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1、美食英文介绍Eight Cuisines(八大菜系） China covers a large territory and has many nationalities, hence a variety of Chinese food with different but fantastic and mouthwatering flavor. Since Chinas local dishes have their own typical characteristics, generally, Chinese food can be roughly divided into eight reg
2、ional cuisines, which has been widely accepted around. Certainly, there are many other local cuisines that are famous, such as Beijing Cuisine and Shanghai Cuisine. Shandong Cuisine Consisting of Jinan cuisine and Jiaodong cuisine, Shandong cuisine, clear, pure and not greasy, is characterized by it
3、s emphasis on aroma, freshness, crispness and tenderness. Shallot and garlic are usually used as seasonings so Shangdong dishes tastes pungent usually. Soups are given much emphasis in Shangdong dishes. Thin soup features clear and fresh while creamy soup looks thick and tastes strong. Jinan cuisine
4、 is adept at deep-frying, grilling, frying and stir-frying while Jiaodong division is famous for cooking seafood with fresh and light taste. Shandong is the birthplace of many famous ancient scholars such as Confucious and Mencius. And much of Shandong cuisines history is as old as Confucious himsel
5、f, making it the oldest existing major cuisine in China. But dont expect to gain more wisdom from a fortune cookie at a Shandong restaurant in the West since fortune cookies arent even indigenous to China. Shandong is a large peninsula（半岛） surrounded by the sea to the East and the Yellow River meand
6、ering through the center. As a result, seafood is a major component（成分） of Shandong cuisine. Shandongs most famous dish is the Sweat and Sour Carp. A truly authentic（真的，真正的） Sweet and Sour Carp must come from the Yellow River. But with the current amount of pollution in the Yellow River, you would b
7、e better off if the carp was from elsewhere. Shandong dishes are mainly quick-fried, roasted, stir-fried or deep-fried. The dishes are mainly clear, fresh and fatty, perfect with Shandongs own famous beer, Qingdao Beer Sichuan Cuisine Sichuan Cuisine, known often in the West as Szechuan Cuisine, is
8、one of the most famous Chinese cuisines in the world. Characterized by its spicy and pungent flavor, Sichuan cuisine, prolific（多产的） of tastes, emphasizes on the use of chili. Pepper and prickly ash（花椒） also never fail to accompany, producing typical exciting tastes. Besides, garlic, ginger and ferme
9、nted soybean are also used in the cooking process. Wild vegetables and animals are usually chosen as ingredients, while frying, frying without oil, pickling and braising are applied as basic cooking techniques. It cannot be said that one who does not experience Sichuan food ever reaches China. If yo
10、u eat Sichuan cuisine and find it too bland（淡而无味的）, then you are probably not eating authentic Sichuan cuisine. Chili peppers and prickly ash are used in many dishes, giving it a distinctively（特别的突出的） spicy taste, called ma in Chinese. It often leaves a slight numb（麻木的） sensation（感觉） in the mouth. H
11、owever, most peppers were brought to China from the Americas in the 18th century so you can thank global trade for much of Sichuan cuisines excellence. Sichuan hot pots are perhaps the most famous hotpots in the world, most notably the Yuan Yang (mandarin duck) Hotpot half spicy and half clear. Guan
12、gdong Cuisine Cantonese food originates（起源于） from Guangdong, the southernmost province in China. The majority of overseas Chinese people are from Guangdong (Canton) so Cantonese is perhaps the most widely available Chinese regional cuisine outside of China. Cantonese are known to have an adventurous
13、 palate, able to eat many different kinds of meats and vegetables. In fact, people in Northern China often say that Cantonese people will eat anything that flies except airplanes, anything that moves on the ground except trains, and anything that moves in the water except boats. This statement is fa
14、r from the truth, but Cantonese food is easily one of the most diverse and richest cuisines in China. Many vegetables originate from other parts of the world. It doesnt use much spice, bringing out the natural flavor of the vegetables and meats. Tasting clear, light, crisp and fresh, Guangdong cuisi
15、ne, familiar to Westerners, usually chooses raptors and beasts to produce originative dishes. Its basic cooking techniques include roasting, stir-frying, sauteing, deep-frying, braising, stewing and steaming. Among them steaming and stir-frying are more commonly applied to preserve the natural flavo
16、r. Guangdong chefs also pay much attention to the artistic presentation of dishes. Fujian Cuisine Consisting of Fuzhou Cuisine, Quanzhou Cuisine and Xiamen Cuisine, Fujian Cuisine is distinguished for its choice seafood, beautiful color and magic taste of sweet, sour, salty and savory（风味极佳的）. The most distinct features are their pickled taste. Jiangsu Cuisine Jiangsu Cuisine, also called Huaiyang Cuisine, is popular in the lower rea
