Guilin is located at the crossroads of Lingnan. Since ancient times, officials and business travelers have gathered together, and their eating habits have blended with the North and the South, and have been handed down from Guangdong, Sichuan, Hunan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Fujian. In the past century, Guangdong and Sichuan have had a great influence on their diet, and at the same time, they have integrated into local habits, and because of the development of tourism, they have gradually formed flavor snacks with certain local characteristics.
Guilin rice noodle
Guilin rice noodles are famous for their unique flavor. Its workmanship is exquisite. Firstly, milled rice is ground into slurry, bagged and drained, stuffed into powder balls, cooked and pressed into round roots or sheets. The garden is called rice flour, and the flaky rice flour is called rice flour, which is characterized by white, tender, soft and refreshing. It can be eaten in many ways. The production of brine is the most exquisite, and the process of each family is different. It is made of pig, beef bone, Siraitia grosvenorii and various seasonings, and has a strong taste. Different materials and practices of brine have different flavors of rice noodles. There are lettuce powder, beef brisket powder, three fresh powder, original soup powder, marinated vegetable powder, hot and sour powder, horse meat rice flour and so on.
Hot rice noodles: filter the hot rice noodles dry, and then add a pot of cooked pork and beef slices, braised beef tendon, beef liver and so on. Add salt water, peanut oil, crisp soybeans or peppers and garlic, and stir to taste. This kind of rice noodles tastes like a breeze and tastes good.
Original soup rice noodles: cut the pig and beef offal into sections for seasoning, cook them in a small iron pot, pour them into a bowl filled with rice noodles, and add chopped green onion, monosodium glutamate, pepper and sesame oil. This kind of rice noodle tastes good.
Vinegar rice noodles: This is a meatless noodle, which is only mixed with sour vinegar, sour beans and sour peppers. It is economical and refreshing, especially suitable for women, and it is the most popular in summer.
There are many kinds of Guilin rice noodles, the most famous of which is horse meat rice noodles. It uses special braised horse meat as the ingredient, which is tender and delicious, strengthening yang and tonifying kidney. In the past, horse meat rice noodles were mostly put in special sauces. There is only one basket of rice noodles, with a few thin pieces of horse meat on it, and a few fried peanuts mixed with Guilin Chili sauce, which tastes particularly good. A person can eat twenty or thirty plates of powder in one bite. Now in a big bowl, the taste is still the same.
Horse meat rice noodles are the most famous in Huixianlou, an old shop in the city. It is said that it was opened in Daoguang period of Qing Dynasty. The original equipment is insufficient, the store is not big, but the business is booming. The shopkeeper limited the daily sales, so that later diners had to wait until early tomorrow morning. It's different now. Customers are crowded day and night. In addition, there are rice noodles and rice noodle stalls in the streets and alleys of Guilin. It is a great pleasure for tourists to visit the beautiful scenery, eat a bowl of Guilin rice noodles and enjoy their eyes and mouths. Guilin Rice Noodle Shop is famous for its Friendship Xuan Rice Noodle Shop, Century Rice Noodle Shop and Wei Xiang Restaurant.
dog meat
Also known as ground sheep, it is a traditional famous food in Guilin and is very popular. Yellow dog is the best dog, followed by white dog and black dog. It can be eaten in a variety of ways, such as stew, stew and cold salad in summer and hot pot in winter. There is also bacon dog meat, which will be listed in spring and summer. Flexible and delicious, it is a good drink. Dog meat has the effect of warming and nourishing yin. Its cooking is especially famous in lingchuan county in northern Guangxi.
How to taste Lingchuan dog meat is also very particular. Authentic dog meat must be eaten in an authentic way, otherwise it will make authentic dog meat not authentic. For example, some people taste dog meat and turn on the gas fire loudly as soon as they come up, so that the dog meat in the pot will soon burn and even have a bitter taste. The tasters were in a hurry to mix boiling water into the pot, turning left and right, so that the smell of dog meat was completely removed, and all they ate was a burnt fresh water meat residue, which was disgusting. Eating dog meat is not picky, but mainly tasting the original flavor. When eating, burn a small gas fire with a small iron pot and shovel, turn over while eating, sprinkle a small amount of pepper, and the dog meat jumps in the pot. When there is oil in the pot, shovel it out and put it in the bowl. Never fry dog meat, let alone pour water or tofu and sauerkraut into the pot. Just stop the flameout. Don't rush to put tofu and sauerkraut in it. When three-quarters of the dog meat has been eaten, shovel the rest to one side of the pot, then pour tofu and sauerkraut into the pot and mix the shoveled oil well. Stir-fried sauerkraut in advance with a little salt. Drain the tofu and mix it into the pot. After thorough heating, add two or three small pieces of fermented bean curd, the taste is excellent, and the greasy taste of dog meat is removed. Then eating the rest of the dog meat will be more enjoyable. Finally, add Guilin rice noodles and mix them together to make you want to eat.
Nigusu noodles
According to legend, it was created by a nun in Guilin Crescent Mountain. Over time, the production method has been widely circulated. The essence soup of Guilin nylon noodles is made of soybean sprouts, fresh straw mushrooms, mushrooms and winter bamboo shoots for a long time. The soup is golden, sweet and fragrant. Boil the noodles with clear water and put them in a bowl. Put the soup away and add vegetarian dishes and seasonings such as Guilin yuba, yellow vegetables, vegetarian ham and gluten. You can eat fresh and delicious tender noodles. The most famous crescent building in Qixing Park is the nun's face.
Lingchuan dog meat
Also known as ground sheep, it is a traditional famous food in Guilin and is very popular. Yellow dog is the best dog, followed by white dog and black dog. It can be eaten in a variety of ways, such as stew, stew and cold salad in summer and hot pot in winter. There is also bacon dog meat, which will be listed in spring and summer. Flexible and delicious, it is a good drink. Dog meat has the effect of warming and nourishing yin. Its cooking is especially famous in lingchuan county in northern Guangxi.
Li Fen
It is made by grinding polished rice into pulp, rubbing it into a small cylinder, steaming it to 80% maturity, and taking it out to dry. Listed in Li Fen, Guilin, it should be cut into strips before and after the Spring Festival in winter, with bacon, celery or cauliflower and green garlic. Characterized by delicious color, smooth and refreshing.
Cooked glutinous rice is mashed into paste.
It is a favorite winter glutinous rice food in Guilin. The production method is to soak glutinous rice in water and steam it, and then pound it into glutinous rice balls with a wooden stick to make it firm. And then made into a round cake shape and dried. In winter, glutinous rice cakes can be stored for more than a month by soaking in clear water and changing water frequently. It can be eaten in a variety of ways, such as roasting it with charcoal fire and sticky sugar, frying it, cutting it into pieces and boiling it in sugar water, which is salty and sweet.
tangyuan
Guilin dumplings are different from others. They are a little smaller. They are ground with good glutinous rice, dried into powder and then made into dough. They are made of sweet-scented osmanthus sugar or sesame seeds, coconut kernels and bean paste, and are a specialty of Guilin. Tangyuan can be cooked with yellow sugar or rock sugar, or glutinous rice wine or eggs. This soup is smooth and nutritious, and it is a famous snack.
Lingjiao cake
The main ingredient is rice flour, which is put into a wooden mold as strong as horseshoe, wrapped with yellow sugar powder, horseshoe powder or sesame powder, steamed with strong fire and taken out for eating. It is simple to make and tastes sweet and delicious. Generally speaking, most of them are shared by individuals, and now they do it and buy it scattered in the streets. It is convenient for pedestrians to buy food.
Glutinous rice with bean paste
The best glutinous rice is steamed and made into rice balls, with sweet noodle sauce as the main filling, and then stir-fried sesame seeds, chopped green onion and oil. Rice is flexible, delicious and full of flavor. Now there are salty glutinous rice stuffed sausages and boiled beef, and there is also a special flavor. It is a common snack for breakfast in Guilin.
Guilin sleep bar
Exquisite craftsmanship. After steaming the good glutinous rice, beat it with a strong pestle until the glutinous rice is completely melted, just like a cotton ball, then make the fine glutinous slurry into a ball and steam it in a cage. Put more fillings in the rice cake, such as bean paste, lotus seed paste, sesame sweet-scented osmanthus candy and so on. And the waxy texture is delicate and elastic, white and beautiful. If it is steaming when it comes out of the cage, it will be fresh in color and flavor and smooth and sweet in taste. It is one of the famous snacks in Guilin.
Guilin sponge cake
Grind glutinous rice with japonica rice into powder, add some yellow sugar water and mix well, then sprinkle semi-dry and semi-wet rice flour layer by layer in the steaming bucket and steam for one to two hours. Its taste is soft and refreshing, sweet and pleasant, and it will be better if it is served with Lipu taro diced. Guilin custom, muffins are generally used for festive occasions, such as birthdays, birthdays, children, new houses and so on. They are often used to celebrate. As a famous flavor snack in Guilin, it is now sold in the market from time to time.
Guilin zongzi
There are many kinds of glutinous rice food with different ingredients and tastes, including bean dumplings, chestnut dumplings, lotus seed dumplings, steamed dumplings and triangle dumplings. Generally, the preparation method is to mix soaked glutinous rice with ingredients, wrap it with washed bamboo leaves, cook it with fire for 1-2 hours, and then take it out and drain it. The ingredients are generally mung beans, red beans, peanuts, pork belly (or bacon), chestnuts, lotus seeds and so on.
Guilin snail
Named for growing in paddy fields. It is characterized by large and fat meat and delicious taste. Boiled snail must be accompanied by Guilin's unique sour pepper, and then add onion, ginger, Sanhua wine and other ingredients to fry. It is sour and delicious when eaten, which is especially appetizing. Knock off the snail's tail when cooking, which is convenient for eating and sucking snail meat.
The most famous specialty of Guilin is the "Three Treasures of Guilin";
One of the "Three Treasures of Guilin"-Sanhua Liquor Guilin Sanhua Liquor is the representative of rice-flavor liquor in China, known as the king of liquor and the pride of Guilin people. Guilin Sanhua Liquor has a long history, unique technology and excellent quality, and is favored by Chinese and foreign tourists. Sanhua wine is clear and transparent, full of fragrance. According to legend, Guilin Sanhua Liquor began in the Ming Dynasty, and some people say it began in the Qing Dynasty. As for why it is called "three flowers", there are different opinions. One way of saying this is: When shaking the bottle, only Guilin Sanhua wine will flush crystal clear hops on the wine surface. This kind of wine is named "Sanhua wine" because it is piled with flowers in jars, bottles and cups. Another way of saying it is that Guilin Sanhua wine is named "Three Steamed Wine" and "Three Boiled Wine" because it has to be distilled three times. Probably the literati think this name is too corny. In order to add some cultural flavor, it is called "Three Flowers". The high quality of Sanhua wine is not only related to the use of Lijiang River, high-quality rice and selected koji, but also to the unique storage conditions of warm winter and cool summer formed in Guilin caves, which makes the wine more mellow. Experts made the evaluation that "the honey juice is elegant, the entrance is soft and soft, the entrance is refreshing and the aftertaste is pleasant", which is an affirmation of Sanhua wine. No wonder drinkers love sanhua deeply!
The second of the "Three Treasures of Guilin"-Tofu Milk Guilin Tofu Milk is the representative of white tofu. As early as the Song Dynasty, Guilin's bean curd was already very famous. Guilin bean curd has a long history and is quite famous, and it is one of the traditional specialties "Three Treasures of Guilin". The production process of Guilin bean curd is exquisite and rigorous, from grinding and filtering to setting, drying and mildew, with a set of messy materials. The prepare bean curd is small in size, smooth and soft in texture, orange and transparent in surface, delicious and fragrant in taste, rich in nutrition, stimulating appetite and help digestion, and is a common food for people and a seasoning for cooking. Cook suckling pigs, braised pork, dog meat, braised pork, boiled chicken, etc. It is advisable to use sufu as the ingredient with rich flavor. Used for cold tofu, preserved eggs, Toona sinensis buds, small bamboo shoots, etc. Unique flavor and endless aftertaste. Baisufu is famous overseas and is well received by people in Hong Kong, Macao, Southeast Asia and Japan.
Guilin Chili sauce is one of the "Three Treasures of Guilin", which is popular in China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and Southeast Asia with its unique flavor. Together with Guilin Sanhua Wine and Guilin Sufu, it is called "Guilin Three Treasures". Guilin Chili sauce has different varieties due to different ingredients. Garlic heads as ingredients are garlic Chili sauce. Add lobster sauce to make lobster sauce. Usually, high-quality red pepper and garlic are chopped, mixed with lobster sauce, added with Huasan wine and fine salt, sealed and put in a jar for several months. Guilin Chili sauce is moist, spicy, mellow and delicious. It can be eaten to improve the taste and can also be used for seasoning. The "Guilin Sambo" gift box with the trademark "Guilin Sambo" integrates three famous products: Guilin Sanhua Liquor, Guilin Tofu Milk and Guilin Chili Sauce. It is small, unique and easy to carry, and is deeply loved by Chinese and foreign tourists.