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Beijing Cuisine
Beijing cuisine, also known as Jing cuisine, Mandarin cuisine and Peking cuisine and formerly as Beiping cuisine, is the local cuisine of Beijing, the national capital of China. Background As Beijing has been the capital of China for centuries, its cuisine is influenced by culinary traditions from all over China, but the style that has the greatest influence on Beijing cuisine is that of the eastern coastal province of Shandong cuisine, Shandong.Wang, Juling, ''Famous Dishes of Famous Restaurant in Beijing'', Golden Shield Publishing House in Beijing, December, 2000, Xu, Chengbei, ''Ancient Beijing, Customs of the General Populace of Ancient Beijing'', Jiangsu Fine Arts Publishing House in Nanjing, September, 1999, Hua Mengyang and Zhang Hongjie, ''Lives of the residents of Ancient Beijing'', Shandong Pictorial Publishing House in Jinan, June, 2000, Du, Fuxiang and Guo, Yunhui, ''Famous Restaurants in China'', China Tourism Publishing House in Beijing, 1982 Beijing cuisine has i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peking Duck
Peking duck is a dish from Beijing that has been prepared since the Imperial era. The meat is characterized by its thin, crispy skin, with authentic versions of the dish serving mostly the skin and little meat, sliced in front of the diners by the cook. Ducks bred especially for the dish are slaughtered after 65 days and seasoned before being roasted in a closed or hung oven. The meat is often eaten with spring onion, cucumber, and sweet bean sauce, with pancakes rolled around the fillings. Crispy aromatic duck is a similar dish to Peking duck and is popular in the United Kingdom. History Ducks have been roasted in China since the Southern and Northern dynasties. A variation of roast duck was prepared by the emperor of China in the Yuan dynasty. The dish, originally named "shāo yāzi" (燒鴨子), was mentioned in the ''Complete Recipes for Dishes and Beverages'' (飲膳正要) manual in 1330 by Hu Sihui (忽思慧), an inspector of the imperial kitchen. The Peking roas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiangsu Cuisine
Jiangsu cuisine (), also known as Su cuisine (), is one of the Eight Culinary Traditions of Chinese cuisine. It is derived from the native cooking styles of Jiangsu Province. In general, Jiangsu cuisine's texture is characterized as soft, but not to the point of mushy or falling apart. In addition, Jiangsu cuisine also focuses on heating temperature. For example, the meat tastes quite soft but would not separate from the bone when picked up. As the style of Jiangsu cuisine is typically practised near the sea, fish is a very common ingredient in cooking. Other characteristics include the strict selection of ingredients according to the seasons, with emphasis on the matching color and shape of each dish and using soup to improve flavor. The municipality of Shanghai was formerly a part of Jiangsu thus the great deal of similarity between the two, and Shanghai cuisine is sometimes classified as a part of Jiangsu cuisine. Regional variations Jiangsu cuisine is sometimes simply calle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Instant-boiled Mutton
Instant-boiled mutton ( zh, c=涮羊肉, p=shuàn yángròu, also known or shuanyangrou, or dip-boil mutton) is a Chinese hot pot dish popular in Beijing cuisine. Traditionally, Chinese people have eaten it inside the home during cold winter weather, but in recent times, instant-boiled mutton has been eaten year-round. It is also served in restaurants. Mutton slice often uses different cuts from the back (e.g. ''shangnao'', ''sancha'', etc.) and rear legs (e.g. ''modang''). The tail of the lamb is used to prepare the soup base. History While a popular legend attributes the dish to the Yuan Dynasty, the story has little historical backing and the practice of eating thinly sliced meat cooked quickly in boiling broth in a style of resembling today's hot pot — was already established before then. The story claims that at one point during a battle, Kublai Khan, had a sudden craving for stewed mutton. However, the enemy's troops were approaching. To satisfy Kublai Khan's desire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot And Sour Soup
Hot and sour soup is a popular example of Chinese cuisine. Although it is often said to have originated in Sichuan, this is actually a variant of ''hulatang'' or "pepper hot soup" (胡辣汤) with added vinegar to enhance the sourness. This variation is found Henan cuisine. Also popular in Southeast Asia, India, Pakistan and the United States, it is a flexible soup which allows ingredients to be substituted or added depending on availability. For example, the American-Chinese version can be thicker as it commonly includes corn starch, while in Japan, sake is often added. North America United States Soup preparation may use chicken or pork broth, or may use meat-free broth. Common basic ingredients in the American Chinese cuisine, American Chinese version include bamboo shoots, toasted sesame oil, Auricularia heimuer, wood ear mushrooms, Auricularia cornea, cloud ear mushrooms, Daylily, day lily buds, vinegar, egg (food), egg, corn starch, and Black pepper#White pepper, white pep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beggar's Chicken
Beggar's chicken () is a Chinese dish of chicken that is stuffed, wrapped in clay and lotus leaves (or banana or bamboo leaves as alternatives), and baked slowly using low heat. Preparation of a single portion may take up to six hours. Although the dish is traditionally prepared with clay, the recipe has evolved; for convenience and safety it is often baked with dough, oven bags, ceramic cooking pots, or convection ovens. Origin Beggar's chicken is very popular in China, with many regions claiming it as traditionally their own. Most experts agree the dish originated in Hangzhou. The clay-wrapped method of slow cooking is thousands of years old. Various legends surround the origins of beggar's chicken. In one, a beggar stole a chicken from a farm but having no pot or utensils, he wrapped the bird in lotus leaves and packed clay or mud around it, set it in a hole where he had lit a fire, and buried it. When he dug up the chicken and cracked open the clay, he found the meat was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jing Jiang Rou Si 01
__NOTOC__ Jing can refer to: * Jing (software), formerly Jing Project * Jing (name), a Chinese surname and given name * Jing River, in China * Jing (instrument) (), a large gong used in Korean traditional music * , a Chinese word for well and various other things named after the well Concepts * Chinese classics () * Jing (Chinese medicine) (), a principle in Traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese martial arts ** Sometimes confused with the Chinese martial arts term "" () as in Neijin. * Jing (Chinese opera) (), a major male role type in Chinese opera * Jing (philosophy) (), a concept in Chinese philosophy which means "respect" Places * Jing County, Anhui, in China * Jing County, Hebei, in China * Jinghe County, also known as Jing County, in Xinjiang, China * Chu (state) (), also known as Jing, in ancient China Fiction * '' King of Bandit Jing'', also known as ''Jing: King of Bandits'', a seven volume manga series by Yuichi Kumakura, and the related anime * Jing King, a cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foodservice
The foodservice (US English) or catering (British and Commonwealth English) industry includes the businesses, institutions, and companies which prepare meals outside the home. It includes restaurants, grocery stores, school and hospital cafeterias, catering operations, and many other formats. Suppliers to foodservice operators are foodservice distributors, who provide small wares (kitchen utensils) and foods. Some companies manufacture products in both consumer and food service versions. The consumer version usually comes in individual-sized packages with elaborate label design for retail sale. The foodservice version is packaged in a much larger industrial size and often lacks the colorful label designs of the consumer version. Statistics The food system, including food service and food retailing supplied $1.24 trillion worth of food in 2010 in the US, $594 billion of which was supplied by food service facilities, defined by the USDA as any place which prepares food for i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxer Rebellion
The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the Boxer Uprising, was an anti-foreign, anti-imperialist, and anti-Christian uprising in North China between 1899 and 1901, towards the end of the Qing dynasty, by the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists, known as the "Boxers" in English due to many of its members having practised Chinese martial arts, which at the time were referred to as "Chinese boxing". It was defeated by the Eight-Nation Alliance of foreign powers. Following the First Sino-Japanese War, villagers in North China feared the expansion of foreign Spheres of influence#China, spheres of influence and resented the extension of privileges to Christian missionaries, who used them to shield their followers. In 1898, North China experienced several natural disasters, including the Yellow River flooding and droughts, which Boxers blamed on foreign and Christian influence. Beginning in 1899, the movement spread across Shandong and the North China Plain, destroying foreign pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qing Dynasty
The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and an early modern empire in East Asia. The last imperial dynasty in Chinese history, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the Ming dynasty and succeeded by the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China. At its height of power, the empire stretched from the Sea of Japan in the east to the Pamir Mountains in the west, and from the Mongolian Plateau in the north to the South China Sea in the south. Originally emerging from the Later Jin (1616–1636), Later Jin dynasty founded in 1616 and proclaimed in Shenyang in 1636, the dynasty seized control of the Ming capital Beijing and North China in 1644, traditionally considered the start of the dynasty's rule. The dynasty lasted until the Xinhai Revolution of October 1911 led to the abdication of the last emperor in February 1912. The multi-ethnic Qing dynasty Legacy of the Qing dynasty, assembled the territoria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
