Chinese cuisine is a great contribution Chinese people done to the world food development. The highly sophisticated food culture is a unique characteristic of Chinese culture. Universally well known as one of the three greatest cuisines of the world, Chinese food in all its variety and complexity is unquestionably one of the finest pleasures a visitor can experience in China. The other two famous cuisines in the world are
Turkish cuisine and French cuisine.
The high reputation can be attributed to its art of cooking. In western countries, cooking is considered as a skill, in which people followed the recipes strictly like laboratory instructions. In China, cooking is an art, which allows for a creative and stylistic touch to it. Chinese cuisines are often described as "Colorful", "varied" "delicious" and "complex". According to Chinese, the food should be good not only in flavor and smell, but also in color and appearance.
China is a great country with long history and vast territory, which make its cuisines more varied and developed. During its long period of history, China has developed many regional cuisines, of which the most famous and popular ones are the four great cuisines: Sichuan cuisine, Shandong Cuisine, Guangdong Cuisine, and Jiangsu-Zhejiang Cuisine.
