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Chinese Cuisine. Learning objectives. To be able to talk about Chinese food in general To be able to tell the differences among the regions To be able to give 3 information about Chinese New Year. Color, shape, aroma & taste. Chinese food can be divided into 8 regional cuisines.
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Learning objectives • To be able to talk about Chinese food in general • To be able to tell the differences among the regions • To be able to give 3 information about Chinese New Year
Beijing, Shanghai Peking duck (scallion, wrap, sauce ) Shanghai snack
Beijing Shanghai
Shandong Cuisine • Bird's Nest Soup • Yellow River Carp in Sweet and Sour sauce
Sichuang Cuisine Sichuan cooks specialize in chilies and hot peppers and Sichuan dish is famous for aromatic and spicy sauces. Hot Pot
Kung Pao Chicken Smoked Duck Mapo Dofu
Cantonese Cuisine Roasted Piglet Shark Fin Soup Steamed Sea Bass
Guangdong Hong Kong
Jiangsu Cuisine • Jiangsu Cuisine • Stewed Crab with Clear Soup • Long-boiled and Dry-shredded Meat • Duck Triplet • Crystal Meat • Squirrel with Mandarin Fish • Liangxi Crisp Eel Fujian Cuisine • Buddha Jumping Over the Wall • Snow Chicken
Hunan Cuisine Dongan Chicken Peppery and Hot Chicken
Zhejiang Cuisine Anhui Cuisine Stewed Snapper; Huangshan Braised Pigeon Sour West Lake Fish, Longjing Shelled Shrimp, Beggar's Chicken
In general, • southerners have a sweet tooth • northerners crave salt
Traditionally, one typical meal contains: • Starch • Meat dishes • Vegetables • Soup
3 Vegetables Beans Lettuce Celery Lotus root
Family Time Once the meal is cooked, it is served all at once to the family.
Philosophy about Food Yang foods increase the body's heat dense in food energy acne & bad breath Yinfoods decrease the body's heat high water content lethargic/anemic
Balance & Healthy The Chinese ideal is to eat both types of food to keep the body in balance.
Typical medicine cuisine • Baby Pigeon Stewed with Gouqi (Medlar) and Huangqi (Membranous Milk Vetch • Pork Simmered with Lotus Seed and lily …
nǐ hǎo ma 你好吗?
open arms...... Invitation
‘Beijing Dancing’ 京 北京 京 is developed into the form of a dancing human
中文 zhōng wén Chinese is a visuallanguage
The Chinese writing中文 • is the oldest living language • history of Chinese writing spans over 5,000 or 6,000 years • earliest writing discovered , dated between 1480 BC and 1122 BC • inscribed on bones and turtle shells甲骨文 (jiǎ gǔ wén)
Chinese writing inscribed on bones and turtle shells 甲骨文 jiǎ gǔ wén m.sprole
see how chinese words make sense Chinese characters are pictographs -a system of picture writing using pictorial sign or symbol
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