Chinese cuisine (Chinese: 中國菜) originated from the various regions of China and has become widespread in many other parts of the world — from East Asia to North America, Australia and Western Europe.Regional cultural differences vary greatly amongst the different regions of China, giving rise to the different styles of food. There are eight main regional cuisines: Anhui, Cantonese, Fujian, Hunan, Jiangsu, Shandong, Szechuan, and Zhejiang. There are also featured Buddhist and Muslim sub-cuisines within the greater Chinese cuisine.

Restaurant failed 2 health inspections in a month after health officials found a live mouse, mouse droppings in multiple places, flies and dozens of live cockroaches, the Heath Department said."We're rectifying it as quickly as we can," said owner Steven Bruce. I think he could have chosen a better verb.

Mice and cockroaches are not on the menu at Serendipity 3, the Manhattan restaurant that unveiled a record-breaking $25,000 chocolate dessert fused with edible gold, but they managed to cost the owners of the Upper East Side establishment a pretty penny.