It is a tradition for Cantonese people to go to the teahouse for tea in the morning. No matter whether family members or friends get together for discussion, they always like to go to the teahouse, make a pot of tea and serve two snacks, which is called "one cup and two pieces". This way, they can taste the tea, moisten their throats and satisfy their hunger, and the flavor is endless. Most people in Guangdong drink tea three times a day, morning, noon and evening, but morning tea is the most exquisite and the atmosphere of drinking morning tea is also the most prosperous. Because drinking morning tea is a supplement to drinking tea, it is called drinking morning tea locally.
Barbecued pork bun:
Barbecued pork bun is one of the representative snacks in Guangdong, and one of the "Four Heavenly Kings" of Cantonese morning tea. It is made of barbecued pork cut into small pieces, seasoned with oyster sauce, wrapped in flour and steamed in a steamer. Barbecued pork buns are generally about five centimeters in diameter, and a cage is usually three or four. A good barbecued pork bun is filled with moderately fat barbecued pork. After steaming, the foreskin is soft and smooth, slightly cracked to reveal the barbecued pork stuffing, and exudes the fragrance of barbecued pork.
Shrimp dumpling:
Shrimp dumpling, with fresh shrimp as stuffing, is a veritable shrimp jiaozi. Shrimp dumplings can be described as the first brother of Guangdong morning tea, and every tea house is the first to promote its own homemade shrimp dumplings. It is said that the idea of shrimp dumplings originated from the owner of a small teahouse in rural Henan, Guangzhou. Because the teahouse is located in a water town, fishermen often sell fish and shrimp on the river, so the boss buys live shrimp and makes shrimp dumplings with pork and bamboo shoots as stuffing, which is famous for its delicacy in Guangzhou.
Shaomai:
Shaomai, a famous Han snack. Also known as steamed dumplings, Xiaomi, Shaomai, Shaomei, Roasted Plum, and Ghost Pengtou, it describes the shape that the top is fluffy and folded like a flower, and it is a kind of pasta snack wrapped in hot noodles and steamed in a cage. In Guangdong morning tea, Shao Shao is the second brother in the menu, just below shrimp dumplings. Guangdong Shao Shao Shao, mainly dry steaming Shao Shao, fresh shrimp Shao, crab meat Shao, pork liver Shao, beef Shao and ribs Shao.
Barbecued pork bun:
Barbecued pork bun is one of the representative snacks in Guangdong. It is made of barbecued pork cut into small pieces, seasoned with oyster sauce, wrapped in flour and steamed in a steamer. Barbecued pork buns are generally about five centimeters in diameter, and a cage is usually three or four. A good barbecued pork bun is filled with moderately fat barbecued pork. After steaming, the foreskin is soft and smooth, slightly cracked to reveal the barbecued pork stuffing, and exudes the fragrance of barbecued pork.
rice rolls:
rice rolls, also known as Juan Fen and Pig rice rolls (because it looks like pig intestines), was created by Pantang Hexian Pavilion in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, and is now available in snack bars, teahouses, restaurants and hotels. It is to steam rice slurry into thin skin one by one in a special multi-layer steamer or cloth, put meat, fish fillets, shrimps, etc., steam it, roll it into long strips, and cut it into plates. The raw materials are called beef sausage, pork sausage, fish fillet sausage and shrimp sausage; Without stuffing, it is called sausage; Adding sugar to rice slurry is called sweet sausage.
quicksand bag:
quicksand bag is actually a variation of milk yellow bag. Also known as gold quicksand bag. It is a snack created by Hong Kong people. The quicksand bag is made of salted egg yolk (some with fresh mung bean paste, which is more sweet and not greasy), butter, sugar, etc., and steamed into a liquid state.
Boat porridge:
Many scholars go boating, and boat owners cook porridge on boats and sell it to tourists. This kind of porridge is made of fresh fish fillets, fried vermicelli, jellyfish skin and peanut kernels. It is very fresh in taste, beautiful in scenery, light in boat, cool in wind and water, and very poetic.
glutinous rice chicken:
glutinous rice chicken is a special snack of China and Guangdong Han nationality, belonging to Cantonese cuisine. It is made by adding stuffing such as chicken, barbecued pork, ribs, salted egg yolk, mushrooms, etc. into glutinous rice, and then wrapping it with lotus leaves and steaming it in a steamer. The entrance of glutinous rice chicken is full of the fragrance of lotus leaves, which sticks to the teeth when chewing and has the meat flavor of chicken.
water chestnut cake:
water chestnut cake is one of the famous traditional desserts of the Han nationality in Guangdong, Fuzhou and southern Fujian. It is steamed by mixing water chestnut powder with sugar water. Water chestnut, also known as horseshoe in Cantonese, hence the name. Its color is tawny, translucent, can be folded without cracking, and it is soft, smooth, refreshing and tough, and tastes extremely sweet.
durian crisp:
The golden and attractive durian crisp is made of fresh durian pulp with a soft and smooth filling, accompanied by a crisp crust with distinct layers, abnormal looseness and fine workmanship, which makes the index finger move greatly. After eating, the faint smell of durian makes people forget to return. Liulian Crisp is the most authentic in Thailand. In recent years, due to the rise of tourism fever in Thailand, Liulian Crisp has gradually been accepted and loved by China people. It is a common delicacy in Guangzhou morning tea. Loose and delicious, durian fragrance.