Eight Great Cuisines of China

The Cantonese are reputedly China's most adventuresome eaters. According to a popular saying, they will eat anything with two wings except airplanes and anything with four legs except tables. The Hunanese like their food hot – so hot that Chairman Mao, who was born in the province, maintained that one of the reasons that so …

Hullett House Opens in Hong Kong

On 26 November 1996, just months before Hong Kong's historic return to Chinese sovereignty, the then British colony's Marine Police formally beat their last retreat from the gracious old white stucco edifice – to the strains of bagpipes and drums – that had served as their headquarters for 112 years and 68 days. “They did …

Cantonese Cuisine

Cantonese cuisine can be interpreted two ways. Either it is the cooking style of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, which was formerly known in English as Canton – thus Cantonese. Or it is a catch all phrase for the many and varied cooking styles found across Guangdong Province. Since there are three other distinct …

Chiu Chow Cuisine

Many Chiu Chow restaurants can be found in the working class Sheung Wan district of Hong Kong Island. Photo Credit FotoosVanRobin via Wikimedia Commons. >Chiu Chow cuisine is one of the four major subcategories of Cantonese cuisine. which is considered to be one of the eight great provincial cuisines of China. Chiu Chow, known as …

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