Guangzhou cuisine, also known as Guangfu cuisine, is the representative of Cantonese cuisine. The taste is relatively light, striving to be fresh and light, and it changes with the seasons. Summer and autumn tend to be lighter, while winter and spring tend to be richer.

Representative varieties include: Dragon-Tiger Fight, Boiled Shrimp, Roast Suckling Pig, Taro Braised Pork, Whampoa Scrambled Eggs, Stewed Grass Insects, Dog Meat Pot, Colorful Fried Snake Shreds, etc. These are all famous Guangzhou dishes with local flavor.

Cantonese style roasted suckling pig 1. In the traditional custom of Guangdong, roasted suckling pig is very popular in Cantonese cuisine and is an indispensable barbecue item for banquets.

Roasted suckling pig has become the first choice among the "Top Ten Famous Dishes" for feasts, and has become the first course of traditional Cantonese banquets.

Recommended restaurants ① Nanyue Jiayan; Address: No. 124, Gexin Road, Haizhu District; 50 yuan per person.

② Datong Restaurant; Address: No. 63, Yanjiang West Road, Yuexiu District; 30 yuan per person.

2. Crispy Roasted Goose Crispy Roasted Goose is a traditional barbecue meat dish in Guangzhou. It is cooked with the whole goose, and the skin, meat and bones are still intact. It has the characteristics of crispy skin, tender meat, fragrant bones, fat but not greasy.

With its golden-red color and mellow taste, it is indeed one of the indispensable dishes for banquets.

Recommended restaurants ① Hederen; Address: Hede Street, Xihua Road, Liwan District; average price per person is 50~100 yuan.

② Juntian Club; Address: Beijing Road Commercial District, Yuexiu District; per capita 50~100 yuan.

③ Jufu Restaurant; Address: Tianhe Park, Tianhe District; 30~50 yuan per person.

3. Baked Lobster in Soup This is the most traditional method of "Cantonese boiled lobster". It is said that this dish was created by the Taishan people who first came to the United States: seven-year-old lobster is stewed together with minced meat, egg paste and soup.

It only takes a few minutes. Because it is juicy and tender, foreigners like to use it with rice. In the words of an old man, "this dish has fed three generations of Chinese in Chinatown."

Recommended Restaurants ① Lobster King Seafood Restaurant; Address: Inside the Zoo, No. 120 Xianlie Middle Road, Yuexiu District; 200 yuan per person.

② Shenggangwan Seafood Restaurant; Address: No. 14, West Zhulan Road, Liwan District; per capita consumption is 100 yuan.

4. White-cut chicken White-cut chicken is the most common type of chicken dish in Cantonese cuisine. The chicken is fresh and tender, with original flavor. It is served with mustard sauce and soy sauce.

It is a local dish in Guangdong and has a unique flavor.

Recommended restaurant: Youyi Restaurant; Address: No. 165, Shanmulan Road, Liwan District; 30 yuan per person.

5. Braised Squab Pigeon in Guangzhou Although the name of Guangzhou’s Braised Squab Pigeon has the word "shao" in it, it actually has nothing to do with the charcoal grilling method. It is fried.

This is the interesting thing about Guangzhou’s unique cooking.

The meat is tender and juicy, flavorful to the bone, and the skin is crispy but not dry.

Recommended restaurant: Lan Kwai Fong; address: No. 5, Shamian South Street, Liwan District; NT$50 per person.

6. Lao Huo Jing Tang Guangzhou people’s obsession with a bowl of soup is unexpected. It is not just to help digestion, but to another level.

A bowl of soup represents the quality of your life. Drinking soup shows that you are cared for by your family.

Recommended restaurant: Dayang Original Stew; Address: No. 160, Wenming Road, Yuexiu District; 30 yuan per person.

7. Smooth fish balls. The beautiful traditional Huangpu dace fish balls are called chicken balls because they are shaped into chicken waists.

The color is ivory white, so it is also called White Prince. It is soft, smooth and loose in the mouth, and it is better if it tastes refreshing and has an airy texture.

Recommended restaurant Jun'an Fish Village; address: Huadi Food Plaza, No. 54 Hualei Road, Liwan District; 30 yuan per person.

8. Steaming Haihe Fresh Steaming is the most classic cooking method in Guangzhou. Without adding any flavor, the same fish is circulated and dialyzed only by the evaporated flavor of the fish itself, thus maintaining the original flavor of the fish to the maximum extent.

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Recommended restaurant Guangsheng Restaurant; Address: 3A Floor, Yue Hengfeng Building, No. 14, West Zhulan Road, Huangsha Avenue, Liwan District; RMB 100 per person.

9. Sweet and sour sweet and sour pork Sweet and sour pork is originally a very common summer dish in Guangdong, called sweet and sour pork.

In the early years, Cantonese people went to America to work hard and brought sweet and sour pork to Chinatown. As a signature dish, it is deeply loved by foreigners.

Some people jokingly called it Guilao Rou. Later, they felt it was disrespectful to foreign friends, so they took the homophonic name and changed Guilo Rou to Gulu Rou.

Recommended restaurants: ① Fulin Restaurant; Address: No. 417, Huifu East Road, Yuexiu District; 30 yuan per person.

② Yayuan Restaurant; Address: Chaotian Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou City; 30 yuan per person.

10. Eight Treasures Winter Melon Cup The winter melon cup is mainly made of eight ingredients: duck meat, roast duck meat, shrimp, scallops, fresh lotus seeds, fresh mushrooms, lean pork, and duck gizzards.

High-quality winter melon cups are soft and rotten, the meat is fresh and smooth, the soup is fragrant, the soup is green, and the appearance is beautiful.