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Hangzhou cuisine emphasizes freshness with refined techniques like stir-frying, boiling, and precise seasoning.
Ningbo cuisine focuses on seafood, maintaining original flavors through steaming, baking, and braising.
Shaoxing cuisine blends fresh ingredients with preserved foods, emphasizing rich flavors with Shaoxing wine.
Wenzhou cuisine is seafood-heavy, prioritizing light oil, light starch, and skillful knife work.
Fresh grass carp cooked with a perfect balance of sweet and sour sauce.
Braised pork belly, cooked until tender with rich soy and wine flavors.
A fresh, delicate soup made with tender water shield, chicken, and ham.
Thin, crispy tofu skin rolls filled with savory minced pork and vegetables.
Fresh spring bamboo shoots braised in soy sauce, sugar, and fragrant spices.
A whole chicken marinated, wrapped in lotus leaves, and baked in clay.
Fresh river shrimp stir-fried with aromatic Dragon Well tea leaves for a fragrant dish.
Pork belly coated with rice flour, wrapped in lotus leaves, and steamed until tender.
Slow-cooked pork belly with Zhejiang-style preserved vegetables, rich and savory.
A silky soup made with fish, known for its delicate texture similar to crab meat.
Fresh yellow croaker cooked in a flavorful broth with pickled greens.
A comforting dish of tender fish head and silky tofu slow-cooked in a clay pot.
Zhejiang cuisine is known for its freshness, tenderness, and crispness. It emphasizes original flavors, seasonal ingredients, and delicate presentation, making it a unique and elegant Chinese cuisine.
The four regional styles of Zhejiang cuisine are Hangzhou, Ningbo, Shaoxing, and Wenzhou. Each has distinct characteristics, such as Hangzhou’s refinement and Ningbo’s emphasis on seafood.
Zhejiang is called the “land of fish and rice” due to its fertile lands and rich water resources, producing abundant seafood, freshwater fish, rice, and agricultural products.
“Dongpo Pork” was created by Su Dongpo, a Song Dynasty poet and official, to reward workers for dredging West Lake. It symbolizes Zhejiang’s blend of history and culinary art.
“West Lake Vinegar Fish” uses live grass carp, boiled and flavored with sweet and sour sauce, highlighting freshness and the original taste of fish without using oil.
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