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Asian cuisine is a term used in the West as an umbrella term for the various cuisines of South Asia, East Asia and Southeast Asia and for fusion dishes based on combining them. It does not usually include Polynesian or Middle Eastern cuisine, but can include Central Asian cuisine.

Terminology

In the United Kingdom, the term “Asian cuisine” generally refers to the cuisine of South Asia, such as Indian cuisine; while in the United States, the term Asian Cuisine usually refers to cuisine from the countries of east Asia (particularly Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, and Thai). The usual dining term is to go out for “Chinese food,” “sushi” or “Indian food.” In particular, the term Chinese cuisine is automatically assumed to be American Chinese cuisine. Authentic Chinese cuisine is rare in the US. Being authentic, it is not known to employ the use of lobster meat. They are exclusive to urban districts with high Asian population such as Chinatowns. Even so, not every Chinatown serves authentic styles.

In much of Asia, the term does not include the country's native cuisines if it is used. For example, in Hong Kong and mainland China, Asian cuisine is a general umbrella term for Japanese cuisine, Korean cuisine, Thai cuisine, Vietnamese cuisine, Malaysian and Singaporean cuisine, Indonesian cuisine, and Indian cuisine; but, importantly, Chinese and Indian regional cuisines are excluded. Their respective regional cuisines will be referred to by their own names.

By region

East Asia

• Chinese cuisine
  • Hong Kong cuisine
• Japanese cuisine
• Korean cuisine
• Taiwanese cuisine

Central Asia

• Afghan cuisine
• Iranian cuisine
• Kazakh cuisine
• Kyrgyz cuisine
• Mongolian cuisine
• Tajik cuisine
• Tibetan cuisine
• Turkmen cuisine
• Uzbek cuisine
• Xinjiang cuisine

South Asia

• South Asian cuisine
• Bangladeshi cuisine
• Bengali cuisine
• Indian cuisine
• Nepalese cuisine
• Pakistani cuisine
• Punjabi cuisine
• Sri Lankan cuisine
• Tamil cuisine
• Andhra cuisine
• Telangana cuisine

Southeast Asia

• Burmese cuisine
• Indonesian cuisine
• Khmer/Cambodian cuisine
• Laotian cuisine
• Malaysian cuisine
• Peranakan cuisine
• Filipino cuisine
• Singaporean cuisine
• Thai cuisine
• Vietnamese cuisine

See also

• Fusion cuisine

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