Guangzhou Local Snacks

purple — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 04:00:51 +0000

Honored as “The Paradise of Foods” in China, Guangzhou gathers a wide range of specialties and delicacies, both Chinese and International. There is even a saying that “the Cantonese feat everything with four legs and in the sky except the table and the plane.” Local cuisine is known as Cantonese food or Cantonese cuisine. Snacks are also served in a wide varieties. When you come to Guangzhou for Canton Fair 2013, welcome to taste.
The congee
Along the Guangzhou streets, there is a common scene that many congee vendors are selling the congee and the people enjoying the congee. Don’t be surprised, because the Cantonese love the congee. The favorite congees are the Mung-bean Congee, the Ormosia Congee, the Gingko Congee and the Minced Pork Congee with Preserved Egg.
The most favorite one is the Jidi Congee in which the pork, the pork liver and the kidney included. The Jidi Congee deprives the name from the wish of expecting one can be the Number One Scholar in the Final Imperial Examination in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912).

Dim sum
“Dim sum” in English vocabulary is from the Cantonese which means the dessert. From this phenomenon we can tell how much the Cantonese love the desserts.
Over 1000 desserts are available in Guangzhou varies from season to season, which assembles all the Chinese desserts from the north to the south and the ancient to the modern. The dim sums are of numerous styles and tastes, appealing to all passer-by. The impressive ones are Shrimp Dumpling, Streamed Shaomai, Sticky Rice in Lotus Leaf and so forth.
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The flour-made food
The Steamed Vermicelli Roll (Chang fen), the Wonton Noodle and the KUE TEO (Shahe Noodles) are the Cantonese favorite wheaten food. The al dente flour-made foods benefits to the stomach, the Cantonese, therefore, often have them as the breakfast.

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Guangzhou Local Snacks