{"id":17121,"date":"2016-08-08T09:21:34","date_gmt":"2016-08-07T23:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures?p=17121&#038;preview_id=17121"},"modified":"2025-03-01T06:16:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T19:16:50","slug":"china-food-trip-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/china-food-trip-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"This is what it looks like to eat your way through China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If your experience of Chinese cuisine stops at a double order of fried rice and a side of sweet &#8216;n&#8217; sour pork, you&#8217;re not alone.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, when you <a href=\"\/china\">travel through China<\/a>, it quickly becomes apparent that there&#8217;s no such thing as &#8216;Chinese food&#8217;. Oh there&#8217;s Cantonese, Sichuan, Shandong, Fujian, Hunan and Anhui food, but nothing wholly <em>Chinese<\/em>. 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Come with us on a bona fide <a href=\"\/china\">Real Food Adventure<\/a>, from Beijing and Shanghai to Chengdu and Emei Shan.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Feature image c\/o Clement Belleudy, Flickr\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpil=\"url\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17627\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/feeling-inspired-2.jpg\" alt=\"feeling-inspired-2\" width=\"800\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/feeling-inspired-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/feeling-inspired-2-425x123.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/feeling-inspired-2-768x223.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/feeling-inspired-2-585x170.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If your experience of Chinese cuisine stops at a double order of fried rice and a side of sweet &#8216;n&#8217; sour pork, you&#8217;re not alone. 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