文档介绍：Chinese II
We will learn:
1. Chinese cuisine
2. Basic food name
3. Ordering your food in a restaurant
CHINESE CUISINES
Some facts…
Eight Great Traditions (八大菜系): Anhui, Cantonese, Fujian, Hunan, Jiangsu, Shandong, Sichuan, and Zhejiang.
Cantonese, Sichuan, Shandong, and Huaiyang cuisine (combining Anhui, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang) as the Four Great Traditions (四大菜系).
SHANDONG CUISINE (LǓ CÀI)
Shandong Cuisine (Lu Cai)
One of the oldest cuisines in China, with a history of 2,500 years.
Originates from Confucius’ family banquette, then adopted by imperial kitchen.
Lu cai has great influence in north China and has e the representative of North China cuisines
Shandong Cuisine (Lu Cai)
Specializes in seafood like prawns, sea cucumber, flounder
Also emphasize on soup gravy
Traditional luxury royal banquette
SICHUAN CUISINE (CHUĀN CÀI 川菜)
Sichuan Cuisine (Chuān Cài)
2000 years of history but gained popularity all over China after 1980’s
Characterized in hot and numbing taste because using a lot of peppercorns and spices.
Now it is one of the fastest growing cuisines in the world.
Learn from other cuisines and cook in its own style.
Sichuan Cuisine (Chuān Cài)
Beef and fish are most popular
Now making more and more seafood due to the influence of Cantonese food
Most famous one is “hot and spicy crab”