Guangzhou has a subtropical monsoon maritime climate. At the same time, Guangzhou people love to eat, sometimes they eat too much fried things, which will inevitably lead to fires, so drinking herbal tea has become a perennial habit of Guangzhou people.

The so-called herbal tea refers to a drink made of Chinese herbal medicines which are cold in nature and can eliminate internal heat. It is used to eliminate sore throat caused by summer heat or winter dryness in human body. Guangzhou has a long history of herbal tea, and there are many kinds of herbal tea, including Wang Laoji Herbal Tea, Sanhutang Herbal Tea, Huang Zhenlong Herbal Tea, Dashenggong Herbal Tea, Shi Qi Herbal Tea, Twenty-four Herbal Tea, Cucurbit Tea, Healthy Herbal Tea, Flos Chrysanthemi, and Bitter Melon Herbal Tea. There are even turtle ling paste soup, raw fish cabbage soup, carrot and bamboo cane water and so on. It has become a traditional old-fashioned herbal tea that Guangzhou people love.

The most famous herbal tea of Wang Lao Ji has always been admired by Guangzhou people. After 1980s, various kinds of herbal tea granules and soft-packed herbal tea came into being, such as Shennong Herbal Tea and Xiasangju Tea, which have become fashionable drinks for many families in summer.

morning tea

People in Guangzhou love to drink tea, especially morning tea. When we meet in the morning, we often greet each other with "Have you had tea" (meaning "Have you had tea"), which shows our preference for tea. Drinking tea is a life custom of Guangzhou people. There is a folk saying that "a pot of tea in the morning does not need a doctor".

When people in Guangzhou talk about drinking tea, they actually mean drinking tea in a teahouse (used to be called a teahouse). Not only drink tea, but also eat snacks (as breakfast); Drink not only morning tea, but also afternoon tea and evening tea; Not only can you fill your stomach, but you can also spread news, talk about friendship and negotiate business. It can be seen that drinking tea in Guangzhou is actually a social way.

This is also an important fundamental reason for the long-lasting tea house industry in Guangzhou. Among the time-honored restaurants in Guangzhou, quite a few were teahouses and teahouses of that year.

People who drink tea in Guangzhou can be roughly divided into two categories: one is regular customers, who have to go to a fixed teahouse every morning, usually "one cup" (ribs rice) and "two pieces" (snacks), most of whom are retired people; The other is to drink "tea", that is, to drink tea on rest days, not limited to "one or two cups", but to taste all kinds of snacks and "sigh tea" calmly.

There are three tea markets in Guangzhou every day: morning, noon and evening, among which the morning tea market is the most prosperous, and it is often crowded from morning till eleven noon. Drinking tea at night is becoming more and more popular, especially in midsummer. While drinking tea, listen to opera singing and enjoy air conditioning. Morning tea in Guangzhou usually starts at 4 am, and evening tea will not close until 65438+ 0-2 am the next day.

Drink "Kung Fu Tea"

People in Guangzhou like to drink "Kung Fu Tea" in their spare time. Drinking "Kung Fu Tea" was once popular in Chaoshan area, but now it has become popular in Guangzhou. "Kung Fu tea" pays great attention to tea set, tea, water quality, tea making, tea pouring and drinking. Kung fu teapot is very small, only as big as a fist, with thin-walled porcelain and tea in the pot faintly visible. This cup is only half the size of table tennis. Tea is oolong tea. Fill the pot with tea and press hard with your fingers. It is said that the more pressed, the stronger and more mellow the fragrance of tea. The water is preferably precipitated water or mineral water. When making tea, you should immediately pour the freshly boiled water into the pot and pour it out once or twice at the beginning. When pouring tea, you should keep pouring it back and forth to avoid the situation that the front is strong and then weak. Chatting while drinking tea is called "Kung Fu".

midnight snack

Midnight snack is a life custom of Guangzhou people. It is usually eaten after 10 in the evening, hence the name "midnight snack" or "midnight snack". The way of midnight snack varies from person to person: some people cook by themselves at night; Some people eat alone or invite friends in street food stalls or night markets in teahouse restaurants, so many "night food streets" and "night markets" in various teahouse hotels have gradually formed in the city. Night markets in teahouses often have music teahouses to attract diners.

Eat dessert water

People in Guangzhou like to drink sugar water all year round. It is believed that syrup made of some medicinal materials, beans, fruits and flour products with sugar has the effects of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, promoting fluid production and benefiting the body.

There are many varieties of sugar water: beans include red bean paste, mung bean paste and plum bean paste; There are sesame paste, almond paste, peanut paste and phoenix milk paste; Medicinal materials include lily syrup, lotus seed syrup and Qingbuliang syrup; There are stewed eggs, stewed papaya, sweet potato syrup, Ma Rong soup pills, egg milk, ginger milk, candied sago, soybean milk, bean curd and so on.

After the sugar water is boiled, it is a hot drink; What you drink after freezing is a cold drink, which is usually connected to the ice room (a cold drink shop that serves ice cream, soda water, beer, etc.). The most famous place in Guangzhou is the Taiping Pavilion Ice Room on Beijing Road.

reunion dinner

"Food is the most important thing for the people", and eating is an important part of festivals in China, especially in Guangzhou, which is famous for "eating", and pays more attention to eating well and eating skillfully. The reunion dinner is more important.

A family reunion dinner is full of people's warm yearning for the family, nostalgia for their families, and concern for their parents and children. Eating reunion dinner in Guangzhou has gradually become a fashion. The main reasons are as follows:

1. With the development of economy, the catering industry in Guangzhou has also developed rapidly. In recent years, local restaurants in Guangzhou have mushroomed on the streets. Some of them give full play to the flavor characteristics of local dishes; Some have established their own brands and opened chain stores; Some tap the characteristics of vegetables from a long cultural history; Others show a strong exoticism. The dishes in the restaurant are constantly innovating; At the same time, due to the competition between the catering industry, the service level of restaurants has also been continuously improved.

Second, people's living standards have improved, and the level of food and beverage consumption has also improved. I hope to taste all kinds of food, and the types of food in the restaurant just meet people's multi-level and multi-flavor needs;

Third, people's consumption concept has gradually changed with the acceleration of the pace of life. Most women are very professional. Everyone wants to rest and relax during the Chinese New Year. So they are very busy in the kitchen, so it is better to spend more time writing about shopping with their families and enjoying their holidays. So the wind of "laziness" gradually became popular.

This atmosphere naturally broke the business. Catering units do their best to meet the needs of citizens to enjoy and open New Year's Eve in restaurants and restaurants. Therefore, it is not surprising that hotels and restaurants are fully booked on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, and the time for booking banquets is getting earlier every year. Some guests can't wait to book next year's meals even after dinner on New Year's Eve this year.

On New Year's Eve, Guangzhou people pay special attention to "good intentions", so all the dishes on New Year's Eve have a good name, such as fish (symbolizing "more than a year"), oyster lion (pronounced "good thing" and "good market"), Nostoc flagelliforme, lettuce (pronounced "making money" and "making money"), chicken feet and mushrooms.