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CHINESE STREET FOOD

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We have covered some Asian countries cuisine, in our previous blogs, all the way from north Asia to west Asia. Street food is something, which is loved by everyone; people often can’t control themselves when it comes to street food and why not? When you can get to enjoy some amazingly, tasty food in minimum amount and which can be healthy.  The street food of Asia is something every foodie, should at least try once in life. So now we are going to share some astounding food from Asia, everyone crave for street food, and when it comes to street food then Chinese street food is something worth trying for, Chinese street food is spicy, tangy, sweet and all kind of flavors and textures can be found here. It might be surprising to hear that you can find some of the most diverse delicacy, such as snakes, cockroach, frogs and more of such insects and animals are consumed in China.  Unique Preparations Stinky tofu Yes you read it right, stinky, this is prepared using soybean curd which is ferme
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WEST ASIAN CUISINE - Ⅰ

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  In our previous posts, we have covered   Northeast Asian cuisine to south Asian cuisine. We have also shared some historical influences, staple food, ingredients and some classical preparation. This one is all about the West Asian cuisine. West Asia includes countries such as Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Armenia, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Azerbaijan, Bahrein, Jordan, Kuwait, Gaza strip, Yemen, west bank and Oman. South Asia, which tends to have lots of different religions but in West Asia there are two main religions that are Islam and Christianity . It is situated near by North Africa & Southeast Europe surrounded by seven separate seas which includes the Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Persian Gulf, Aegean Sea, Red Sea and Arabian Sea. Western Asian food has influenced by 2 nd world war . Europeans invaded West Asia and brought ingredients like lemons and oranges. Ottoman empire also has strong impact on Western Asian food culture from 18 th century till now. Per
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SOUTH ASIAN CUISINE - Ⅰ

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In our previous blog we have share some arresting  knowledge about the Northeast Asian cuisine, so our new blog is all about South Asian cuisine. South Asia comprises of Countries like India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Maldives and Sri Lanka. The South Asian cuisine is completely different than North Asian cuisine. The North Asian cuisine has more influence of fermented sauces and herbs, but on the other side, the South Asian cuisine relies on the usage of spices and rich gravies. This cuisine is diversify into various cultural and traditional belief. Food of Southern Asia changes from one border to another coast line. The cuisine in these regions has more influence of foreign invaders, who ruled the country once. When such invaders came here, they brought a lots of unknown   ingredients from the foreign terrine. When the foreign influenced ingredients and local grown ingredients came   together, what comes out is South Asian cuisine. The major foreign influenced cuisine c
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NORTHEAST ASIAN CUISINE - Ⅰ

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As we promised earlier in our first blog that we will discover the whole Asian cuisine, so this blog is to give you a zest about the Northeast Asian cuisine. The Northeast Asia includes countries such as China ,Japan, Taiwan, Mongolia, and South Korea. These countries though come under Asian continent but the food and culture, the climatic condition and geographical area is drastically very different from each other. The two main countries which are very well known for their food are China and Japan. These two countries have very similar but at the same time a bit unique food preparations, both of these countries have a very privy cooking techniques. The Japanese cuisine have a very major akin of Chinese cuisine, you might be pondering what that can be, well that is Rice, yes the staple food of Japan, but they learn the cultivation of rice from native Chinese few hundreds years back. Though when it comes to rice , there are lot of varieties such as long grain, medium grain and short gr
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INTRODUCTION

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Yes you read it right, let’s get together and brace ours elves on this new venture of budding chefs, where number of spices; bold and rich in fragrance, various cultures and acclaimed festivals of 48 countries and 3 territories comprising the Asian continent, ascendancy of foreign rulers, unique cooking techniques and equipments like wok, clay-pot, mortar and pestle and most importantly herbs fuse together to create one magical Asian cuisine. Thinking of Asian cuisines sure comes with a cliché idea of some spicy preparation of curries, but along with diving into diversities the cuisine has to offer, we plan to introduce you to a world of multiple methods of preparation of each. Multi-cuisine fusion preparation is another feature that we plan to bring forth, straight from our hearts to your plates. Oh, and about the budding chefs, well here is our brief description Students of ITM IHM, OSHIWARA. We are a team of three culinary minds, named Manish, Satin & Sukhpal. We welcome you to
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Location: University of Jammu, Jammu, 180006
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