Guangdong Province is a gourmet region that combines Hong Kong, Cantonese, Chaoshan and other local flavors. It is famous for its unique taste and snack style.
Guangdong cuisine has a long history and has been famous since the Song Dynasty.
Cantonese food generally includes various aquatic products, barbecued meats, claypot rice, porridge, dim sum, etc. Below, I will introduce you to some of the most classic Cantonese food.
1. Shandong cuisine: Cantonese style barbecue. Cantonese people like to eat barbecue, sausage, bacon, barbecued pork, roast duck, roast goose, etc., which are very popular.
Among them, the barbecued pork is tender and smooth, melts in your mouth, fat but not greasy, and has a delicious sweet and sour taste.
Roast goose is roasted goose meat. The meat is fresh and tender, fat but not greasy, and the skin is crispy and tender. The secret recipe is to select the goose meat and mix it with unique seasonings. Then the goose meat is marinated and then cooked in a pot.
When roasted in the oven, the smoked and roasted food is unpredictable, and the color, aroma and taste are all so good that it is impossible to resist its temptation.
2. Southern Fujian Cuisine: Fujian Cuisine Fujian is a food region that integrates Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Xiamen and other places. The representative of Fujian cuisine is Fujian cuisine.
Fujian cuisine pays attention to the freshness of ingredients. When cooking, no complicated processes are used to maintain the original flavor as much as possible.
For example, white-cut chicken is a traditional food that Fujian people must celebrate the New Year. It uses fresh rock chicken and is paired with onions and other spices. It is simple to cook and has a delicious taste.
The signature pork ribs are stewed tender meat, which is delicious, fresh and tender, soft and delicious.
3. Chaozhou cuisine: Chaoshan cuisine with a hard-working spirit is characterized by cherishing ingredients and inquiring into the root of the dishes. It is based on light, light and fresh food, pays attention to the selection of ingredients, and focuses on cooking techniques.
Scalloped seafood stew is the most famous dish in Chaoshan cuisine.
Choose to use ingredients such as winter mushrooms, flower mushrooms, chicken thighs, scallops, sea cucumbers, cauliflower, etc., and cook them in a large pot. The soup is fragrant and delicious, the soup is rich and sweet, and the ingredients in the soup are tender and delicious, perfect for rice!
4. Hakka cuisine: local cuisine Hakka cuisine is a cooking technique and flavor that embodies Hakka folk customs and customs, especially roasted suckling pig and taro braised pork.
Roast suckling pig is one of the traditional Hakka dishes. It tastes tender, has no fishy smell, is fat and thin, and is full of aroma.
The taro braised pork has a crisp texture and rich meat aroma. The taro is charred on the outside and tender on the inside. It is mellow and delicious, fat but not greasy. It is one of the delicacies of Guangdong.
5. Guangzhou Cuisine: Cantonese Dim Sum Guangdong’s dim sum is also well-known, with its famous Cantonese style dim sum (Guangzhou midnight snack).
These snacks come in a wide range of sizes and varieties and are often classified as part of the Cantonese cuisine series.
Among them, famous dim sum in Guangdong include glutinous rice chicken, shrimp dumplings, barbecued pork buns, rice rolls, etc.
Shrimp dumplings are the representative of Cantonese dim sum. They are made with sausages, shrimps, etc. The outer skin is thin and sticky, but the shrimp filling is delicious. Once you taste it once, you will never forget it.
All in all, Guangdong cuisine has a long history, unique flavor and wide variety, and each food has its own unique charm.
Whether it is barbecued pork, Fujian cuisine, Chaoshan cuisine, Hakka cuisine, or Cantonese dim sum, it can bring people a wonderful feast for their taste buds.
When traveling to Guangdong, be sure not to miss these delicacies and let your appetite enjoy the wonderful tastes along the way.