京菜

Pronunciation

English Name

Beijing cuisine

Cantonese (Traditional)

京菜

Mandarin (Pinyin)

jīng cà

Yale Romanization

gīng choi

Character Breakdown

京 is short for Beijing (second character of the name, meaning capital), and 菜 is vegetable or dish or cuisine. So 京菜 is Beijing cusine or literally capital cuisine.

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About This Dish

Beijing cuisine is influenced both by the imperial court menus of Beijing (the most famous probably is Peking duck) and food of the surrounding provices.