When it comes to Anhui Province, the first thing that (come) to mind might be Huangshan Mountain. In fact, this mountainous province is the birthplace of Anhui cuisine(徽菜), or Hui cuisine.
Hui cuisine is known its unique flavour and cooking techniques. The most common ingredients in Hui cuisine include shrimp, mushrooms, herbs(药草), bamboo shoots, and chestnuts, all of which (pick) or caught in mountainous areas.
To Chinese people, food is like medicine. Hui cuisine is not an exception to this (believe). To achieve this, local people use herbs (frequent), whether wild grown by people, and add them to their dishes, (make) them healthy and delicious.
Anhui people value celebrations very much. These celebrations require different dishes, have greatly promoted the development of Hui cuisine, it is said that Huizhou traders liked to show their respect to their business (partner) or friends with a big table of Hui dishes. And wherever they went, they (prefer) to build Hui cuisine restaurants.
