Chinese Cuisine & Dishes
Chinese dishes by cuisine, with Chinese-English names and ingredients
A dish-by-dish guide to Chinese cuisine: each entry gives the Chinese and English name, pinyin, a short description and key ingredients, covering Sichuan, Cantonese, Hunan, Jiangzhe, Northeastern, Northwestern, Yunnan-Guizhou cuisines, hot pot, street food and desserts.
Rice Noodles
📍 Hunan cuisine
Hunan-style rice noodles
Sauce Plate Duck
📍 Hunan cuisine
Spicy dried duck
Small-Fried Yellow Beef
📍 Hunan cuisine
Stir-fried beef with peppers
Stinky Tofu
📍 Hunan cuisine
Deep-fried fermented tofu
Sugar Oil Baba
📍 Hunan cuisine
Fried glutinous rice cake with syrup
Taste Shrimp
📍 Hunan cuisine
Spicy crayfish Changsha-style
Eight Treasure Rice
📍 Jiangzhe cuisine
Glutinous rice with eight kinds of dried fruits and nuts
Scallion Oil Noodles
📍 Jiangzhe cuisine
Shanghai classic: noodles tossed in fragrant scallion oil
Hairy Crab
📍 Jiangzhe cuisine
Seasonal autumn delicacy, prized for rich roe and creamy paste
Dongpo Pork
📍 Jiangzhe cuisine
Braised pork belly, rich but not greasy
Braised Lion's Head Meatballs
📍 Jiangzhe cuisine
Huaiyang classic: large braised pork meatballs
Longjing Shrimp
📍 Jiangzhe cuisine
Stir-fried shrimp with Longjing tea leaves
Pan-Fried Buns
📍 Jiangzhe cuisine
Shanghai pan-fried buns with crispy bottom and juicy filling
Squirrel-Shaped Mandarin Fish
📍 Jiangzhe cuisine
Deep-fried mandarin fish in sweet and sour sauce, shaped like a squirrel
West Lake Vinegar Fish
📍 Jiangzhe cuisine
Hangzhou signature: grass carp in sweet vinegar sauce
Soup Dumplings
📍 Jiangzhe cuisine
Shanghai-style steamed dumplings with rich broth inside
Salted & Fresh Pork Soup
📍 Jiangzhe cuisine
Shanghai soup with salted pork, fresh pork and bamboo shoots
Nanjing Salted Duck
📍 Jiangzhe cuisine
Nanjing specialty: brined duck with tender, savory meat
Three Fresh from the Earth
📍 Northeastern Chinese cuisine
Stir-fried eggplant, potato and green pepper
Northeastern Cold Starch Noodles
📍 Northeastern Chinese cuisine
Cold wide starch noodles with vegetables and sesame sauce
Northeastern Boiled Dumplings
📍 Northeastern Chinese cuisine
Northeastern-style boiled dumplings with generous filling
Crispy Sweet & Sour Pork
📍 Northeastern Chinese cuisine
Northeastern classic: crispy pork slices in sweet and sour sauce
Braised Pork Bones
📍 Northeastern Chinese cuisine
Large pork bones braised in rich soy sauce
Grilled Cold Noodle Sheet
📍 Northeastern Chinese cuisine
Northeastern street food: grilled cold noodle sheet on griddle