assorted fancy dishes

this dish is necessary for the banquets of any scale, it is said that a nun in hedong, shanxi province created this dish. mr. deng, a chef introduced the dish into guangzhou by the end of qing dynasty. the styles of assorted fancy dishes have been improved after many years of innovation. the styles include cold dishes, hot dishes, deep-fired dishes, stewed dishes, grilled dishes and brewed dishes. in recent years there has emerged "eight scenes banquet" named after the eight scenic spots of guangzhou, such as pigeon between two bridges, moon shadow in the lake, red water chestnut, crisp oyster of pearl river. the scenery is depicted and the emotions are expressed in perfect harmony reflecting the charm of the culture of the south of five ridges.