To be honest, Guangdong is a very magical city. It is very different than other places because its geographic location. The difference is both in diet and in culture. In recent years, many people has become more and more curious about Guangdong. The reason is that there is a saying on the Internet: "Guangdong people can make everything to eat, including Fujian people." This is an exaggerated joke, but it shows Guangdong people have unique skills in eating. So today I want to introduce the local food in Guangdong.
Steamed Vermicelli Roll
In my opinion, this is the best thing to eat in Guangdong. It is difficult for me to eat such authentic taste in other cities. But in Guangdong, no matter which restaurant you walk into, the Steamed Vermicelli Roll they make is especially delicious.
It has many flavors. In general, people add pork or beef, shrimp, vegetables, eggs, and sausage to the Steamed Vermicelli Roll. It is mainly made of rice syrup and flour. Generally, people use a special machine to cook it. The Steamed Vermicelli Roll made in this way is often transparent, and you will feel very elastic when eating. Finally, Guangdong people usually put soy sauce, oyster sauce or peanut butter on it.
Morning Tea
Morning tea is not a food, it can be seen as a culture of Cantonese. There are many tea houses in Guangdong. Whenever you are free, the locals will ask friends to go to the tea house to drink tea. Interestingly, everyone in the restaurant has to be charged a certain fee, called the "tea fee." You can sit there with a pot of tea. But drinking tea is a bit boring, so Cantonese people make a variety of desserts and snacks.
The desserts and snacks are divided into many types. For example, the shrimp dumplings, sweet steamed creamy custard bun, similar to the buns but the stuffing is made from glutinous rice and meat, and fish porridge. If you want to know more here is a video about the morning tea in Guangdong. I believe that you will want to travel to Guangdong after watching it!
Char Siu
Char Siu is a barbecue food made of pork. It is a popular food in the Guangdong area. People usually eat it with rice.
When making Char Siu, the pork is coated with red pork sauce, so the grilled pork is red. The main ingredients of barbecued pork sauce include soy sauce, garlic, maltose, southern milk, allspice and rice wine. The meat is mainly made with pork shoulders because the meat is lean and lean. It has some sweetness in its taste, so you won't feel oily when you eat it.
The Char Siu can also be made into a steamed buns, which is very delicious.
The Soft-Boiled Chicken
The Soft-Boiled Chicken is usually made from fine-bone farm chickens, sand ginger, garlic and other ingredients. After boiled slowly, dry and cut into pieces. After cooked, the color is white with oil yellow, the surface is smooth and delicious.
Many people like to eat chicken skin because of it, although this sounds a bit strange. Its taste is similar to jelly.