longzengbing: Post # 4 - Trying New Food(introduce Chinese for us)

I have been more than 2 months in Canada, During the time,I just once time have went to local restaurant in the Calgary. this is Chinese restaurant where you can eat chinese food and hot pot. Except that, I have cooked by ourself in the apartment. because I can't suited to eat canadian foods. Especially sichuan people,I am interesting in spicy food.
a few classmates will go to china as I know. today,I want to introduce chinese food for you.
China is a large country and has many nationalities, hence many kinds of Chinese food with different, but delicious and fantastic.
Chinese food can be divided into four regional cuisines
1.Shandong Cuisine
Introduction: It is also named lu cai, which is famous for the typical of north china, and originated in QI and LU areas in spring-autumn and warring states.

Features: Tastes are salty and fresh with tender, crisp

Dishes: yiping tufu ; sweet and sour fish; boiled ginkgo

2 Sichuan cuisine

Introduction:Sichuan cuisine is originated in the Sichuan province which is in southwest of china. It is not only loved by sichuan’ people, but also enjoyed by people from all over china, and even in a number of foreign countries.

Features: it is characterized by its spicy and hot flavors

Dishes: Sichuan hot-pot ; Twice-cooked pork, ma po tufu;

3.Cantonese cuisine

Introduction: Cantonese cuisine is one of the major Chinese cuisines. It developed as a school of its own as a result of its unique dishes and flavors, enjoying a good reputation both nationally and abroad. Hongkong food belong to Cantonese cuisine.

Features: it stress the quality and flavor, tastes are light,sweet with fresh.

Dishes: Char siu; beef chow fun; char siu buns.