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Chinese food has great variety. Officially there are 8 regional cuisines. The most famous ones are Sichuan, Cantonese, Huaiyang (Yangzi River region), Hu Nan, Fujian, Shandong, etc. Which one do you prefer?
Sichuan hands down, love that spice! Mabo tofu, dan dan noodles, kung pao chicken, hot pot, I'm even open to trying stuff like gizzards and organs if it's spiced with a lot of chillis and Sichuan peppercorns! Had a most delicious fish dish in Chongqing.
Unfortunately Fujianese cuisine seems kind of bland...Cantonese has it's moments, but I prefer Sichuan/Szechuan.
In overseas Chinese community, I know that Cantonese is the most popular. You may find the Dim Sum everywhere. In Mainland China, Sichuan is most popular and Hu Nan also becomes increasingly popular, as young generations prefer spicy food a lot.
In overseas Chinese community, I know that Cantonese is the most popular. You may find the Dim Sum everywhere. In Mainland China, Sichuan is most popular and Hu Nan also becomes increasingly popular, as young generations prefer spicy food a lot.
In Melbourne with the influx of folks from the PRC (many students) I'm seeing tons of Sichuan restaurants and dumpling houses pop up.
I would definitely choose Cantonese cuisine, I dont like spicey hot food
I prefer to have the freshest ingredients and natural flavors and marination
if the foods pure spicey & hot it masks the fresh food flavor , I dont want to taste hot I want to taste the food
thats like buying a hot dog and putting everything on it and you cant taste the hotdog because the excessive condiments over power what your originally eating
I dont even put barbecue sauce on my meat, I prefer the marinated & charred flavor with natural juices better
I would definitely choose Cantonese cuisine, I dont like spicey hot food
I prefer to have the freshest ingredients and natural flavors and marination
if the foods pure spicey & hot it masks the fresh food flavor , I dont want to taste hot I want to taste the food
thats like buying a hot dog and putting everything on it and you cant taste the hotdog because the excessive condiments over power what your originally eating
I dont even put barbecue sauce on my meat, I prefer the marinated & charred flavor with natural juices better
Chinese food is a lot more than just Cantonese food vs. spicy food - westerner's knowledge seems to end here.
Only officially it has eight different cooking style. Cantonese and Sichuan are just two of them.
It's not like the Chinese select a gourmet regional restaurant to eat at every day or anything. The most common foods in China are simple, fast fare that's fairly pan-Chinese in influence.
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