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Varieties

The Chinese Cuisine has large and varied characteristics, each cuisine in each provence in china have his own style of Cuisine. The Chinese Cuisine can be seperated into a lot of different types.  We have collected some of them :  for you

Beijing Cuisine
Beijing has been the capital city of China for centuries. The Beijing cuisine was influenced by people from all over China. One of the events that influenced the beijing cuisine the most was the Emperor's Kitchen, where kinds of cooking competitions were hold in order to to satisfy the Royal Family.  . This event attracted cuisines from all over china. The beijing cuisine is also known as "Mandarin Cuisine".

Northeastern Chinese Cuisine
The Northeastern Chinese Cuisine relies on the idea of preserved food and hearty fare.  A very common form of preserving food is by Pickling which is traditionally done in  most households in giant clay pickling vats.  Unlike in the South of China, noodles are the most common form of starch rather than rice.  Popular dishes include pork and chive dumplings, cumin & caraway lamb, congee, tealeaf stewed hardboiled eggs, congee with several types of pickles (mustard root is very popular), and cornmeal congee.

Hunan Cuisine
This cuisine which is sometimes called Xiang Cuisine  contains a few other ingredients.  Hunan Cuisine is usually spicier and contains a larger variety of ingredients.  This cuisine is known for its liberal use of chilli peppers and garlic.  Some of this Cuisine relies on sweetness from ingredients such as honey.
Some representative dishes from the Hunan Cuisine include : Sweet and Sour Chicken, Orange Beef, Crispy Duck, Dongan Chicken, Peppery and Lotus Seeds in Sugar Candy.

Fujian Cuisine
This cuisine is derived from the native cooking style of the province Fujian. One of the most popular dishes called "Buddha jumps over the wall", this is a complex dish making use of many ingredients, including shark fin, sea cucumber, abalone, and Shaoxing wine. Some representative dishes from the Fujian Cuisine include : Oyster Omelette, Popiah, Fujian fish balls and noodles with dumplings. 

There are many more Chinese Cuisines such as Jiang-Huai Cuisine, Cantonese Cuisine, Chiuchow Cuisin, Hakka Cuisine, Shanghai Cuisine, Sichuan Cuisine, Yunnan cuisine, Hainan cuisine.

The Menu in many of the Chinese restaurants that are found in the west today are a mixture of all the above, therefore giving  wide range of choice from vegetarian food, to fish meats and seafood.