Chinese Food, Mapped

Same for Indian food, there are way too many varieties and cuisines to be lumped into one. India is literally a subcontinent with so much diversity.

I beg to differ when you said “Congee” is for kids, elder and sick. It is a comfort food eaten by any age at anytime. And the variety of choices what goes into congee is huge.

you should look at Chinese Peruvian food. the history of that is crazy, and the food is held in high regard in Peru and part of the national fabric, unlike traditional American Chinese food that is seen as greedy and quick, and no one would say American Chinese food is a cornerstone of American national culture. Great video as always, can't wait to see more

Great video mate. Maybe down the line you could cover Chinese Diasporic Cuisine ( ex. Chinese x Indonesia 🇮🇩 🇨🇳 ).

Yall need to get into yunnanese food. Some parts and folks of Yunnan are perfectly combining influences from Sichuan, Vietnam/Laos and Tibet and they have such an abundance of natural resources. I also think it would be super interesting for you to research traditional buddhist vegan/vegetarian cuisine as it has existed in china for more than 2000 years. Loved the video <3

Great video! I wish all my non-Chinese friends could watch this... One thing, though; I encourage you to do a deeper dive into the origin of Dim Sum. It actually originated in Shanghai. Ritzy folks there wanted to mirror the cafe bite-size dishes in European cities; something the Europeans would have with their coffee became something the Shanghainese would have with their specialty tea. (Your Cantonese parents would tell you that Dim Sum is also referred to as Yum Cha, which means "to drink tea" in Cantonese.)

Yunnan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Shanxi, and Shaanxi cuisines are my personal favorites alongside Sichuan. Also they're always so underrated in the west, apart from maybe Xi'an food.

Sichuanese and Hunanese cuisine is to die for 😋 my mouth is watering just thinking about it.

One thing that really interesting is Mongolian/Chinese Food especially with the Shear Reach of the Mongolian Empire influences all the way from Europe to Japan. The cooking bring done in Mongolia was a eye opener on how effortlessly adaptable food culture can be

Watching these sorts of videos I would expect at least hundreds of thousands of subscribers because of how well the video was produced but I’m surprised by how small your channel is. keep it up! I love learning more about my country

You could say the same about any large, multicultural country in the world. “Chinese food” is the sum of its parts, and I doubt most people outside of China would recognize these regional cuisines by name. Also, these regions share history, culture and languages - often influencing each other and their cuisines. Your argument ignores their commonalities and is akin to a “cuisine Balkanization”.

Awesome work -- keep it up man!

I love that you are starting by explaining the vastness and diversity of Chinese food. I'm afraid that this is something that Westerners, yes I mean primarily caucasian Western European, and North American people, tend to not realize, or at least they frequently forget if they've been told. Full disclosure, I'm a white US guy who thinks he's a more adventurous eater than the stereotypical white guy; but, I've still got a lot to learn. This channel looks like a good place to learn more.

I highly recommend visiting China and eat in each province. You won’t find the variety, quality and deliciousness outside of China.

Hangzhou is not in Jiangsu

Great video man

Another incredible episode. Well done. One food that’s not mentioned was Hakka cuisine. Is it considered Cantonese as well? I find is so unique and different than the other south China cuisines.

Very informative - thanks for making this to allow us to understand origins of food.. fantastic...

I believe that most food traveld on the silk road and people did change some ingrediens to their native produce and taste.

Thank you for this excellent explanation!