I have been to Shantou many times, and there are quite a lot of delicious food in Shantou. The food here is not high-end dishes, but more of local snacks, street snacks that ordinary people can afford. I will share them with you below.

When you arrive in Shantou, what snacks should you not miss?

1. Rice rolls. Although Shantou rice rolls are introduced from Guangzhou, they also have Shantou's unique taste. They are still different from Guangzhou rice rolls. Shantou rice rolls pay more attention to fresh ingredients and sauces.

The skin of the rice rolls is so thin that it is almost transparent. When topped with a special flavor sauce, the originally transparent rice noodles are dyed with color and the texture becomes smooth.

Shantou people can eat rice rolls with three meals a day and four midnight snacks. It can be said that rice rolls are the most popular snack in Shantou.

2. Chaoshan oyster bake Oyster bake is a traditional snack in Chaoshan area. Chaozhou's oyster bake has long been famous. Shantou's oyster bake is also very delicious and is widely spread among the people.

It uses high-quality snow powder, and even the lard is made from the bristle meat of local pigs. Every step of the production is very meticulous.

Delicious and fragrant, crisp but not hard, crisp but not soft, it is a delicious snack.

3. Beef balls Beef balls are a traditional snack in Chaoshan area and are famous throughout the country.

The raw materials for making beef balls include beef, starch, etc. They are made by hand and are divided into beef balls and beef tendon balls. The finished product has a crisp texture and is chewy in the mouth.

With the introduction of machines, traditional hand-made meatballs are gradually being replaced. The beef balls made by machines are indeed not as delicious as hand-made ones. Traditional hand-made beef balls can bounce very high when thrown on the ground, which shows how elastic they are.

4. Braised goose Braised goose is a traditional dish in Chaoshan area, and the locals call it lion-head goose.

The braised goose is fragrant and smooth, fat but not greasy. It is braised with soy sauce, rock sugar, cinnamon, amomum villosum, cardamom, star anise, galangal, rice wine, garlic, shiitake mushrooms, etc. It has a full texture and a long aftertaste after one bite.

A good snack to go with your drink.

5. Kueh Teow Kueh Teow is a famous local snack in Chaoshan area and has been famous for a long time.

Generally, it can be divided into soup base boiled with pork bones or chicken bones or beef rice noodles.

In Shantou, there are many stalls selling Kway Teow in the streets and alleys, and there is an endless stream of them every day, which shows how much Shantou people love Kway Teow.

6. Rice dumplings In Shantou, rice dumplings are called rice dumplings. They are hexagonal in appearance and come in two flavors: sweet and salty. There are also sweet and salty rice dumplings, which are called "double-cooked rice dumplings" by the locals.

The wrapping of Ruo leaves preserves the fragrance of glutinous rice to a great extent, the delicacy of red bean paste and the tenderness of meat. The crystal-clear and smooth glutinous rice is soft and glutinous in the mouth, sweet and delicious, and very appetizing.

Although the above 6 Shantou snacks are very common local snacks in the local area, friends who come to Shantou are still recommended to look for them and try them. You will find that Shantou’s delicacies are hidden in the streets and alleys.

Of course, there are many delicacies in Shantou, such as horse crab cakes, fish balls, casserole porridge, etc., which taste very good. You are welcome to leave a message to add.