Maoming is located in the west of Guangdong, with mountains and seas at its back. Its delicacies complement each other, and its food culture is rich, with a long history. It is mainly based on Cantonese cuisine, mixed with local cooking, especially with strict and authentic ingredients, famous for its high quality and authentic taste.

Xinyi Huaixiang Chicken is known as one of the three famous chickens in Guangdong. Gaozhou Salt Baked Chicken, Huazhou Sesame Chicken, Water Steamed Chicken and Xinyi Jiaohua Chicken are the most famous flavor chickens. Winter food dog meat pot is fragrant and nourishing, seafood is rich in raw materials, and cooking has its own characteristics; The glutinous rice bun is a must, including boiled soup bun, vegetable bun bun, potato bun, longevity peach bun, water bun, sugar cake, sugar board bun, hammer bun, grey water brown and moxa bun. The viscosity of waxy flavor is integrated with all kinds of stuffing flavor, leaving fragrance on cheeks and teeth; Maoming porridge is famous for its "clear water and hard rice", which is different from Guangzhou porridge's "harmony between water and rice" and retains the sweet flavor of the original rice. The rice soup is either sticky or clear, and it is unique. Unique foods such as thousand-layer cakes, firewood powder and dustpan cooking are well-known far and near. A series of banquets, such as seafood banquet, fruit banquet and Xianfuren banquet, are constantly being developed, enriched and developed.

Overview of Maoming Cuisine

Steamed chicken over water

Steamed chicken over water is a famous dish in Maoming. The chicken with scallion oil and white-cut chicken, which Huazhou people were proud of in the early days, lost some charm under the impact of salted chicken. So restaurant operators think of the local folk method of steaming chicken in water, which is actually very simple. After hollowing out the internal organs of the chicken, the whole chicken is put in a plate, and then it is put in a pot with a certain amount of boiling water, heated by fire and steamed by boiling water steam. This kind of chicken is delicious and gentle, which makes people who are afraid of frying food have a big appetite.

Gaozhou Salt Baked Chicken

Salt Baked Chicken, a special food, originated from a driver's hotel beside a suburban highway in Gaozhou City. This road named Shizailing has many long-distance drivers from south to north every day, and most of them will get off there for dinner. In order to attract customers, restaurants make great efforts on food. Among them, a young man named "Prince" has a flexible mind. He found that in the past, most drivers asked for fast food, simple food but full stomach, and would choose dishes that could maintain energy and have nutritional value. So he came up with a salted chicken that can strengthen the muscles and strengthen the kidneys at once. Chicken is the main course, and chicken blood can also be used as a side dish. With some light vegetables and pickles and a bowl of rice fished with chicken oil, a delicious and warm family meal that drivers have not seen for a long time will come out. This dish was very popular with drivers after its launch, and "Prince Salt Baked Chicken" became a well-known signature dish, and many people who were dozens of kilometers away specially visited it.

Later, "Yisheng baked chicken with salt", "Tianzi baked chicken with salt" and "Prince baked chicken with salt" came into being. Among them, "Yisheng" carried them forward and opened its branches to various counties and cities in Maoming, which triggered an upsurge of eating baked chicken with salt in Maoming.

Huazhou Sesame Chicken

Guangdong Huazhou Sesame Chicken, a Guangdong white-cut chicken of Cantonese cuisine, has a long-standing reputation. The chicken skin is crispy and tender, the entrance is smooth, and it is oily but not greasy. It is accompanied by a special sesame oil with a secret recipe. It has a long history.

The production of Huazhou sesame oil chicken pays great attention to raw materials and production procedures. First of all, the chicken must be a well-selected walking capon kept in rural mountainous areas. Because it grows up on the ground and eats wild food in the mountains, its meat taste is very good. Then there is a rigorous production process. Huazhou sesame chicken has two methods: steaming in water and pouring in hot soup. The steaming in water has a smooth and elastic taste, strong taste and original flavor. Hot water pouring is smooth, tender and fragrant, giving off a faint scent. Steam over water/hot water pouring is very technical. If the time/heat is not enough or too long, the taste and taste of chicken will be greatly reduced. Also, the biggest feature of Huazhou sesame chicken is the sesame oil prepared by secret recipe, which is fragrant but not dry.

Shuidong boiled chicken

Dianbai is a famous food town in South China. For a long time, "Eating in Dianbai" has become a beautiful talk in western Guangdong, and one of the famous dishes is "Boiled Chicken in Shuidong". Its history can be traced back to 611 years ago when Shuidongwei was first built in Ming Dynasty. Since then, "Shuidong boiled chicken" and "Shuidong seafood" are equally famous, which have become two daily attributives of Dianbai and nearby places. After the Qing Dynasty, "Shuidong Boiled Chicken" gradually entered the recipes of thousands of households, and became an indispensable first-choice dish for festivals, festive banquets, friends' gatherings and street food stalls.

Huazhou Boiled Chicken

When Huazhou Boiled Chicken is mentioned, many people in western Guangdong and even Guangdong Province are full of praise.

Huazhou Boiled Chicken is famous for its unique features: firstly, its ingredients are excellent. You must choose pure local chicken, and it is better to use about 1.5 kg. Secondly, when cooking chicken, after the water is boiled, it must be cooked slowly, and it should be turned constantly, so that it is appropriate to cook it until it is eight-cooked, not too raw, not too cooked, and just right. Once again, frying oil, which is the most important part. It is said that when frying oil, they are all fried in a clay pot. In addition to pure peanut oil, the main ingredients are star anise, angelica dahurica, galangal, garlic and onion. The oil released by the chef of the restaurant is Huang Chengcheng and delicious, which is mouth-watering. Therefore, many households also use the above ingredients to fry oil, but in any case it is not as good as the taste of restaurants. This is of course a matter of skill. If you ask the chef of the restaurant, they won't teach it easily, because it is also a "business secret".

electric white cut dog

electric white people love to eat dog meat, but they eat it in a special way, like to cut it in white, and they eat it all year round. The method of making white-cut dogs is: selecting tender dogs, cleaning their hair and internal organs, cooking them in an enlarged pot, picking them up, and chopping them as much as needed.

Chopped white dog will be served with chopped garlic and Chili sauce. In the streets and lanes of Shuidong, Magang, Chencun, Wangfu and other towns, whenever night falls, fragrant cooked dogs stand on the stalls, only to see people crouching around the small round table in groups, asking for a dish of white-cut dogs, plus a few or two earthenware rice wine or powerful wine, slowly sipping and chatting, which surprised many foreigners. Dog meat is cut and eaten in vain, which seems primitive, but it maintains its original flavor and is very distinctive. Therefore, it is loved by more and more people, and many foreigners are willing to try its unique flavor when they go to Dianbai. The market price of white-cut dogs is 25 ~ 41 yuan per kilogram.

boiled crab in electric white

boiled crab is eaten by electric white people, and its special way of eating is boiled. The method is to wash the crab, put it in a pot and cover it. Don't go into the water, cook it slowly and eat it when it smells fragrant. This kind of crab keeps its own flavor, so it is especially delicious. Flower-eating crabs must be flavored with sweet vinegar, because there is a parasitic fungus in crabs, which will die when it meets vinegar. The price of flower crabs in urban areas is generally 11 ~ 31 yuan per kilogram, which is the cheapest in summer and autumn every year. If there is a big tide, you will hear the sound of selling flower crabs in the market. Boiled crab is sold in all restaurants.

Boiled dog meat

Boiled dog meat is popular in autumn and winter in Maoming, with rich and delicious flavor and high nutritional value. The practice is to fry the dog skin. After the guests come to the door, add pieces of the dog skin, stir-fry it in a pot, put it in a sand pot, add precious Chinese herbal medicines such as angelica, dried tangerine peel, tsaoko, star anise and wolfberry fruit, and cook it while eating. With sesame sauce, hot sauce, fermented bean curd, sugar, oil, monosodium glutamate and other spices and ginger, vegetables, etc., let the guests cook and eat while cooking. This way of eating does not leave the fragrance, especially in the cold winter, it is more fragrant, the more delicious it is, the warmer it is. The price of dog meat per kilogram is about 71-81 yuan.

Xinyi white-cut chicken with scallion oil

White-cut chicken with scallion oil is the most exquisite way to eat chicken, but it has enough reason to be the pride of Xinyi's diet. Don't bother to refer to the traditional white-cut chicken in production. But the texture of chicken takes a lot of effort. Xinyi City vigorously promotes the agriculture of "three highs", in which raising chickens in mountainous areas is developed under the guidance of the government. The local people set up chicken farms in the mountains, allowing chickens to be picky about sand and worms in the mountains, and there is no need to feed the feed containing accelerant at all. Because the chicken feet are yellow, the chicken feet are yellow and the chicken mouths are yellow, it is known as "Sanhuang chicken", and its meat is delicious and less fat, so it does not need any ingredients or production methods at all, so it can be the "chicken" by virtue of its quality.

pig red

pig red is the blood released when killing pigs. When killing a pig, first catch the pig's blood with a clean basin, then immediately add salt and clear water, keep stirring for a few minutes, and let it stand for two minutes to become pig red. There are many ways to eat pig red, such as boiling, frying and so on. Usually, it's cooked a lot. You should pay attention to the method of cooking pork red. It's tender and delicious. First, you should prepare the soup. When the soup is about to boil, slowly add the pork red that has been introduced (or thoroughly cooked) into squares. After boiling it with medium heat, add chopped green onion or leek. After a few minutes, peanut oil can be served in a bowl. If it is accompanied by Chili sauce, it will be too tempting. But be careful, it's very hot, and it's not good to burn your tongue. Now everyone likes to eat ready-made, and you can buy it on the street. You only need 51 cents to have a bowl, which is also unique. The advantages of eating pig red: it can remove dust traces in the human body and supplement iron.

Genzi beef brisket powder

It's a pity if you haven't eaten Genzi beef brisket powder, having tasted Genzi litchi and climbing Genzi Fushan Mountain.

Genzi beef brisket powder refers to a beef brisket powder made by Zhu Yaliu. Zhu Yaliu, a root man, has been making beef brisket powder for more than 31 years. Many people don't know his name, just call him "beef brisket six". It is said that his father and grandfather also made beef brisket powder all their lives, and it has been passed down from generation to generation, which can be described as a family of beef brisket powder.

Shuidong mustard

Shuidong mustard has the characteristics of crisp and delicious, tender and residue-free, fresh and sweet, pure green and pollution-free, naturally planted and irrigated by well water. Mustard has high construction value. Mustard, also known as mustard, is the tender stem and leaf of mustard, which belongs to the lung, spleen and stomach meridians. It has diuretic, antidiarrheal, expelling wind, dispersing blood, and relieving swelling and pain. It is mainly used to treat dysuria, diarrhea, dysentery, hemoptysis, gingival swelling and pain, hoarseness, hemorrhoid swelling and pain, lacquered sore itching, traumatic injury, joint pain and other diseases, and is a common folk herb. Mustard contains more than twice as much vitamin C as Chinese cabbage, and the calcium content is the highest among vegetables, with 1.134 mg of calcium per 111 grams. Taiwan Province praised this dish as [longevity dish], because it can clear away heat and detoxify, which is beneficial to the body. Shepherd's purse is cold-resistant.

Shuidong sirloin

When it comes to beef brisket, Guangzhou people must first think of the traditional "beef offal with harmonious flavor". Pepper, star anise and various spices are mixed, and the flavor is attractive, but it is dry and gets angry. The "Shuidong sirloin" exists in an opposite posture. The sirloin cooked in clear soup is original in color, although it is light, it makes people want to stop.

Shuidong duck porridge

Shuidong duck porridge is a special specialty of Maoming, not to mention Maoming people and Dianbai people. Even the guests from Guangzhou and Shenzhen have enjoyed duck porridge in Shuidong. Authentic Shuidong Duck Porridge Shop operates a very simple variety, and often only provides porridge, ducks and cold vegetables, but its business can last forever.

wings with golden soup

wings with golden soup is a famous dish of Maoming Zhongying Hotel. Golden soup wings, a kind of green health food, is a combination of Chinese and western food, which embodies the characteristics of western soup and has a strong flavor. It not only has the function of shark fin yin beauty, but also has a good therapeutic effect on diabetes. It is understood that "Golden Soup Wings" is a unique feature in the catering industry in our city. Even in Guangzhou and Hong Kong, there are only a few restaurants and restaurants offering golden soup wings, only a few high-end hotels have them. According to Mr. Wu Xuguang, the executive chef of the hotel, this is the latest recommendation of the hotel. He is personally in charge, and each cup of soup contains 1.2 taels of wing needle and accessories for treating diabetes. It is made through strict and complicated procedures, bringing high-star enjoyment to eaters with new tastes and trends. It is reported that the hotel launched this "signature soup" in June. Because of its efficacy, its tasteless taste, its uniqueness and its taste, it is greatly favored by gourmets who like to find special foods and have bulging pockets, and there are 41 or 51 users every day.

He Maogong jambalaya

He Maogong jambalaya sliced raw and cooked papaya, sliced red and white radish, cut carambola into pieces, soaked in a little salt for half an hour, then washed with boiling water, mixed well and put in a large basin. Add some parsley, sesame, peanut powder, sugar, sesame oil, sweet and sour vinegar, pepper salt and so on. It is not only bright in color, but also crispy and delicious, sweet and sour.

Xinyi local dish

local dish is a traditional local dish. What villagers commonly call "cleaning vegetables" is actually what everyone calls sauerkraut.

Generally, green vegetables, Chinese cabbage and beans are used to brew vegetables, and beans must be accompanied by some beans leaves, so that the brewed vegetables are delicious. This dish is sour and fragrant. As a side dish, although it is not nutritious, it is delicious and appetizing because of its sour flavor.

overview of Maoming snacks

firewood gun powder

Xinyi Xijiang Hot Spring is located in Reshuiwo Village (also known as Hot Spring Village) in Beijie Town, which is a famous scenic spot. Produce a delicious food-firewood gun powder in this beautiful scenic spot. It is a rice product and a delicious snack, so it is named because it is big in the middle and shaped like a firewood gun at both ends (firewood gun is a bamboo stick used by Xinyi people to pick firewood). Compared with other rice noodles, firewood gun powder has its own unique flavor: thin, tough, tender, shiny, uniform in thickness, delicious in flavor and aftertaste after eating.

East Coast Bean Cake Corner

The rural soybeans in Gaozhou are small in size, but pure in bean flavor. They are made into dried tofu and tofu pudding, which are first-class in taste, fragrant and thick in bean flavor, soft and smooth as coagulated fat, but not easy to boil. Dry-fried tofu is golden in surface, fragrant and soft and smooth.

The bean cake corner produced in Dajian Village Committee, which is about five or six kilometers away from Dong 'an Market, is the most famous. There is Huang Tianlu who has been making bean cakes for decades in the village. According to Huang Tianlu, he has been making bean cake horns with his father for more than 21 years. For decades, he has processed dozens of kilograms of soybeans every day and sold them locally, which is very good. According to him, the most distinctive feature of locally made bean cake horns is that they are brewed with a kind of juice called "Huang Jingzi". The bean cake horns brewed with "Huang Jingzi" juice taste good, and the beans are fragrant, which will make them more fragrant as you eat them, and have the effect of clearing away heat and removing dampness.

Dianbai Golden Monopterus albus porridge

Monopterus albus, which is only used in Huishi Square, is selected from wild eels living in rivers, lakes, ponds and rice fields. It is fresh and sweet. Monopterus albus meat is high in protein and low in fat and cholesterol. It is rich in vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, nicotinic acid and three special substances such as DNA, EPA and lecithin. It is recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica that eel is sweet, warm and non-toxic, and it can replenish fatigue, strengthen bones and muscles, and disperse rheumatism by entering the liver, spleen and kidney. Modern science also found that Monopterus albus contains Monopterus albus, which has a good therapeutic effect on diabetes.

Honor won: the only designated food in the 2111 World Women's Beach Volleyball Open; The only designated food in the first China Beach Volleyball Championship; The 11th Guangdong Provincial Games will formulate delicious food; Top Ten Cuisine in Maoming Tourism Food Festival in 2111; In 2113, China Cuisine Association recognized it as a famous Chinese snack.

"Haima" yaozhu porridge

Zouma Dianbai in western Guangdong has a dazzling nightlife, while Maoming people have the habit of eating midnight snacks. Among them, the electric white "Haima" Yaozhu porridge tastes fragrant and refreshing, which makes people clap their hands.