siomai, siopao, pancit, noodles.
Cramp bark has culinary applications, being used to make jelly, alcoholic beverages and in certain food dishes.
takoyaki, sashimi, sushi, onigiri.
Believe it or not the tradition for a big Chinese dinner is to serve an expensive Brandy, such as Napolean Brandy. However, in this case you could serve white with the seasfood dishes, poultry, and if you have beef stir fries then use red wines. Just put out both. Merlots are usually all good. The Chinese also have certain alcoholic beverages of their own so if you really want to stick to this cultural meal go onto: www.google.com and type in: Chinese alcoholic beverages. Both Gewurtraminer and Riesling are generally considered good choices for Chinese food. However, to accurately pair food with wine a person would need to know what foods are being served for each of the 5 courses.
Blue dishes
In the USA mint is found most often in beverages, candies and desserts. As for main dishes, I believe it is most often paired with lamb.
Popular Chinese dishes include Sweet and Sour Pork and Gong Bao Chicken. You can get more information about these dishes and more online at the China Highlights website.
It wasn't invented. It developed over centuries of Chinese cooks making dishes, changing them, developing new dishes, etc. As long as there have been Chinese people, there has been Chinese food.
Yes, some Chinese dishes, such as dumplings, can have onions in them.
There really are no 'main' Chinese dishes. There are however several general types of foods. If you focus on appetizers (egg rolls), main dishes (fried rice/ noodles) and vegetable dishes (chop suey), and potentially meat dishes (ginger beef), you will have a great party!
Stick with vegetable dishes. They come with different varieties of sauces and white rice. You can also order vegetable fried rice without eggs - some Chinese restaurants still use eggs. Many Chinese restaurants also have the option of steamed dishes, but they taste terrible and require loads of soy sauce!
Some Chinese dishes are spicy (anything with Szechwan in the title is usually quite hot) . Most dishes are just "aromatic".
He likes many different Chinese dishes.