Ask a QuestionWith the vast territory, different parts of China prefer different foods. People in southern part like eating rice while people in the northern part like wheaten foods like jiaozi, steamed stuffed bun and noodles. People in the southwest China like spicy things, people in the southeast China prefer sweet things. The cities in the southern China prefer foods of light flavor. The foods and flavor ranges greatly from different places. This article is a complete eating guide in China for tourists from Southeast Asia.
Chinese usually use chopsticks while eating, and most of the people in the Southeast Asia use spoons. If you are interested in using chopsticks, you can have a try at the restaurants of China. And if you do not get used to using the chopsticks, you can ask the staff in the restaurants for spoons or forks. However, if you want to try the hot pot in China, you’d better practise using the chopsticks. Once you have tried the chopsticks in China, you will find that Chinese chopsticks perfectly match the delicious foods in China.
For the spicy foods lovers, many places in China are your heaven including Chongqing, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan and Jiangxi. People in these places like adding chilli on the foods of their daily life even for the breakfast.
Hot Pot: To taste authentic and traditional hot pot, you can go to Sichuan and Chongqing. Hot pot is a popular eating way in China, you can add anything you want in the soup with and without chilli. You can taste meat, seafood, meatball and vegetables in the hot pot. In a word, you can put anything you can imagine in the hot pot.
Malatang(Spicy Hot Pot): Malatang can be said a kind of hot pot, originating in the Sichuan and Chongqing. People will string foods like meat, meatballs and vegetables with a bamboo stick. After stringing, put them in the spicy soup until fully cooked. You just need to take the bamboo sticks when you want to eat.
If you like eating seafood, there are many coastal cities waiting for you In China. For example, Haikou, Sanya, Qingdao, Xiamen and etc. At these cities, you can taste the freshest seafood. You can even get the seafood at the seafood market and restaurants can cook then for you. If you want to taste the seafood of China, you can have a try.
If you prefer foods with light flavor, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and part of Fujian are recommended for you. In these places, you can taste the original taste and flavor of many foods.
Morning Tea in Guangdong: Morning tea in Guangdong is really popular among Cantonese and Chinese. For the tourists from Southeast Asia, you should have a try. There are dim sums, stir-fried rice noodles with beef, shrimp jiaozi and many delicious foods with Cantonese characters.
Beef Hot Pot in Chaozhou and Shantou: When it comes to Chaozhou and Shantou, some of the travelers of Southeast Asia will not be unfamiliar because some overseas Chinese are originally from Chaozhou and Shantou in Guangdong. You can taste the freshness and sweetness of the fresh beef in Chaozhou and Shantou. The hand-made beef balls should not be missed if you come to Chaozhou and Shantou.
If you like red meat like beef and mutton, you can go to northwest part and northern part of China. The beef and mutton in Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Qinghai are of high quality. The mutton from these regions smell good and taste good.
Instant-boiled Mutton in the Copper Pot: The instant-boiled mutton in the copper pot is is one of the favorite foods of Beijing citizens. People will take the mutton out of the copper pot as soon as it is cooked. Then eat the mutton with some sauce like sesame paste. Using what kind of sauce will depend on you.
Chinese have many many choices to eat for breakfast. Soybean milk and youtiao(Chinese Fried Dough) are classical Chinese breakfast in many places of China. Chinese steamed stuffed buns are also popular among the Chinese like xiaolongbao(soup dumplings).
Rice noodles and noodles are very popular in many places of China. Rice noodles can be with or without soup, and noodles can also be with or without soup. You can also add meat in your rice noodles or noodles. Rice noodles and noodles are both popular in the breakfast of people in southern China. And people in northern China prefer noodles.
Wonton is also a breakfast preferred by Chinese. The pork is wrapped by the thin wrapper made of wheat flour. Generally speaking, wontons are not spicy, but you can add chilli if you want.
To order foods in China, ordering in southern China and northern China are different. As for the dishes in southern China, a dish can usually shared by 1-2 person. But in northern China, a dish usually comes a lot. Ordering in China, to avoid wasting of foods, you can firstly ask the staff in the restaurant for the portion of the dishes.
After seeing the foods in China, you find that Chinese are really happy to have opportunity to taste so many kind of foods. If you really like the delicious foods in China and want to taste them. Just join us to have a great time in China for sightseeing, culture experiencing, history feeling and food tasting! We are sure that you will have unforgettable impression in China with us.
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