Chinese Cuisines

China covers a large territory and has many nationalities, hence a variety of Chinese food with different but fantastic and mouthwatering flavor. Since China's local dishes have their own typical characteristics, generally, Chinese food can be roughly divided into eight regional cuisines, which has been widely accepted around. Certainly, there are many other local cuisines that are famous.
中国地域辽阔，民族众多，因此各种中国饮食口味不同，却都味美，令人垂涎。因为中国地方菜肴各具特色，总体来讲，中国饮食可以大致分为八大地方菜系，这种分类已被广为接受。当然，还有其他很多著名的地方菜系。

Sichuan Cuisine

Sichuan Cuisine川菜

One of the eight major cuisines in China, Sichuan cuisine consists of many famous and special dishes with local flavors in Chongqing, Chengdu, north Sichuan and south Sichuan. With more than 3,000 approaches in nearly 40 categories of cooking such as frying, stir-frying, quick-frying, sauté and steaming. Sichuan cuisine is top-ranked for its variety of flavors.
川菜是中国四大菜系之一，主要由重庆、成都及川北、川南的地方风味名特菜肴组成，烹制方法有煎、炒、爆、熘、锅贴等近40种3000余种。川菜的味型之多，居各大菜系之首。

Shandong Cuisine

Shandong Cuisine鲁菜

With a long history and wide influence, Shandong cuisine is an important ingredient of China’s dietary culture. Shandong cuisine is salty, crispy and tender—and delicious! All the dishes are precisely made. The cuisine is famous for using shallots in flavoring its signature dishes such as roast duck, roast suckling pig, deep-fried pork hock and deep fried lamb with sesame sauce.
鲁菜，又叫山东菜。历史悠久，影响广泛。是中国饮食文化的重要组成部分，成为中国四大菜系之一，以其味鲜咸脆嫩，风味独特，制作精细享誉海内外。善于以葱香调味，如“烤鸭”、“烤乳猪”、“锅烧时子”、“炸脂盖”等。

Jiangsu Cuisine

Jiangsu Cuisine苏菜

Jiangsu cuisine is famous for its seafood and features fine cutting and slicing skills and cooking duration. Jiangsu chefs employ slow-cooking and smoking to great effect to produce a salty and sweet flavor. The representative dishes include braised fish head, steamed shad, widgeon dish, chicken shreds with bean sprouts, chicken soup, crab meat & minced pork balls in casserole and fried hairtail with ham etc.
江苏菜用料以水鲜为主，刀工精细，注重火候，擅长烛、烟、熄、糯；追求本味，清鲜本和，咸甜醇正。代表菜有“拆烩大鱼头”、 “清蒸鲥鱼”、 “野鸭菜饭”、 “银芽鸡丝”、 “鸡汤煮千丝”、 “清炖蟹粉狮子头”、 “双皮刀鱼"等。