China / Sichuan Cuisine

It is famous at home and abroad for its hot peppery flavor. The wide variety of tastes is summed up in the phrase "a hundred dishes with a hundred flavors". Famous dishes include saute shredded pork with fish flavor, saute diced pork, strange tasting chicken, steamed beancurd with minced pork in pepper sauce and dry roast rock carp.

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• Cantonese cuisine
• Shandong cuisine
• Huaiyang cuisine

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