Why is Shandong cuisine sweet?

Shandong cuisine is not always sweet. In fact, Shandong cuisine is one of the four major cuisines in China, which is famous for its unique cooking skills and tastes.

Shandong cuisine is characterized by paying attention to cooking skills and taste collocation. Its common cooking skills include frying, frying, burning, steaming and boiling. Its taste is mainly salty and fresh, and it pays attention to mellow taste. In some specific dishes, Shandong cuisine will also use sweet seasonings or ingredients, such as sugar and honey, to increase the taste level and taste diversity.

However, this does not mean that Shandong cuisine as a whole is sweet. In fact, the application of sweetness in Shandong cuisine is relatively small, and it is usually only used as an auxiliary taste, not a dominant taste. Therefore, Shandong cuisine is not necessarily sweet, but is reasonably matched according to the characteristics and taste needs of the dishes.