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Is Hong Kong cuisine Cantonese?

Hong Kong cuisine is not Cantonese cuisine, because of the geographical proximity and similar tastes.

Cantonese cuisine is Cantonese cuisine, which is one of the four traditional Chinese cuisines and one of the eight major cuisines. The narrow sense of the Cantonese cuisine refers to the Canton Province dishes, that is, Guangzhou cuisine, here the Canton Province contains: Shun, South, Fan. Cantonese cuisine in a broader sense is also known as "Chao Yue Cuisine", developed from Guangzhou cuisine, Chaozhou cuisine, Dongjiang cuisine, three different types of cuisine, of which Guangzhou cuisine and Dongjiang cuisine is similar.

Hong Kong cuisine, light flavor, delicate dishes, the main ingredients to seafood-based, a blend of Fujian, Guangdong and Hakka cooking techniques, has been through the Dutch and Japanese cultural influence, and then combined with Taiwan's products and local food customs to develop a cuisine.