There is hardly any dairy in most Chinese food, except for the Northern provinces where yak milk is popular, a Mongolian influence. Inner Mongolia, Hopei, Honan, Shantung, Shansi and Shensi provinces tended to have more meat and wheat dishes than rice and seafood dishes. In view of the cold and less productive environment, Northern cuisine tends to have soup dishes with noodles, and more meat in the Mongolian areas. Eastern dishes contain much oil, and it is in the East that food is more abundant, where agriculture has a better face. Southern and Western dishes are perhaps the most commonly introduced to the world, as it is toward lower area of China.
Southern dishes tends to have much fresh seafood.
Western dishes have a more spicy touch, as it is closer to Indochina where dishes are usually spicy. All Rights Reserved.