The most famous ones are: sword flower, steamed rice dumpling, Zhaoshi, purple-backed geranium, and sugar lotus root. Zhaoqing's sword flower and steamed buns are local specialties and are the most famous. Sword flower is used to make soup, which has health-care effects and tastes quite good. Wrapped steamed rice dumplings are a kind of rice dumplings made of glutinous rice and various ingredients wrapped in local winter leaves. It has many styles and flavors and is a local specialty food. Zhaoshi is actually Gorgon, but the Gorgon produced in Zhaoqing is large and has a good color, so it is called "Zhaoshi". I won’t go into detail about Zhao Shi’s role. Purple Geranium is a specialty of Zhaoqing, a herb that relieves summer heat and helps digestion. It can be brewed with sugar and is sweet and sour. Let’s introduce this much first. There are many delicious foods waiting for you to visit. Welcome to Zhaoqing to start your food journey!

Zhaoqing cuisine belongs to Chaozhou cuisine, and Zhaoqing’s mountainous countryside can be described as a gourmet paradise on earth. It is extremely rich in mountain delicacies and river delicacies, including Jiayu, Sanmao fish, Xijiang river shrimp and so on. Deqing also holds a food festival every two years; Deqing's traditional snacks are also very popular. Penny noodles, Jiangbin kohlrabi, sour juice, etc. have long been famous in the Xijiang Basin and are must-try delicacies.

Famous restaurants in Zhaoqing include Xijiang Hotel, Yuping Hotel, Xingyan Game Restaurant, etc.

Recommended Food Street:

Beiling Food Street: Located in Beiling Mountain Qixingyan Tourist Resort, the food street here has many restaurants with unique decorations. Mainly some mountain delicacies. Such as Liandu goat, Dinghushan mud braised chicken, etc.

Zhenbao Food Street: Located on Tianning North Road, it mainly sells snacks with local characteristics. Such as wrapping steamed rice dumplings, etc.