Various shippoku dishes at a restaurant inNagasaki, Japan
Shippoku (卓袱) is aJapanese culinary style that is heavily influenced byChinese cuisine.[1][2] It has been described as afusion cuisine and as a "hybrid cuisine" that combines elements of European, Chinese and Japanese cuisines.[3][4] Meats used inshippoku cuisine include fowl, fish, and game meats.Sake typically accompaniesshippoku dishes.[5] Theshippoku style of service typically includes several small dishes that comprise a full meal.[6]
Shippoku cuisine originated from Chinese immigrants toNagasaki, Japan during theEdo period,[5] which occurred from 1603 to 1868. Nagasaki was the only place in Japan where foreigners (Portuguese, Dutch and Chinese) were allowed to reside during the "centuries of seclusion."[5] During the eighteenth century in Japan, the popularity of Chinese cuisine increased among Japanese intellectuals, and restaurants that focused uponshippoku andfucha cuisines, a vegetarian cuisine also influenced by Chinese cuisine, emerged.[5]
Shippoku cuisine remains a specialty of Nagasaki.[2]
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