haowanr

ok thanks, point taken. back to your original post, i'd be interested in having access to such a database. i was looking for a culinary school in china some months back, but not anymore because i've made other commitments. having a central point of access would save a lot of time. ← sure write a mail to me and i see what i can do for you. need to know your level, budget etc.

Beijing Duck was brought here by the court that moved to Beijing in the Ming (1368-1644). It was in the 15th century that the first Duck serving restaurants opened in the city. Not from Shandong but from Jiangsu. Anyway Duck lovers eat the Sichuan or Guangdong prepared versions of this bird and not the so called Beijing Duck.

sometimes wikipedia is not accurate. i have studied sinology and found many facts there simply false. There are anhui restaurants here but the cuisine is Jiangnan same as for zhejiang and Jiangsu.

try torpark with firefox and all your problems are solved. Surfing around the f i r e wall is easy i would say and never had any problems with in Beijing or Shanghai

What are they? Most authorities accept a minimum of 8. ? ← according offcial historical journals and records the Chinese cuisine is divided into the: 1. Yue Cai (Canton Cuisine) 2. Jiang Nan Cai (Shanghai cuisine) 3. Lu Cai (Shandong cuisine) 4. Xiang Cai (Hunan cuisine) 5. Chuan Cai (Sichuan) Everyone that has interest in this in China knows this. The cuisines are also related to The former administative regions China held in Imperial times. Any further sub divisions is possible but if you study at a culinary school you normally study one of the 5 cuisines as mentioned above.

Hi i am living in China for the last 13 years and have a travel company among others specialized in culinary travels in China. Was just wondering what the interest is like within this board and what people want to get out of the Chinese cuisine. We place professionals and food lovers with several culinary schools in China representing the main 5 cuisines. We also place people in like buddhist vegetarian restaurants or other for day courses. We are a responsible company and do this because I love the Chinese ktchen in all its aspects and believe that many people are misinformed about it. This because there are basically just 2 types of Chinese cooking available outside China. But there is so much more like the Muslim cuisine, Hunanese or Dai and Guizhou cuisines. Also presently China is on the move and so is its agricultural and cooking culture. Fusion for example can be found everywhere now and with the creativity and cutting skills of the Chinese these can make great impact if they would be served in "the West". Looking forward hearing your comments!

Iy is called hu lou in pu tong hua and is commonly grown and used in ancient times to store herbal medicine and water. They dry and carve the gourds and sell them on many markets but can also be eaten fresh. The Chinese people believe it has strong cooling characteristics.

Hi there are several good schools and ways of learning the cutting and culinary skills of the Chinese cuisine. We normally take people to several schools in China where they stay for a month or so. Most interesting are the Sichuan, Vegetarian and Cantonese cuisines, but there are great mixed cuisines in Yunnan province where many people from different ethnic backgrounds live and almost everything you can imagine is grown there. So if you want we can provide you with a set up in a School in Sichuan for example.