What does Kaifeng cuisine mean?

Kaifeng is the birthplace of Henan cuisine and Kaifeng cuisine is the representative of Henan cuisine. Its characteristics are: harmonious five flavors, moderate quality and taste, wide selection of materials, exquisite knife work, good at making soup, dozens of cooking methods, and roasted vegetables are the most distinctive.

After 1000 years of precipitation and accumulation, Kaifeng cuisine is divided into four systems: palace cuisine, official cuisine, temple fair cuisine and local cuisine, forming a unique flavor of the capital of song dynasty, which is an important part of Wei Bei cuisine in China.

There are hundreds of traditional dishes in Kaifeng, such as roasted noodles with carp, four treasures set meal, Dongpo meat in clear soup, fried purple crisp meat, steamed lion's head, braised tripe, fried herring head and tail, etc. In addition, there are hundreds of special snacks such as soup dumplings, cockfighting and fried bean jelly.