Chaozhou Cuisine :P

    Do you enjoy tasting brand new cuisines from other countries? Have you ever tried any dishes that are from Chaozhou (潮州)?  Actually, it is originated from the Chaoshan (潮汕) region in the east of Guangdong province, which includes the cities of Chaozhou(潮州), Shantou(汕頭)and Jieyang(桂楊). 

     Actually, the most distinctive feature of Chaozhou cuisine is well known for its seafood and vegetarian dishes and is commonly regarded as being healthy. As a delicate cuisine, oil is not often used in large quantities and there is a relatively heavy emphasis on poaching(用沸水煮), steaming(蒸) and braising(供燉), as well as the common Chinese method of stir-frying(爆炒).

     I bet there must be a culture emerged from each cuisine. For the Chaozhou cuisine, it is also known for a late night meal known as meh siao (Chinese: 夜宵; pinyin: yèxiāo) or da lang (Chinese: 打冷; pinyin: dǎléng) among the Cantonese. People in Chaozhou enjoy eating out close to midnight in restaurants or at roadside food stalls. Some dai pai dong-like restaurants(大排楅)even stay open till dawn. So you can say Chaozhou cuisine is actually pulling people close together. Quite powerful right?:P

Here comes the notable dishes in the Chaozhou cuisine, let’s take a look!

English	Traditional Chinese	Simplified Chinese	Pinyin	Description
Braised varieties	滷味	卤味	lǔwèi	Chaozhou cuisine is noted for its variety of braised dishes, which includes geese, duck, pork, beancurd, and offal.
Chaozhou-style steamedpomfret	潮州蒸鯧魚	潮州蒸鲳鱼	Cháozhōu zhēng chāngyú	Silver pomfret steamed with preserved salted vegetables, lard and sour plums.
Pork jelly	豬腳凍	猪脚冻	zhūjiǎo dòng	Braised pig's leg made into jelly form, sliced and served cold.
Steamed goose	炊鵝	炊鹅	chuī é
Chaozhou chicken	潮州雞	潮州鸡	Cháozhōu jī	A dish of sliced chicken
Oyster omelette	蠔烙	蠔烙	háolào	A dish of omelette cooked with fresh raw oysters and tapioca starch.
Salted vegetable duck soup	鹹菜鴨湯	咸菜鸭汤	xiáncài yātāng	A soup boiled with duck, preserved salted vegetable, tomatoes and preserved sour plum.

reference:

http://paper.wenweipo.com/2004/06/01/WH0406010003.htm

http://hk.dictionary.yahoo.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teochew_cuisine