Food in China is varied, affordable and relatively inexpensive: food is sold here everywhere - in snack bars, cafes, restaurants with national cuisine, on the street.
Food in China
The Chinese diet includes vegetables, cereals, meat, algae, poultry, marine invertebrates, and young bamboo shoots. From cereals, the Chinese prefer rice, from meat - pork, from poultry - ducks and chickens, from vegetables - cabbage, potatoes, onions, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, radish.
They season all dishes with black, red, allspice, cloves, anise, cinnamon, star anise, coriander and other spices.
As for flour products, flat cakes, noodles, noodles, and sweet biscuits are popular in China.
Chinese cuisine is divided into 2 subtypes - South Chinese and North Chinese. If you are experiencing stomach problems, then it is advisable to give preference to the North Chinese cuisine, since the South Chinese is spicy.
Arriving in China, you should definitely try Peking duck, but you can order it not in any restaurant, but only in the one where there are special instructions or pictures of the duck.
If you are resting in the north of the country, you can try Peking cuisine, which is based on lamb, noodles, Chinese cabbage, spicy rice vinegar. While vacationing in the east of China, you will be able to get acquainted with Shanghai cuisine, in which seafood, noodle soup, and stew are widespread. And you can taste dried, salted, smoked products seasoned with pepper and other hot spices in the west of the country, having tasted Sichuan cuisine.
Where to eat in China?
At your service:
- cafes and restaurants with national cuisine;
- restaurants with European cuisine;
- local fast food (Mr. Lee): various soups are served here, and everyone can independently “collect” any soup for themselves.
Drinks in China
Popular drinks in China are tea, beer, Maotai vodka, rice wine, Chinese baijiu liqueur, medicinal liqueurs infused with exotic herbs or animal parts (snakes, bees, turtles).
Arriving in China, it is worth trying Shaoxing wine, but the real drink can only be purchased in Shaoxing (in other places you will encounter a surrogate fake).
If your goal is to purchase the highest quality wine, then buy it on tap from large earthenware jars.
Food tour to China
Going on a food tour to China, for sure, every vacationer thinks about which region to start his journey from in order to get acquainted with the local cuisine.
If you are an exotic lover, then you should go to Guangdong province - here they cook dishes from everything that runs, flies and swims (here you will be offered to try crocodiles, rats, pigeons, snakes, insects).
If you are an adherent of vegetarian cuisine, then head to Jiangsu province. Well, those with a sweet tooth should visit the southern regions of China (here you can enjoy various confectionery products).
If you travel to China on a food tour, you can take a cooking course where you learn how to cook Chinese dumplings, Peking duck, and more.
