Chinese regional cuisines - By food author Howard Hillman

Chinese
regional cuisine quiz

test yourself

To know
Chinese cuisine,
you need to know
its regional cuisines.

What the outside world defines as Chinese cuisine is not a true cuisine but rather a composite of distinct regional cuisines.

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Cantonese cuisine

Name one of the
three main reasons it's
considered China's best?

Name at least one of its
most famous specialties?

Mandarin cuisine

What's the proper way
to eat Peking Duck?

Sichuan cuisine

How is the famous
Sichuan smoked duck made?

Shanghai cuisine

Which is sweeter, the
Shanghai or Cantonese
version of sweet & sour pork?

Other Chinese regions

How is the famous dish
General Tso's Chicken prepared?

What's the interesting
background story on the
Beggar's Chicken dish?

What is yak butter and
how is it used?

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China's top 4 regional cuisines
Cantonese
Mandarin
Shanghai
Sichuan

Rankings

Peasant recipes

World wonders