Other Culinary Schools
In addition to the Eight Great Culinary Schools of China, there naturally exist a number of special cooking traditions that are strictly ethnic in origin as well as a number of special cooking traditions that belong to Banquet Service, or, as it is often referred to in China, Official Residence Dishes. This category applies to Banquet Service as it was practiced both on a royal level, on the level of state officials who held high office, and on the level of important business magnates whos…