# Regional Chinese Restaurant Menu Template

## Restaurant identity
Region:
City / province reference:
Core flavors:
Signature techniques:
Dishes that define the restaurant:

## Menu sections
### Start here
3 to 6 dishes for first-time diners.

### Regional specialties
List the dishes most specific to the region.

### Familiar bridge dishes
Items that help less experienced diners enter the menu.

### Vegetables and tofu
Include at least 4 vegetable or tofu dishes if the kitchen can support them.

### Rice, noodles, breads, or starches
Use the starches natural to the cuisine.

## Item description format
Dish name:
Chinese:
Pinyin:
Region:
Plain-language description:
Flavor:
Spice:
Contains:
How to eat: