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Shanghai cuisine
By Brody and Jacinta
Shanghai is located here
on the east China coast
just to the south of the
mouth of the Yangtze
river.
Features
• Benbang Cuisine and Haipai Cuisine have many things in common: First, they
make great use of fresh meat, chicken, vegetables and especially all of marine
ingredients such as fish, shrimps and crabs. Secondly, they have a great number
of signature dishes made from various seasonal ingredients. Thirdly, a wide
range of cooking techniques have been adopted and include steaming, braising,
stewing, stir-frying, quick-frying, deep-frying, boiling, marinating, smoking and
roasting. Fourthly, strongly hot food hardly ever forms part of Shanghai Cuisine.
Most of the dishes taste fresh, clear, mellow, sweet or subtly spicy.
• In recent years, Shanghai Cuisine has been greatly influenced by Cantonese
Cuisine. Consequently the foods are now less oily and more delicate with the
use of more high quality and expensive ingredients. People here have become
more concerned about a healthy diet. This means there is an upsurge in the
trend towards the use of fresh ingredients and in particular good quality fruit
and vegetables
History
• West Lake Vinegar Fish is a traditional delicacy of Hangzhou with
sweet and sour flavor. It’s Shanghai cuisine is the youngest among
the ten major cuisines in China though with a history of more
than 400 years. Traditionally called Benbang cuisine, it originated
in the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368-1840).
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Chinese Table Manners
• Eating- When eating a meal in China, people are expected to
behave in a civilized way (according to Chinese customs) , pay
attention to table manners and practice good dining habits.
• A round dining table is more popular than a rectangular or square
one. As many people who can be seated comfortably around it
conveniently face one another. The guest of honour is always
seated to the right of the host; the next in line will2 sit on his
left. Guests should be seated after the host's invitation, and it is
discourteous to seat guests at the place where the dishes are
served.
Is Shanghai Cuisine healthy?
We believe that Shanghai Cuisine is very healthy as it offers a variety
of flavours which is good for your system & they use many
vegetables/ fruits and many meats such as beef, pork, fish & many
more.
What do we think about Chinese Cuisine?
We believe that the Chinese Cuisine is very different compared too many
other country’s such as America, Australia and India just too name a few.
Some of the foods prepared in restaurants use the balance of yin and yang
coming together to form a magnificent flavour for your tastebuds to enjoy.
Chicken and Duck Blood Soup
• Shanghai's favourite soup is chicken and duck blood soup. it
contains solidified blood as its main ingredient. the blood rather
resembles dark red tofu and has very little taste. The broth used
is a very light or slightly salty clear chicken broth with some spring
onion
Xiaolongbao
• They are famous soup dumpling. The dumplings, cleverly hiding its
soup within its delicately pinched wrapper. Before you eat the
dumpling you have to puncture the dumpling wrapper to let out
the steam, and then slurp the soup slowly before eating the
Xiaolongbao.
Yangchun noodles
The Noodles are a delicious and famous food in China, and have a
very long history. Noodles mean longevity in Chinese culture, which
makes them very popular in China. They have become many Chinese
people's staple food.
- Yangchun noodles are also called clear soup noodles
How to cook Yangchun noodles
Ingredients for each serving:
• 1 serving noodles (around 100g)
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce or to taste
• 1 teaspoon home rendered lard or 1/2
teaspoon sesame oil
• 1/4 teaspoon sugar
• 1 green onion, finely chopped
• Light chicken stock or liquid for
cooking the noodles as needed (around
2 cups)
Method
• If you prefer to use chicken stock, heat
chicken stock in a small pot.
• In serving bowl, combine soy sauce, sugar,
green onion and lard (or sesame oil).
• In another pot with boiling water, cook the
noodles accordingly.
• Pour around 2 cups of chicken stock or
liquid for cooking the noodles into serving
bowl to tune the seasonings.
• Transfer noodles and serve hot!
Quiz
1) What do you think about Shanghai's cuisine?
2) Where is shanghai located?
3) What is Xiaolongbao?
4) What is another name for clear soup noodles?
5) What meal would you choose from Shanghai’s menu?
6) Why is table manners important when it comes to Chinese dining?
• 7) When was the Ming & Qing dynasties?
• 8) What do Benbang & Haipai cuisines make good use of?
• 9) Who was the influence in Shanghai cuisine?
• 10) If you could, would you travel to shanghai to eat various and
new amounts of food? Why? Why not?