The diversity of dishes, ingredients & its cooking methods makes it a very distinctive cuisine, depicting its culture & cuisine.
Pan Asian Cuisine is considered to be the culture of food within a society & most importantly the “Umami” flavors are the highlights of this cuisine, which includes sweet, sour, salty, and bitter. Umami meaning delicious savory taste. Most commonly used ingredients are rice, garlic, ginger, sesame seeds, chilies, soy, tofu and the methods of cooking, such as stir frying, steaming, poaching, shallow & deep frying. Most of the dishes are made “ala minute” and are considered to be very healthy for e.g. Sushi.
Pan Asian Cuisine, has a vibrant history. This particular cuisine continues to enrich and develop, with its ever-growing popularity worldwide. Pan Asian Cuisine is an important part of daily life within the Asian Culture. Asians, not only enjoy eating, but believe, that, eating good food can bring harmony and can create a strong bond & memories within the families and friends.
Ethnic Pan Asian cooking does not involve a lot of deep-fried cooking. Major concern is for the food’s texture, flavor, color, and aroma, which are the crucial points of a good Pan Asian cooking. Asians, daily meals consist of the following food groups - grains, vegetables, fruit, and meat. Vegetables, fruits, and meats used in Pan Aian Cuisine are usually fresh. And as major of the Asian countries are situated on the coast lines, fresh seafood in predominately used within their daily meals.
Pan Asian Cuisine is a blend of freshly prepared dishes with strong aromatic taste, that features predominant flavors of citrus and herbs such as lime, coriander, basil, galangal, tamarind & lemon grass, having a balanced cooking between, stir-frying, boiling and steaming.
Pan Asian Cuisine not only reflects, but also preserve the Asian Culture & Heritage. The traditional dishes represent the traditions, beliefs, ethnic group, and cross-cultural communities. Food involves beliefs, in the way some of the Pan Asian foods are prepared. Pan Asian Cuisine is a harmonious blend of ingredients, skills, flavors from the varied Asian Cultures. The highlights of an Asia Cuisine, are the Umami Flavors, Aromatic Spices, Fiery Tastes, Balanced Harmony, Textures, Colors & the whole Culinary Delight, which brings out a Symphony on the Platter. To name a few, the Sushi’s, the Dim sum’s, the vibrant Curries, the Ramen, the Pho, are a gastronomic extravaganza within themselves.
Japanese (the Umami), Chinese (the Yin Yang), Korean (the Fermented Spicy Flavors), Thai (the Vibrant Lemony Curries), Vietnamese (the Fresh, Balanced & Light flavors), Indonesian (the Rice Table) and much more, depicts the Pan Asian Cuisine’s cultural diversity of the region. The famous Food Streets, the Historic Temples & their Religion, lifestyle of Communal Eating, are the showcase of the Pan Asian Culture through their Food.