People in Guangzhou Know Food Well

When travelling to Guangzhou, the food there is must not to be missed. No matter its morning tea culture or the Guangzhou specialties, all will leave you deep impression in your Guangzhou tourist.
Morning Tea in Guangzhou


In Guangzhou, many Cantonese start a new day with drinking morning tea. When the old Guangzhou people met each other in the morning, they always greet to each other by asking whether have morning tea or not. Guangzhou style morning tea is not just tea, but a special breakfast with various snacks included. There are lots of different tastes, of all are really very delicious.
Drinking morning tea is a very popular life style and social activity for most of Cantonese. No matter young and old, men and women, business men or common people like to drink morning tea almost without exception. The famous snacks in morning tea are shrimp dumplings, rice noodle rolls, phoenix talons, steamed meatballs, lotus leaf rice, soup, egg tart and so on which are very well known by Guangdong people.
Guangzhou Specialties

Most delicious and authentic Guangzhou Specialties are concentrated in the old city (Yuexiu District Liwan District, Haizhu District), Panfu Road, Jiangnan West Road, Huifu East Road, Shang Xia Jiu Pedestrian Street and other places. Common Guangzhou Specialties dishes include Baiyun trotter, Tingzai Porridge, Eight Treasures Melon Soup, Claypot Rice, Roast Goose, Pork tripe stew chicken, Beef Offal, Double-skin Pudding.
Baiyun trotter

Baiyun trotter is one of Guangzhou traditional dishes, fat but not greasy, crisp, and fresh. This dish is available in general restaurants in Guangzhou, and Baiyun trotter in the restaurant on the peak of Baiyun Mountain is the most delicious.
Tingzai Porridge

Tingzai Porridge is a kind of Cantonese porridge, and is made with fish, fried peanuts and other ingredients. This dish was original made on the river of Lichee Bay. The porridge taste creamy and sweet, suitable for all tastes.
Eight Treasures Melon Soup

Eight Treasures Melon Soup is a kind of soup in summer. The melon is used as the container when making the soup, so the soup got its name, when eating the dish, slowly scraped the fresh melon with a spoon, don't put soy sauce. This dish is aesthetically pleasing, light and delicious, so is good to eat in the hot summertime.
Claypot Rice



Claypot cooking is a technique of cooking food, and the Guangdong's traditional cuisine. There are totally 20 kinds of Cantonese-style claypot flavor cooking, such as sausages, mushrooms slippery chicken, tempeh ribs, liver, roast duck, plain chicken and so on. Claypot Rice is the food in an unglazed clay pot which has been soaked in water so as to release steam during the cooking process. Typically, an unglazed clay pot is submerged for 15 to 30 minutes to absorb water before cooking, then filled with the food and placed into an oven. The walls of the pot help to diffuse the heat, and as the pot warms it releases the water as steam.
Roast Goose

Roast goose is a traditional grill roast meat in Guangzhou. Derived from roast duck, roast goose is in golden red color, and delicious taste. There are many roast goose shops in the markets.
Pork tripe stew chicken

Pork tripe stew chicken, or Pork bellies chicken pot, is an essential soup before the banquet for Hakka people in Guangzhou region, with a rich aroma of herbs and pepper.
Beef Offal

Beef offal is one kind of food stew with beef, cow offal and other offal for several hours. You can eat the beef offal in many ways, such as offal hotpot, offal seafood, offal string offal etc.
Double-skin Pudding

Double-skin pudding is also known as Shuangpinai, and as its name, contains double-skin made from milk and egg white and sugar. This snack is one of Guangzhou people's favorite.