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Chaozhou Cuisine
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Chaozhou is the name of a coastal region around the Shantou district of eastern Guangdong Province. One of the major schools in Guangdong cuisine, Chaozhou cuisine originated from Chaoshan Plain about one thousand years ago.

Naturally, as a fishing area, seafood features prominently in Chaozhou cuisine, which is often enhanced by piquant sauces, such as tangerine jam for steamed lobsters and broad-bean paste for fish. The mouthwatering prawns, oysters, crabs and eels, combined with home- made pickles, play a symphony of traditional cuisine and leave people with everlasting impression. Such richly flavored dishes reflect the culinary influence of the Chaozhou people's northeastern neighbors, the Fujianese.

Yet Chaozhou cuisine has also been greatly influenced by its southwestern neighbors, the Cantonese. Many Chaozhou classic dishes are light and tasty, with the abundant use of vegetables. The crisp delicacy of deep-fried leaf vegetables in Chaozhou dishes adds a gleaming green, edible garnish to many dishes.

Chaozhou cuisine stresses unique combinations of various soy sauces and flavorings: salty, sweet, sour, spicy, or astringent. Fish sauce and oyster sauce are favorite seasonings. Chaozhou dishes are usually cooked over a slow fire, stewed, deep fired, steamed, stir-fried or pickled. The dishes boast the skill of local chefs in vegetable carving. Magnificent designs -- flowers, birds, dragons and phoenixes made from carrots and gingers -- adorn Chaozhou banquets, especially the cold dishes. The tasty dishes are not only yummy but also presentable.

The region's chefs are also acknowledged masters in the preparation and cooking of two delicacies, namely, shark's fin and bird's nest. Chaozhou cuisine is famous, too, for its shellfish dishes and wide variety of sweet dishes (with pumpkin and taro).
Other famous dishes include salt-baked goose with vinegar juice, steamed shrimp with orange juice, black-bean chicken, vegetarian soup and crabs. A tea ceremony is held during the serving of dishes, not just for performance but also to aid digestion.

粤菜

粤菜是中国著名菜系之一,其烹饪技艺精湛,独特的风味饮誉四方。
广东省内物产丰富,多奇珍异兽,食料与中原地区迥异。粤菜由广州菜、潮州菜、东江菜组成,注重清鲜、爽滑、脆嫩的风味特点,讲究清而不淡,鲜而不俗,脆嫩不生,油而不腻。
粤菜烹调技艺多样善变,如煲、泡、烤、炙等;用料奇异广博,如蚝油、沙茶、咖喱、鱼露等,这为粤菜的独特风味起了举足轻重的作用。
广州菜是集南海、番禺、顺德、中山等地方风味的特色,兼京、苏、扬、杭等外省菜及西菜之所长而融为一体、自成一家的烹饪菜式。广州菜最突出的特点是用料广泛,选料精细,技艺精良,善于变化。
味道浓郁的地方风味瓦煲类菜式,如瓦煲山瑞、瓦煲葱油鸡、瓦煲炔鲤鱼、瓦煲大鳝(鳗鱼)、什锦煲、煲仔饭系列等,还有如“杏元凤爪炖水鱼”之类的汤羹,以南杏、元肉,加上鸡脚、水鱼炖出来的汤汁,十分适合粤人崇尚冬春“滋补身体”的习俗。
夏秋时节,岭南酷暑炎热,时令的菜肴如“八宝鲜莲冬瓜盅”、“百花酿鲜笋”、“蚝油鲜菇”、“白灼鲜鱿”、“白灼海虾”、“油泡鲜虾仁”、“清蒸海鲜”、“白切鸡”、“明炉乳猪”、“挂炉烧鸭”等广州名菜,最体现南国的风味特色及广东人喜爱清淡、爽口的食性。
近年来,广州菜也追求“新派”。但几千年所形成的选料广博奇杂,菜肴讲究鲜、爽、嫩、滑的南国风味对创新的变化影响颇深。“万变不离其中”,传统的美点薄皮鲜虾饺、干蒸烧卖、糯米鸡、娥姐粉果、荔脯秋芋角、马蹄糕、叉烧包、蟹黄包、奶油鸡蛋卷以及名小吃肠粉、炒河粉、艇仔粉、及第粥、猪红汤、伦教糕、萝卜糕、咸水角、凤爪、卤牛杂、薄脆、白糖沙翁、德昌咸煎饼、大良崩砂等更是历久不衰。这表明广州菜系植根的土壤是十分深厚的。

著名的菜肴有:三蛇龙虎凤大会 五蛇羹 盐锔鸡 蚝油牛肉 烤乳猪 干煎大虾
 

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