Chinese Food Trivia
From dim sum to the Eight Great Cuisines, prove you’re the wok master of Chinese food trivia!
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
In the Cantonese yum cha tradition, tea houses serve what bite-sized dishes alongside tea?
Dim sum
Lu, Chuan, Yue, Su, Min, Zhe, Xiang, and Hui are the core regional styles—collectively, what are these Chinese culinary traditions called?
Eight Great Cuisines
If northern Chinese fare leans on wheat—noodles and buns—the humid, river-rich south is centered on what staple grain?
Rice
In dishes like mapo tofu and hot pot, what ingredient creates Szechuan cuisine’s signature numbing sensation?
Sichuan peppercorns
Xinjiang cuisine—famous for cumin kebabs and hand‑pulled noodles—traditionally avoids which meat?
Pork