Cantonese cuisine in the narrow sense refers to Cantonese cuisine (i.e. Guangzhou cuisine), and in the broad sense it also includes Chaozhou cuisine (Chaoshan cuisine) and Dongjiang cuisine (also known as Hakka cuisine).

1. Cantonese cuisine (i.e. Guangzhou cuisine)

The scope of Cantonese cuisine includes the Pearl River Delta and Shaoguan and other places. Cantonese cuisine is the representative of Cantonese cuisine. Since ancient times, there has been a saying of "food in Guangzhou has the reputation of "Fengcheng (Shunde)'s cooking" and "Food in Guangzhou, taste in Xiguan". Such as white-cut chicken, roast goose, roast suckling pig, crispy roast pork, braised pigeon, honey barbecued pork, lobster in soup, steamed grouper and other delicacies.

2. Chaozhou cuisine (Chaoshan cuisine)

Chaozhou cuisine originated from the Chaoshan region of Guangdong. Chaozhou cuisine is the backbone of Cantonese cuisine and the representative of Cantonese cuisine. "It is beautiful and well-known at home and abroad, and has a history of thousands of years. The ingredients are exquisite, the ingredients are widely selected, the workmanship is fine, the Chinese and Western are combined, and the quality is fresh and delicious. Famous Teochew dishes include: Teochew braised platter, Teochew beef hot pot, marinated pork knuckles, braised foie gras, oyster bake, hibiscus shrimp, sand tea beef, Teochew beef balls, Huguo cuisine, assorted black stone ginseng, Teochew fish balls, and millet. Meat, Teochew noodles, etc.

3. Dongjiang cuisine (also called Hakka cuisine)

Hakka cuisine is mainly popular in Meizhou, Huizhou, Heyuan, Shaoguan, Shenzhen and other places, covering the Meijiang, Dongjiang and Beijiang basins . The traditional signature dishes of Dongjiang include: Yannan Fei Tea Field Duck, Hakka Stuffed Tofu, Braised Pork with Pickled Vegetables, Salted Chicken, Pork Belly Wrapped Chicken, Stuffed Bitter Gourd, Pickled Pickled Meat Pie, Hakka Braised Pork Soup, Three Cups of Duck, Dongjiang Dongpo Banquet, Dongjiang Dragon Clam, Babaowo Whole Duck, etc.