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People in China are enthusiastic about food. There is an old Chinese saying "waste not, want not", which exactly expresses Chinese usage of food raw materials. Chinese people use an infinite variety of plants and animals including some unexpected parts of plants and animals. Food in different regions has its own unique characteristics. Every part of animals is used for food, so western travelers might have different feelings about Chinese food such as surprise, tasty, horror, disgust and unhappiness. People from other countries usually are shocked at what Chinese people eat such as scorpions, ants, dogs, cats, snakes and eggs with unborn birds. The staples and main food types are various and surprising in China. There is a proverb saying Chinese people eat everything with four legs except tables and the flying except airplanes. If you are interested in some special local snacks, you could have a try. For sure, there is a lot of delicious regional food such as Sichuan Cuisine, Guangdong Cuisine, Shandong Cuisine and Shanghai Cuisine. China is a country that its people love to eat with gusto. There are some tips to help you understand Chinese eating.

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Some say that this dish is the best dish of Shanghai. Its Chinese name means crystal shrimp. The name came from the look of the dish since the shrimp would look almost transparent. Although it looks ...

Domain: Food (other); Category: International dishes

The Chinese name of this dish means "Lion Head". The origin of the name is quite simple, the pork ball should be made to look like the head of a stone lion, which can be seen almost everywhere in ...

Domain: Food (other); Category: Functional food; International dishes

The dish is a very famous Shanghai Cuisine dish. It is made up of three juliennes, which are chicken juliennes, pork ham juliennes and fried egg juliennes. The making of the juliennes is very ...

Domain: Food (other); Category: International dishes

This dish is actuallu quite popular across the whole China. The cooking of this dish does not require so much skill as other dishes like Xiao Long Bao Zi(小笼包子), which requires a lot of skills to make ...

Domain: Food (other); Category: International dishes

Although its name is plain enough, this is a very popular and famous dish in Shanghai. The biggest secret is the chicken, it has to be from the local San Huang Chicken(三黄鸡). "San Huang" means Three ...

Domain: Food (other); Category: International dishes

Dim Sum is not really just one dish. It consists of hundreds of dishes. It can be served as desserts during dinner, or as snacks with tea. Most Dim Sum are savory pastries -- steamed or fried ...

Domain: Food (other); Category: International dishes

What is in the Chinese name of the dish but did not make into its English name is that it is iced. You can probably guess it though from the picture above. Well selected Broccoli for this dish should ...

Domain: Food (other); Category: International dishes

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