Written in front of the four-day trip to Chaoshan seems to be very short, but the planning has been a long time, is a variety of urge a Shantou friends to us "by the way" piggybacking home (peer 4: Shantou Shantou sister is the big head, Guangxi Nanning sister + Guangzhou sister + Guizhou Anshun sister). Because this trip to Chaoshan is to follow a friend to her home as a guest, so everywhere to eat and drink most of the car or taxi, do not do a detailed guide.
Our itinerary is high-speed rail "Guangzhou South - Kwai Tong; Kwai Tong - Puning" (tickets to buy late, can only be transferred to the intermediate transfer station to transfer, can not buy a ticket when). (If you can't get a ticket, you can consider this method). We live in Chaonan District, Shantou, is relatively close to Puning Station, so we landed in Puning.
Although we didn't stay here for long, and our main goal is to eat and eat, there are still some impressive things we can talk about, and I hope to share the Chaoshan in my eyes with you.
1, Chaoshan people to take you fly ~
This time in Chaoshan wandering fortunately there are locals with, or really is the language barrier is also afraid of pit (after all, the field). Language barrier is true, encountered some roadside refreshment stalls old grandma and grandpa is really do not speak Mandarin, friends of the elderly family are not all able to complete the communication in Mandarin, can only rely on us to take us around the big brother act as an interpreter. When you buy something, ask the price of the time, all she played the first, the boss listened to also feel friendly, naturally easy to chat open ~
2, drop? Or hit or bus it
Shantou, Chaozhou are not big, small cities are still the common problem of transportation is not convenient enough, there is no subway, drop cab is also less, motorcycle is a lot. Tried to drop a little, either a, or no, or self-driving good ah.
3, never find the traffic lights
In Shantou, crossing the street that feel really take life on the road (especially outside the road that area), motorcycles and cars driving fast. Can't find the street light, occasionally see the light is just a yellow light ...... always the same yellow light has been on the flash ah flash, four face masked.
4, in Chaoshan to stay a few days, slowly eat, do not brace bad ~
Chaoshan is not just a city, Chaozhou, Shantou, Jieyang, Puning have snacks from all over the world, and everywhere the flavor is different, it is estimated that to try may have to be this side of the permanent residence it ~
5, be sure to eat a meal of Shantou friends of the family's home-cooked food (or at home to play the beef fondue also good)
The home flavor is superb, not only good taste, but the Chaoshan people are very warm. I'd like to thank Xiaoting's whole family for their hospitality~
6. Drinking Kung Fu Tea
I don't know if we drink Kung Fu Tea or not, but when we first arrived at my friend's house as a guest, I saw her family brewing tea, a whole set of tea utensils, and the host gave us pots of Iron Goddess of Mercy and greeted us enthusiastically with a cup of tea all the time.
Asked my friend what is called "Kung Fu Tea", she said that Kung Fu Tea is not the name of a type of tea or tea, but a technique of making tea. The reason why it is called Kung Fu tea, because this way of making tea is extremely delicate, the operation requires a certain amount of effort, Kung Fu is steeped in the learning, tasting and drinking. So she thinks that ordinary people usually make tea for their own guests even if it is kung fu tea.
7, go out at night? Don't
That day was really scared, the old Chaoshan advice "night is not safe, don't walk". The field of a look at a contact to know is out of town (either do not understand or will not say, and you are still carrying a bag), well, New Year's ...... is not very safe, a small section of the road is also a friend of the father to the car with the car in the past.
8, the menu does not price, yell on the food
It seems that I have not seen the Chaoshan roadside stalls or stalls have menus and price, sit down directly and the boss said: want a xxx (such as 4 bowls of kuey teow), the boss will be directly on the price, anyway, the price will not be bad to where, we all have a number, but if you go to the stalls, it's best to ask the price of the order before it will be better.
9, walk in the park, enjoy a moment of tranquility
Went to Zhongshan Park to hang out, go to the park is by chance. In the park to walk casually, sunbathing, feed the fish, in fact, there is nothing to stroll, just figure that half a moment of leisure ^ _ ^
Well, the night in the city tired of shopping, back to the hotel to lie down, turn on the TV, a set of Shantou or what is broadcasting the news, a little bit do not understand, look at the subtitles to recognize the Chaoshan language special sense, so that you can still understand.
11, please be prepared to cash
Since the Chaoshan food came, please be prepared to cash. There is no need for too much, Chaoshan prices are not high, affordable can eat a lot, but a lot of snack stores, roadside stalls or only accept cash. Alipay is usually only used in big stores or downtown areas.
12, "Street Sweeping" to taste all the authentic snacks in Chaoshan
(1) the amount of material sufficient intestinal noodles
A plate of intestinal noodles in Chaoshan each bite can eat full of ingredients, do not worry about a intestinal noodles can not eat.
1) Shantou intestinal noodles
The picture is eaten in Shantou, steamed intestinal noodles with a steamer, the rice milk is very fresh, but I feel that the flavor of soy sauce is slightly salty (it should be an individual store), and the skin is thin, smooth and tender is its characteristics. Vermicelli store is basically the route of self-selected ingredients, the standard is eggs, green vegetables, seafood (mainly oysters) and pork. Most of the stores have free tea, so have a cup of tea after eating and get rid of the fatigue! Satisfaction!
(Location: Shantou Jinping District, near the Twelfth Middle School)
2) Teochew intestinal noodles
Standard eggs, pork and cabbage intestinal noodles, there are also separate oyster intestinal noodles, a spoonful of oyster sauce and a spoonful of peanut sauce, a sweet intestinal noodles.
(2) I was in People's Square eating bean curd.
I know that bean curd is eaten differently in different places, basically sweet in the south and salty in the north, but I've never tried such sturdy bean curd! The picture shows the "square old brand sweet soup" home near the People's Square, Jinping District, Shantou, bean flowers, looks hard, like cake, cut can see a hole, but tastes very soft, the flavor of beans is super strong. A big spoonful of bean curd is followed by a big spoonful of powdered sugar, which makes a great combination. 5 dollars a bowl. Then this time fellow Guizhou girl began to say that their side of the bean curd with chili, salty (Jia Yan you see here do not ...... hit wash me)
(3) everywhere kuey teow (guǒ)
Teochew "kuey teow" are made of rice flour and other processed products, which are the same as the rice flour. It is similar to "cake", but it is not a kind of kueh, like kueh, kueh juice, kueh is actually a ritual offering.
(Location: near Shantou 12th Middle School and Chaozhou Pai Fang Street)
1) The picture below is leek kuey teow (a kind of rice-free kuey teow), which is fried with sweet potato flour and crystal clear. It tastes fragrant, crispy and fresh!
2) Horseshoe crab?
In Mandarin, it's: horseshoe crab (hòu) kuey teow (guǒ), and in Chaoshan, I really don't know how to spell it (hao? gui?). It has shrimp and meat inside, and because it is deep-fried, it is a little crispy on the outside and tender and sweet on the inside, but you'll get tired of it if you eat too much of it. It is said that the most orthodox way is to take horseshoe crab meat and mix it with rice syrup, add minced pork, mushrooms, partridge eggs and other ingredients, and then finally cook it at high temperature in oil. However, it is hard to find horseshoe crabs nowadays, so most of them use sweet potato flour or rice syrup to make kuey teow, and then add other ingredients. You can still try it in Chaoshan.
3) Potato kuey teow, rice-free kuey teow, bamboo shoots kuey teow, taro kuey teow, turnip cake
They are all fried things, very oily, eat too much greasy, personally I do not like it very much.
4) Red Kuey Teow
Ah, can't help but feel girly. This is red kuey teow, also known as shou tao kuey teow, red kuey teow, red peach kuey teow in Chaoshan. It is filled with rice or vegetables and is salty. It is not known how the pink color came out, maybe it is added some coloring to make it more festive?
(4) Beef hot pot, to try!
The Teochew hot pot is very beefy!
The first day's dinner was settled at a friend's house, and the first choice was beef hot pot! I was entertained at my friend's house, and my parents bought so many things: beef, hand-beaten beef balls, tripe, beef dumplings, and cow ......... can't pronounce the name of the cow part.
Beef hot pot soup base is a clear white, and the Sichuan spicy hot pot compared to the bottom of the pot less red, orange, yellow and green temptation. The star of the hot pot is naturally beef and beef meatballs, which is certainly not missing. The meat is freshly bought from the beef store outside, and tastes especially crisp and fluffy, full of meat flavor and butter flavor, with a mouthful of fragrant juice splattered. With the special salsa, a strong flavor between the mouth and mouth.
(not at home to eat hot pot if you can public review under the "Hai Kee")
(5) to a bowl of authentic kuey teow
Let the locals to take to eat a local authentic kuey teow (in fact, should be quite authentic).
Boss, can I have a bowl of "Beef Balls Kuey Teow or Beef Kuey Teow"? No, no, no, just say "Bowl of Kuey Teow", the meatballs and the beef are mixed together.
When ordering, say "two taels, two taels"? （No No No, again, no such thing, a big bowl of noodles.
The kuey teow is very different from what I ate in Guangzhou, it is very thin, very slippery and soft, enough flavor!
The next morning my friend also took to try the pork rice noodles
(6) Fried sweet potato? Pork knuckle ring? A meaning
Shantou street stalls sell this fried things, do not know how to say in Shantou, anyway, a variety of fried: fried potatoes, fried taro, fried sweet potatoes ...... sent a ticket to ask everyone what this is? A variety of answers bombarded over: sweet potato cake, pig's foot circle, fried drop hoof kuey teow ...... Chaoshan words speak out also do not know how to spell it.
(7) Want to eat always in the queue of the strawberry ice
Toss and turn to find the Shantou twelve strawberry ice, the legendary net red milk tea store, to queue, crowded, but worth it. Strawberry ice is directly with fresh strawberries, fresh milk and ice together with the fine strawberry ice, base on the pulp with matcha ice cream - this is the strawberry control and matcha control of the winter.
(Location: near No. 12 Middle School, Jinping District, Shantou)
(8) Sugar scallion cake? Where are the scallions?
I saw a granny selling them on the side of the road for 10 RMB a piece, 1 packet of sugar scallions + about 8 cake bases + a small packet of topping powder. When you eat a piece of cake base wrapped in sugar shaped like green onions, sprinkled with peanut and sesame powder and other ingredients, sweet. Sugar onions are made of sugar, I guess they are called sugar onions because of the hole in the center that looks like a green onion? It's best not to eat sugar onions directly, it's very sweet and greasy, wrapped and eaten will be much better, and it is recommended to eat up to two pieces really enough.
(9) Oyster Roast vs Cucumber Roast
Oyster Roast feels like a pastry made of small oysters, potato flour and eggs. Because it was eaten at a stall, the oysters were fresh, no fishy odor, and tasted soft and crunchy on the outside. Drink with sweet potato porridge is a good match.
(Positioning: Shantou Jinping District, old Zi Niang night congee)
Cucumber brand 10 yuan a copy of the inside of the shredded cucumber, shrimp, crab, a large portion of the look and feel so good to eat the taste of oyster branding is not so salty, more glutinous, may be potato flour put too much.
(10) never eaten vegetables
Motherwort and hemp leaves, from never eaten vegetables, can be fried or boiled soup. Motherwort is very common in Chaoshan kuey teow, and the "hemp leaf" of fried hemp leaf is slightly rough, not sure if it is a wild vegetable.
(11) I fry I fry I fry I fry
In the snack street next to Shantou Twelfth Middle School, I met an old woman selling fried dumplings (I think they are fried dumplings), a lot of stuffed dumplings! Chives, taro, corn, carrots, meat dumplings ...... and have not seen the potato dumplings and mango dumplings, potato dumplings are delicious, to go home and must be their own package to try. What's Mangguang? Baidu said it is a cold potato, also known as Shakuo, anyway, it tastes crunchy and sweet.
(Location: near Shantou XII Middle School)
(12) Is barley soup barley water?
Before I ate it I thought it was ordinary barley sugar water, I didn't realize it was eaten for breakfast in Chaoshan, salty! Salty! Inside are pork mince, dried fish, fungus and barley (that's pork kueh kueh all replaced with barley).
(13) Spring rolls wrapped in green beans
Crispy skin, salty filling, inside is salted green beans, shrimp, mushrooms. The owner is very enthusiastic, and lifted up the bag to take a picture of me when he saw me with my camera.
(Location: Chaozhou Pai Fang Street area - Hu Rongquan)
(14) Dumpling Balls - Half and Half
The magical yin and yang dumplings - because it's half salty and half sweet, the sweet one is wrapped in mung beans, which tastes like mung bean cake; the salty one has shrimp, mushrooms and salted meat.
(Location: around Pai Fang Street, Chaozhou)
(15) What a big plate of fried cake kuey teow!
Wow, it's a big plate full of gao kuey teow, which is a steamed rice cake with white rice syrup, then cut into small pieces and mixed with egg, shredded ginger and green onion to be stir-fried. Eat the first door of Chaozhou Pai Fang Street, the eggs are slightly salty, do not eat more, to meet the addiction on the good.
(Positioning: Chaozhou Pai Fang Street area)
(16) duck mother twist
Lightly look at the name want to break the head can not guess that this is a sugar water it, super sweet a dessert. Go to the Chaozhou Hu Haiquan store, 8 yuan a bowl, a bowl of two dumplings similar to the pill, a sesame a peanut, with sweet potato, taro, silver ear of boiled sugar water, sugar really put too much.
(Location: Chaozhou Pai Fang Street area)
(17) Glutinous rice pig intestines in the look of not eat
It is glutinous rice and peanuts stuffed into the intestinal coating, the sauce sweet. But the flavor is ordinary, sticky teeth, not recommended.
(Positioning: Chaozhou Pai Fang Street area)
(18) goose rice - no goose is not a seat
The third day of the bus back to Shantou has been seven o'clock in the evening, went directly to the Shantou Qishan Old Goose Restaurant. A sit down does not order directly began to serve food, the speed is super fast. Goose head, goose intestines, goose kidney is the most expensive, goose intestines are fragrant and crispy; goose meat, on the contrary, is relatively ordinary, but sweet; favorite goose blood, fresh and not fishy, dipped in pickled plum juice is awesome!
Goose meat rice on the white rice poured a dish of marinade, seems to be goose juice? So eat super fragrant ~ with soup for the bitter melon rib soup, sweet, bitter with a little meat sweet. In the end, we swept away all the food on the table and settled the bill for 180 yuan.
(19) Soybean milk with yam? Egg soy milk?
This is also eaten for breakfast in Shantou, sweet. The odd thing is that when you cook the soy milk, you add yam or egg into it and cook it together, it has a strong bean flavor. The yam is peeled into a rolled thin slice and cooked soft and tender, a good match. The fritters are crispy and not too much flour.
(20) Teochew Tea Pieces
The so-called tea pieces are tea cakes, sugar cookies, candied fruits and so on. I went to a specialty store, and there were all kinds of pastries, which made me very hungry. After consulting with my Chaoshan classmates, they all recommended green bean cake(绿豆饼), and immediately bought five bags of ...... so many small snacks, I was so envious.
Sadness is so big that I have regrets every time I traveled, there are still a lot of snacks that I didn't have a chance to eat before I left, which is a pity:
Chaoshan Ke Rice, Puning Dried Bean Curd, Puning Liu Sha Intestine Noodle, Chaoshan Turnover Taro, Fish Dumpling, Sugar Paintings, Sesame Tea, Phoenix Floating Dried Bean Curd, Casserole Congee......
13. and cell phone to
Like to record people can be wandering around the time to note their own in Chaoshan, what they see and hear and feel, I stayed in Chaoshan not long, and not a variety of recommendations have been, a variety of food have tried, can not be comprehensive. This article has any errors or omissions or need to add also please leave me a message, I will reply in time.
Finally, I would like to talk about my personal views on traveling in Chaoshan. This article is based on my tour route to introduce, is not professional, the route is not necessarily the best, write a bad please bear with you. The following purely personal taste personal ideas, do not like also refused to personal attacks ......
1, food in Chaoshan
are said to be "food in Chaoshan" Yes, Chaoshan snacks a lot, but said that the food paradise what are there is to feel a bit too much! Because all kinds of snacks around the store taste is not the same well, good to eat or look at personal taste.
2, the most recommended tour:
(1) Shantou: Eat eat eat
Under the car to find a place to eat (recommended to go to a pile of snacks), snacks to eat the same for a change in a change in the same snacks to continue to eat, eat can be back, there is no good to shop.
Eat recommended: Shantou Chaonan District, Xiaoshan Town, Shantou, Shantou, Jinping District, twelve near the snack bar (but the snack bar here is very decentralized)
(2) Chaozhou: eat shopping combination
Teochew eight scenic views of the Guangji Bridge is worth going to see, a walk along the riverside to look at the river, blowing the river wind, coupled with the time to go just cloudy, the feeling of the Mengmeng cool, the view and the Dong ethnic minority in Guangxi! The scenery and Guangxi Dong Dong wind and rain bridge have a spell. Guangji Bridge is also surrounded by snacks around the Chaozhou area can try ~
Eat Recommendations: Chaozhou Pai Fang Street area
3, the most recommended snacks : bean curd, yam soybean milk, kuey teow, oyster roasting
4, the most I would like to say : Thank you for the hospitality of the Xiao-Ting family of Ou-Ba, welcome to my hometown to play, and will definitely take you to the fly ~