1. Guangdong Cuisine
By Jaymee Eastwood
9D 2016

2. What province or city is famous for this cuisine?
Guangdong is a Chinese province on the sea coast of the people’s republic of China.

3. The features of this cuisine.
The Cantonese features are very different to food features here in Australia. Some features of Cantonese food is; ginger, aniseed, coriander leaves, rice vinegar, oyster sauce, hoisin sauce and sugar.

4. The history of this cuisine.
Chinese society greatly valued gastronomy and developed a extensive amount of study of the subject based on its traditional medical beliefs.
Chinese culture initially centred around the North China Plain.
Nobles hunted various wild game and consumed mutton, pork, dog and beef, as these animals were domesticated.

5. 3 representing dishes from this cuisine.
3 most popular dishes from Cantonese cuisine is:
Chinese steamed eggs
White cut chicken
Char sui (barbequed pork)

6. Any interesting story about the cuisine or any dishes.
Yum cha, also known as going for dim sum, is a type of Chinese style brunch tea, which involves drinking Chinese tea and eating dim sum. It’s popular in Cantonese – speaking regions in China, including the southern provinces of Guangdong and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau and has spread to other regions worldwide due to the presence of overseas Chinese.

7. The cooking method and ingredients of one of the representing dishes, what is it famous for? Why are these ingredients used? The best way to eat it? Does it have a symbolic meaning? etc. - Chinese Steamed Eggs.
Chinese steamed eggs or water eggs is a traditional Chinese dish, found all over China. The eggs are beaten consistently similar to what are used for omelette and then steamed. It’s sometimes referred to custard eggs on menus. If eaten cold, it has the taste and texture of gelatine (unless sugar added).

8. Why does this area have this type of cuisine/food, use these ingredients /have this flavour? Any climate geographical or historical reasons?
It is a widely served style of Chinese cuisine. Most Chinese who immigrated and set up restaurants overseas were from Guangdong. Though what is served abroad now has departed from Yue cuisine.

9. Chinese table manners
There are special differences from manners in western countries. Around dining tables guest should only ever sit after the host/hostess invitation to be seated. Dishes are always placed in the centre of the table. You may start eating after host/hostess and guests have been seated.

10. Comparing to Australian cuisine, are there any similarities or differences in terms of cooking, flavour or use of ingredients? What are they?
Chinese food tends to be perceived as a singular cuisine, Australia is a more home grown food environment and Australia uses more natural ingredients but Cantonese is very oily and most dishes are deep fried.

11. In my opinion is this cuisine healthy? Why or why not?
Some Chinese foods can be healthy because its vegetables and can be cooked a certain way for it to be healthier than other Chinese foods. But it can also be unhealthy from all the deep fried foods and the oils Chinese use to cook their foods.

12. What do I like about Chinese? What don’t I like about Chinese food? Why?
I really enjoy Chinese food because it has a different aroma, taste, texture, presentation and a different origin. It is also different to Australian foods.
I love Chinese food.

13. Any other things about Chinese cuisine/food to provoke your thinking?
It is a good opportunity to research about different types of food and culture other then your own because it gives you a good knowledge of food if you wanted to travel overseas.