What to eat in Guangzhou

Guangzhou is the capital city of Guangdong province. Guangzhou is also the host city for 2010 Asian Games. As a metropolis of south China, Guangzhou is famous for its business environement, which held the Canton fair" every year. It is also famous for its special taste of food and cuisine. Tourists coming to the city enjoy the delicious local food. Here is an brief introduction to the local food Of Guangzhou.

1. White Cut Chicken Baiqie chicken is one of the simplest in Cantonese cuisine, using only water to boil without any extra flavor. It tastes fresh and light, keeping the original taste of the chicken. Its cooking method is easy. Firstly, choose a local chicken below one kilogram and clean it. Then cook it in boiling water for fifteen minutes. During the boiling process, raise the chicken twice. Subsequently let it cool. When the skin of the chicken is dry, mix it with cooked peanut oil.

2. Speical Roasted Whole Suckling Pig

The skills for roasting this valuable and rare banquet dish go back more than 1400 years. There are two main roasting methods. The first one keeps the skin smooth, using a low fire and only a little oil. The second melts the skin. It uses a big fire and oil is smeared on it continuously. During the cooking process the oil explodes and forms bubbles which expand the pig's skin. It deepens to a golden color and the bubbles spread over it closely like sesame.

3. Fo Tiao Qiang

This is a kind of superior dish, whose original name is “Fu Shou Quan”. It was first created by eminent Juchunyuan Restaurant of Fuzhou during the region of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty. Fo Tiaoqiang is made of 28 kinds of fresh ingredients such as, abalone, sea cucumber, shark’s fin, fish maw, shark's lip, tendons, hams, dried scallop, dried mushroom and Shaoxing Wine etc. Put them into an earthen jar and seal up with mud. It takes more than 10 hours to stew with slow fire. The flavor is delicious and the sweet perfumes are diffused all around. It is a delicacy in autumn and winter. No wonder that one skillful writer in Qing Dynasty recite poems to praise “The fragrance float in the air even to the neighbor house when open up. The Buddha leap the wall as soon as smell the scent.” Fo Tiao Qiang is thus named.

4. Braised Goose

Braised Goose is a kind of traditional roast meat in Guangzhou. It originated from roast duck. Choose small or middle goose and remove its wing, foot and internal organs. Blow it and smear five spices, sew the belly. Scald the outside skin in boiled water then put into the cold water. Use the syrup to smear over the whole goose. Dry in the air and preserve with all kinds of seasonings. Finally hang it up in an oven or fire and turn around. Chop the roasted goose into small pieces and taste it. The color of it is gold red and the flavor is excellent. Such stores in Guangzhou are multitudinous; among them the most renowned are Shuji Braised Goose Restaurant in Changdi and Shengjing Braised Goose in Changzhou Island of Huangpu District.

 5. Wenchang Braised Chicken

The chicken comes from Wenchang county, Hainan province. The restaurant is also located in Wenchang Road. So the name of Wenchang Chicken is more than appropriate. Cook the Wenchang chicken, adding chicken liver, some ham, and vegetable dishes. The color is bright and beautiful and the chicken meat is fragrant and tender. This dish is a recommended specialty of Guangzhou Restaurant. You can eat the most orthodox Wenchang chicken there. You will find many restaurants and hotels in Guangzhou" offering the featured food. If you have to chance to have a tour to Guangzhou, don't forget the taste the food in Guangzhou.