Differences between North and South Food Culture

There are differences in staple food, cuisine and food quantity between the north and the south. The south is suitable for growing rice, the staple food is rice, and the north is suitable for growing wheat. The staple foods are steamed bread, jiaozi, pies and noodles. Shandong cuisine is the main cuisine in the north, and the southern cuisine includes Sichuan cuisine, Guangdong cuisine, Hunan cuisine, Zhejiang cuisine, Fujian cuisine, Jiangsu cuisine and Anhui cuisine.

Differences between North and South Food Culture

Northern dishes are full of weight and don't pay attention to fine cooking techniques and dish names. Generally, we buy food by the catty, which is a large amount of cooking and simple work.

Generally speaking, buying food in the south is a matter of buying. The dishes are exquisite and delicate, the production process is complicated, the knife work, cooking temperature, plate setting and so on. They are all emphasized, and the amount of food is small.

Drink soup before meals in the south and soup after meals in the north. During Chinese New Year, the south eats rice cakes and the north eats jiaozi. Zongzi in the south is salty, while Zongzi in the north is sweet.