Shandong (Lu) Cuisine

Lu cuisine is composed of Jinan cuisine and Jiaodong cuisine. Though the two cuisines have the same geographical position and belong to the category of "Lu cuisine", they have their own characteristics.

Jinan cuisine selects materials extensively. The dishes with thick color are particular about being bold and unconstrained. Moreover, the strong point of Jinan cuisine lies in making soup. The use and making of clear soup, milky soup and superior soup all have strict stipulations. The famous snacks of Jinan include Wu Ren Stuffed Bun (a bun stuffed with 1 kernel each of the following five things: walnut, peanut, ginkgo, melon seed and sesame),

Jiaodong cuisine, which includes dishes in Qingdao, Yantai and Weihai, excels in making seafood. The cooking method of Jiaodong cuisine is particular about freshness, liveliness and insipidity though its flavor gives priority to tenderness. Some famous snacks include, stir-fried clam, frozen vegetables with green-bean starch noodles and Chinese fried dumplings (twenty to thirty different flavors!).

Representative dishes:
    Fish in sweat and sour sauce
    Braised pig elbow
    Fried mutton slices with green scallion
    Braised sea cucumbers with spring onions
    Baked bean curd
    Braised whelk with brown sauce