Chaozhou, referred to as "Chao" for short, belongs to Guangdong province.

Chaozhou is located in the south of the motherland, in the middle and lower reaches of the Hanjiang River, and is a port city on the eastern coast of Guangdong Province. Chaozhou belongs to subtropical maritime monsoon climate, with mild climate, abundant rainfall, evergreen all year round and suitable for farming all year round. The topography of the city is high in the north and low in the south. Mountains and hills account for 65% of the city's total area, mainly distributed in Raoping County and the north of Chaoan District. The main mountain ranges are Wuyishan Mountain at the junction of Guangdong and Fujian, the branch of Zhanghong Mountain, Lianhua Mountain at the junction of Chaomei and Fenghuang Mountain.

Chaozhou is rich in plant resources, mainly including subtropical monsoon evergreen broad-leaved forest, subtropical evergreen coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest, artificial fruit tree forest, bamboo forest, etc., which constitute a diverse and rich vegetation gene bank, mainly including Pinus massoniana, Cunninghamia lanceolata, Cephalotaxus fortunei, Taxus chinensis var. mairei and so on.

Chaozhou food recommendation:

1. Chaozhou beef chafing dish

Beef chafing dish can be said to be a must-eat food when you come to Chaozhou, because the beef chafing dish here is the most authentic, and the beef is "fresh-cut", which can give you the tender and tight feeling of beef. The cooked beef is an original beef flavor.

2, beef offal kway teow

Beef offal kway teow is a traditional famous food in Chaozhou, Guangdong Province. This food is very famous throughout Chaoshan, and it is also the first choice for many people in Chaoshan for breakfast and supper. The beef offal here is different from that in other places, including beef venetian, beef tendon pills, beef balls, beef heart, beef intestines, beef tendon, beef tripe, beef liver and so on.

3. Duck Mother's Barn

Duck Mother's Barn is a special snack in Chaoshan area, Guangdong Province. It belongs to Chaozhou cuisine, which is a bit like glutinous rice balls in the north. There are four kinds of fillings, namely mung bean stuffing, red bean paste stuffing, sesame sugar stuffing and taro paste stuffing, with different shapes and sizes. Cooked duck barnyard grass is as soft and smooth as peeled litchi, with a fragrant taste.

above content reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Chaozhou City