There have been records of Yue cuisine since the West Han Dynasty. During the South Song Dynasty, it was under the influence of the migration of imperial chefs to the lamb city (Guangdong). During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it went through rapid development. In the 20th century, due to international trade, it assimilated some strenghs of western food and hence was spread all over the world. There are several thousand of Yue cuisine restaurants in New York of America. Yue cuisine develops with the dishes of Guangzhou, Chaozhou and Dongjiang as representatives.

The cuisine has extensive raw materials, a great variety of designs and colors, novel shapes. It is changeable and particular about freshness, tenderness, refreshingness and smoothness. Generally it strives to be light in summer and autumn and lay particular stree on thickness and pureness in winter and spring. Seasoning has the dinction between five tastes (fragrance, softness, stinkiness, fatness and thickness) and six flavors (sourness, sweetness, bitterness, saltiness, spciness and freshness). Its cooking excels in frying, deep-frying, braising, stewing, and sautéing, etc. The dishes have thick colors and taste smooth without being greasy.

Representative Dishes:Fried eggplant slices, fish-flaovred bean curd, sautéed dove breast with green kale, fried prawn with sesame, sautéed conch slices, crispy chicken in hot sauce, fried shrimp with scrambled egg and stir-fried meat slices with pear, etc.