Destination: China
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Itinerary: Gastronomic Tour
What better place to start than in Beijing. Beyond the institutional delicacy of Peking duck, food from all over China is in town. For seafood and Shandong cuisine, follow your nostrils to Qingdao on the Shandong peninsula.
Shanghai offers an eclectic range of fine dining options, while Hong Kong will tempt with its exhaustive international and Chinese dining options. Relaxed Macau is steeped in the flavours of Cantonese and Portuguese cuisine. Further Cantonese delicacies are cooked up in Guangzhou, while clement Yunnan to the west has a diverse menu. Sichuan cuisine can be sampled in both Chengdu and Chongqing. Chefs from Hunan have a wild affection for chilli and searing flavours; other hotspots include Hubei, parts of Guizhou and Guangxi. Lhasa tempts with the flavours of Tibet, Nepal and India. Pursue the aromas of Muslim food from Xi'an, through Gansu and Ningxia to Xinjiang. Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang form the Manchurian backbone of dongbeicai (northeast food) complemented by Russian and Korean dishes.
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