Guangdong cuisine absorbs the advantages of Central Plains cuisine and Western cuisine, and then absorbs the advantages of Guangdong local cuisine. Just like Guangzhou's culture, it combines ancient and modern, Chinese and western, and has a unique Guangzhou food culture, which has won the reputation of "eating in Guangzhou".
The following are some characteristics of Guangzhou's eating habits-drinking morning tea, herbal tea and making soup. These eating habits are closely related to the climate and culture of Guangzhou, which embodies the unique and charming Lingnan culture.
First, have morning tea.
Drinking morning tea, Guangzhou people like to drink tea, especially morning tea. When we meet in the morning, we often greet each other with "Have you had tea" (meaning "Have you had tea"), which shows our preference for tea. Drinking tea is a life custom of Guangzhou people. There is a folk saying that "a pot of tea in the morning does not need a doctor". When people in Guangzhou say drinking tea, they actually mean drinking tea in a teahouse (formerly called teahouse). Drinking tea in Guangzhou is actually a social way. Take Daoxiang Restaurant as an example. Morning tea usually opens at 7 o'clock in the morning, and evening tea doesn't close until the next day 1-2 o'clock. At ordinary times, there are dozens of tables for Taoxiang. Everyone talks and shares together, which is very lively. Lao Guang generally prefers to go to the Ga teahouse. Besides Daoxiang, there are Taotaoju and Guangzhou Restaurant.
Second, drink herbal tea.
Herbal tea is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine which is cold in nature and can eliminate internal heat. After boiling, it is used as a drink to eliminate sore throat caused by summer heat or winter dryness. Guangzhou has a subtropical monsoon maritime climate. At the same time, Guangzhou people love to eat, sometimes eating too much fried things will inevitably get angry, so drinking herbal tea has become a perennial habit of Guangzhou people. Wang Lao Ji's most famous herbal tea has always been admired by Guangzhou people. It can be said that Guangzhou herbal tea combines the essence of Chinese medicine theory, that is, the unity and harmony between man and nature, which means "harmony between man and nature".
Third, soup.
The most famous dish in Guangzhou is "Old Fire Soup" cooked with various herbs. The climate in Guangzhou is hot and humid, and sweating is the physiological adaptation of local people. Drinking soup can replenish the water lost by sweating, which is a good eating habit. Soups with the functions of clearing away fire, expelling toxin and nourishing, such as peanut pettitoes soup, Lady Enforcers pork tripe soup, ginkgo apricot raw fish soup, etc. Cooking with home-cooked materials and suitable medicinal materials for a long time has become an indispensable delicacy for Cantonese people every day. The real "soup" can't be cooked for a long time. You have to eat soup residue to get more nutrition. Now people in Guangzhou are slowly realizing this and starting to adjust the time of cooking soup.
Guangzhou's food is famous all over the country, even the world. At the annual food culture festival, many early adopters flock to eat soup, which is worthy of being a foodie in Guangzhou.