鄂菜 (ècài): Hubei cuisine

Meanings

1 Hubei cuisine
2 E-style cooking (from Hubei province)

Characters

鄂

Examples

武昌鱼是鄂菜的名菜。

Wǔchāngyú shì ècài de míngcài.

Wuchang fish is a famous Hubei dish.

鄂菜讲究'无鱼不成席'。

Ècài jiǎngjiu 'wú yú bù chéng xí'.

Hubei cuisine holds that 'no fish, no banquet'.

Tips

culture

鄂 is the one-character abbreviation for 湖北 (Hubei province), so 鄂菜 = Hubei cuisine. The region is rich in freshwater fish (the Yangtze and Han rivers meet at Wuhan), so fish is central. In 2018 it was officially rebranded 楚菜 (Chu cuisine).