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Shandong Cuisine is on the list of the four most famous Chinese cuisines. Enjoying
great renown ever since the Spring and Autumn Period, 2500 years ago, Shandong cuisine is
nowadays regarded as representative of the northern cuisines. It was not until the Yuan
Dynasty, 1800 years ago, however, that Shandong cuisine was introduced to the imperial
court. The cuisine lays much emphasis on the outer appearance and color of courses, the
most famous dish being golden-looking sweet and sour carp. Shandong cuisine presents its food (usually deep-fried, braised, roasted or stewed)
with a strong emphasis on soy sauce, shallots, and garlic. Of the most famous regional
varieties, the seafood of Qingdao and the Confucius specialities in Qufu, come highly
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