In Zhongshan, there are eighteen towns including Shiqi, Dongsheng, Shaxi, and Nanlang. Although they are not far apart, each town has its own unique flavor. It’s like a vivid food map. The popularity of delicious food stems from the prosperity of the region. Zhongshan is located in the south of Guangdong. It has rivers and is close to the outlet of the Pearl River. It has been a food custom since ancient times. Seafood, river freshness, fruits and vegetables, delicious food all year round. Hence, becoming a true place of good food. A food map gives you a panoramic view of Zhongshan’s food.

Shiqi: Squab

When you go to Zhongshan, you must eat squab. The squab of Zhongshan is in Shiqi. Squabs are only 10 to 12 days old, their real prime years.

Marinate the squab first, add N seasonings while marinating. Among them, there is Smilax poria.

Smilax poria, clears away heat and removes dampness. Pigeon is delicious, but some people are afraid of heat. Adding Smilax poria powder just solves the problem. The marinated squab is fried until golden red in color, with crispy skin and smooth meat, with flavorful bones and juicy meat. A pigeon can be eaten like raw fried, salty and sour, spicy, salt baked...each has its own flavor.

Spicy young squab, borrowed from Sichuan spicy chicken method, first deep-fried and then stir-fried, spicy and appetizing, best enjoyed with wine!

Salty and sour pigeon, soaked in ginger as a matchmaker, sour and fresh, fresh and spicy.

Cook the cured pigeon rice with rice cooker. With the north wind, the cured rice is the most delicious. Cut the squab into cubes and stew them with preserved meat into the rice.

A bowl of hot rice with rich flavor is already a hearty winter feast. The rice cooker cooks a whole pot, which is just right for the whole family.

Dongsheng: Crispy Pork Grass Carp

When the fish was still three to four kilograms the previous year, by feeding broad beans, mung beans, and running water, the grass carp would weigh up to ten kilograms a year later. Around this time, it will be transformed into crispy meat dumplings. At present, Crispy Pork Wan is only farmed in Zhongshan across the country. And Zhongshan crispy pork belly is located in Dongsheng Town.

A piece of crispy pork belly can be extended to nearly 30 ways to eat it in multiple cuisines. The frozen crispy pork belly is made from the best of other methods. It is braised first and then chilled overnight to make it taste even better. The meat is cool and crispy, and the tomato sauce with mustard is so refreshing!

Salt-baked crispy grass carp, served in clay pot, a grand dish. As soon as you lift the lid, the aroma overflows. The grass carp meat is sweet and crispy, the shrimps are plump and elastic, fresh but not greasy.

Nanlang: Clam Patties

Clam meat, fish meat, minced pork are beaten repeatedly into a puree, added with leeks, kneaded into cakes, and fried over low heat. Very Q and very flexible.

Shaxi: Mushrooms

Shaxi produces black mushrooms, simmered thoroughly in oyster sauce, soft and waxy, crispy water chestnuts, and delicious with rice.

Hengmen salt and pepper lotus root

Plum pig knuckles in port dialect

Sanxiang: dim sum

A dim sum platter, containing three special snacks. Pumpkin cake, vegetable dumplings, tea cakes. Vegetable dumplings, made of glutinous rice and cornstarch, have a translucent skin, which is simple on the outside, and filled with broccoli, dried shrimps and sausages, which are golden and beautiful.

Tea cakes, sweet and salty. The skin made of sticky rice flour and glutinous rice flour is soft and delicate. Sweet tea cake, with bean paste and shredded coconut hidden inside. Salted tea cake, dried radish, seaweed and dried shrimps. The two types are easy to distinguish. On top of the salty rice cake, there are sprinkles of sesame seeds.

Xiaolan: Chrysanthemum

Xiaolan has long been famous for its "Chrysanthemum Banquet". Chrysanthemums are used in dishes, which are both elegant and healthy. The chrysanthemum glutinous rice balls are full of fragrance and sweet in the mouth.

Chrysanthemum and Smilax Poria Cake has a sweet and sour taste. Chrysanthemum candy, light and crispy in the mouth. Refresh and remove fire.

PS: Characteristics of each town in Zhongshan

Shi Qi: Squab. Dongsheng: crispy meat. People: Pink kudzu. Xiaolan: chrysanthemum.

Dongfeng: dried fish; Nanlang: seafood, duck porridge, dried shrimp.

Sanxiang: Ye Zai, Lai Fen.

Shenwan: pineapple, grass worm.

Horizontal column: Hengmen lotus root and water crab.

Huangpu: first vegetable, cured meat.