Guangzhou's food culture is well-known in China. It is one of the top ten culinary capitals in China, known as' eating in Guangzhou '. Guangzhou has a food festival every year, and the food culture has a long history.
Guangzhou Cuisine
Guangzhou cuisine, based on the collection of excellent folk cuisines from all over Guangdong Province, has been continuously absorbing the essence of various major Chinese cuisines and learning from the strengths of western recipes. Guangfu cuisine has a wide range of ingredients, fine selection of ingredients, excellent skills, good adaptability, and diverse varieties. Guangfu cuisine is the mainstay and representative of Cantonese cuisine. In terms of taste, it is mainly clear, fresh, tender, and crispy, emphasizing clarity without being light, freshness without being vulgar, tenderness without being raw, and oiliness without being greasy. Strong seasonality, striving for lightness in summer and autumn, and emphasizing richness in winter and spring. The more common Cantonese dishes include White cut chicken, braised shrimp, suckling pig in the open oven, roast duck in the open oven, snake soup, etc.
Morning Tea
Morning tea Dim sum "can never be forgotten when drinking tea in Guangdong." People in Guangzhou love drinking tea, especially morning tea. When meeting in the morning, the greeting in other places is mostly "Have you eaten?", while in Guangzhou people, it is often "Have you had tea yet?" (Have you had tea?). Drinking tea constitutes a significant characteristic that sets Lingnan culture apart from other cultures. Guangzhou people like to drink tea, such as morning tea, herbal tea, Kung Fu tea, etc. People like to gather friends and go to tea houses to enjoy tea during holidays. Tea tasting comes second, mainly eating Dim sum and chatting. Guangzhou style Dim sum has various varieties, exquisite production and different flavors. There are countless famous spots, snacks, and flavored foods.
Special Snacks
Radish beef brisket: Radish beef brisket is a famous traditional snack in Guangzhou, made by simmering white radish, fresh beef brisket, and seasoning for a long time. In some bustling roads such as Beijing Road and Shangxiajiu Road, the fragrance of radish and beef brisket fills the streets.
Wonton noodles: It is the common name of Wonton people in Guangzhou. There are many such Wonton Noodle Snack Restaurants along Shangxiajiu Road, Xihua Road and Renmin Road (namely Xiguan). It is a famous snack in Xiguan. Because of its rich soup flavor, thin Wonton skin and many fillings, the egg surface has a sense of elastic teeth, so it has become a breakfast and snack food for Guangzhou people. Wonton noodles is also called Xirong.
Jidi Congee: Wu Zhanji is a famous snack shop in the Republic of China, located in Wenchang Lane, Liwan. Its Congee and Congee are the most famous. At the bottom of Congee are Rolls of dried bean milk creams, ginkgo, earth fish, etc. Congee is bright white, rice and water blend, delicious and thick.
Yazi porridge: Yazi porridge is a kind of Guangdong Congee, which tastes delicious.
Intestine noodles: a specialty snack in Guangzhou, loved by locals and a must-have for tea houses, restaurants, morning tea, and night markets. Due to its resemblance to pig intestines, Guangzhou people also refer to it as pig intestine powder. It is said that it was created by Pantang Hexian Pavilion during the Anti Japanese War and is now available in snack shops, teahouses, restaurants, and hotels.
Lotus leaf rice: Lotus leaf rice, also known as lotus leaf rice, is a famous local snack in Guangzhou. It is steamed with rice and meat filling wrapped in lotus leaves. The lotus leaves are green, and the Rice and vegetable roll is loose. The rice grains are soft, moist and fresh, with the fragrance of lotus leaves.
Restaurant Old Shop
The catering industry in Guangzhou is represented by the "Four Gardens", namely Dongyuan Restaurant, Nanyuan Restaurant, Xiyuan Restaurant, and Beiyuan Restaurant, supplemented by time-honored brands such as Guangzhou Restaurant, Panxi Restaurant, Lianxianglou, Taotaoju Restaurant, which have a history of over a hundred years.
Bar
The bar streets along Yanjiang Road, Huanshi Road, and Bai'etan are all well-known bar streets in Guangzhou.