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Sichuan is home of one of China's legendary Eight Great Cuisines. Because of the province's heat and humidity, lots of innovative preservation methods were developed in the days before refrigeration and air conditioning.
intro Cantonese Cuisine (粤菜) is the dominant Chinese cooking style in Hong Kong and Macau. It is also what is usually served at Chinese restaurants in Western countries such as Australia, Britain, Canada, and the United States. Cantonese cuisine is considered by many foodies to be China’s premier cooking style because of the emphasis on …
The Chinese food served up in Taipei runs the gamut from extravagantly presented haute cuisine fit for an emperor to snacks targeted at the teeming masses. And interestingly enough, some of the tastiest morsels in town are not to be found in the elegant surroundings of five-star dining rooms, but rather in the unpretentious road-side …
There is a common perception among foodies that fine wines and Chinese food don't mix. While it is true that at most meals the Chinese drink one of the country's many different types of tea, many Chinese people do frequently like to imbibe alcoholic beverages with their meals – especially when dining with friends and …
One of the challenges of pairing fine wines with Chinese cuisine is that unless you are dining alone, several dishes will be served, and they can range from sweet and sour to pungent and savoury to spicy and oily. Since dishes arrive one by one, one approach is to break open a new bottle with …
I have never understood why – when I order a glass of red wine at some of Hong Kong's more stylish hotel dining rooms – my teacup is mysteriously lifted from my midst just as my wine arrived. Isn't tea, to Asian diners, what water is to Western diners? I've never had my water glass …
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Sichuan is home of one of China's legendary Eight Great Cuisines. Because of the province's heat and humidity, lots of innovative preservation methods were developed in the days before refrigeration and air conditioning. Included are drying, pickeling, salting and smoking. Sichuanese cuisine is noted for its pungency and oilness. Flavours range from sweet and spicy …
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Pairing Shanghainese food with wine - learn how to pair wine with Shanghainese food – with specific food pairings for steamed hairy crab, Mandarin fish, roasted fish with pine nuts, and other popular Shanghainese dishes. Shanghainese Cuisine 101 Shanghai is China's largest city. Because it is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, Shanghai …
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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 …
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 …