Chinese cooking offers satisfaction of both the gustatory and visual senses.
Chinese food can be roughly divided into the Northern and Southern styles of cooking. In general, Northern dishes are oily without being cloying, and the flavors of vinegar and garlic tend to be more pronounced. The cooking of Peking, Tientsin, and Shantung are perhaps the best known area styles of Northern Chinese cuisine. An elaborate stuffed chicken symbolizes the traditional Chinese with for plenitude and satisfaction. Rice and rice products, such as rice noodles, rice cakes, and rice congee, are the usual accompaniments to Southern style cooking.