Hangzhou’s cuisine is fresh, light and a little sweet. It is probably the Chinese cuisine most suited to the western palette and offers many scrumptious dishes, such as Longjing Xiaren, or shrimps cooked in Longjing tea, Jianjiao Qiezi or eggplant stir fried with (not very spicy) chili peppers and the much loved Tangcu Paigu, or Sweet and Sour Pork.