitute. Here are some easy DIY recipe ideas. Even you are new to Chinese cooking, you can cook fine Chinese food by following the easy DIY recipes. Read More

Easy DIY Recipes

Chinese Table Etiquette

When taking a dinner, people should behave in a civilized manner, pay attention to their own table manners and keep a good dining habit. Generally they should pay attention to the following several points: Let the elders eat first or when you hear an elder say "let's eat", you start to eat. You should not steal a march on the elders.

When taking the dinner, you should hold the bowl with the thumb on the mouth of the bowl, the first finger, the middle finger and the third finger on the bottom and the palm of the hand empty. If you don’t hold the bowl but bend over the table and eat facing the bowl, it will be regarded as bad table manners. Moreover, it will have the consequence of pressing the stomach and affecting digestion. Read More