On December 29th, the inaugural Liwan special culinary tourism promotion and Xiguan City Walk event kicked off at the Guangzhou International Medical Port.
The opening ceremony
In the week leading up to the opening ceremony, online activities such as the "Choose Your Favorite Xiguan Flavor" online voting event, the "Food Route Recommenders" and the "Scrumptious Liwan" short video contest had already begun, attracting enthusiastic participation from the netizens, with a cumulative total of around 11,000 votes.
Voting results announced at the ceremony.
Finally, in the voting event for the representative Xiguan snacks, shrimp dumplings, sampan congee, and steamed rice rolls took the lead with 758, 654, and 496 votes respectively, closely followed by stir-fried rice noodles with beef.
Favorites among local residents and tourists also include traditional Canton dishes such as boiled chicken slices, crispy roasted goose, and nourishing Canton soups, with 223, 180, and 153 votes respectively.
Restaurant owners receiving the award plaques.
During the opening ceremony, the "Culinary Delights in Liwan – Hand-Drawn Map of Liwan Cuisine" was released, which consisted of nearly 200 watercolor paintings by renowned urban sketch artist Jiang Liu, showcasing the flavors of Liwan cuisine in a vivid way.
The vivid map of Liwan cuisine not only demonstrates all the locations of the representative cuisines and the famous food districts in Xiguan, but also highlights sections like "Cantonese restaurants frequently visited by the locals","recommended restaurants for chicken dishes","Cantonese herbal tea and sweet soup stores" etc.,as well as food rankings"Top 10 Cantonese Restaurants" and"Top 20 Snack Shops",guiding visitors to explore the culinary treasures.
Moreover, over 100 representative and distinctive food establishments were selected from over 3,000 restaurants in Liwan to form the "Latest News about Liwan Cuisine" section on the map. It also introduces the top ten recommended food districts catering to the popular trend of Citywalk, including Shangxiajiu Pedestrian Street, Yongqingfang Food Street, Shamian Island and so on.
The "Culinary Delights in Liwan – Hand-Drawn Map of Liwan Cuisine" was released.
The hand-drawn map of Liwan's delightful cuisine can be obtained for free at various scenic spots, museums, star hotels, guesthouses, and the Xiguan sightseeing buses in Liwan. The digital version can also be downloaded for free on the WeChat official account "文旅荔灣".
Source:Yangcheng Evening News
跟着廣州荔灣美食手繪地圖一起遊西關，歎美食！
12月29日下午，首屆荔灣特色美食旅遊推廣暨西關城市漫步活動在廣州國際醫藥港正式拉開帷幕。
在活動開幕式前一周，“‘讓舌尖轉身’選出你心目中的西關好味道全民票選活動”“美食線路推薦官”以及“‘我在荔灣，秀色可餐’短視訊大賽”等線上有獎活動已經開展。活動吸引了衆多市民網友踴躍參與，投票活動累計票數接近11000票。
經過激烈的比拼，在選出最具代表性的西關小吃票選活動中，蝦餃、荔灣艇仔粥、布拉腸等經典西關小吃分别以758票、654票、496票居于榜首，幹炒牛河緊跟其後。
在選擇最有代表性的西關美食票選活動中，白切雞、脆皮燒鵝、老火靓湯等傳統老廣味則以223票、180票及153票獲得市民遊客的喜愛。
開幕式上，《食在廣州 味在荔灣——荔灣美食手繪地圖》正式首發。荔灣美食地圖邀請城市人文旅遊手繪作家江柳進行繪制，地圖包含了近200幅鋼筆淡彩畫作，以輕松活潑、喜聞樂見的手繪形式展現荔灣味道。
荔灣美食地圖生動直覺地展示了“荔灣區美食全圖”和“老西關美食聚集區圖”，還精心策劃了“老廣常去的粵菜餐廳”“無雞不成宴推薦餐廳”“斬料加菜熱門燒臘店”“越夜越美味消夜美食店”以及“廣式涼茶糖水手信店”等闆塊，同步推出了“10大人氣粵菜名店”和“20大人氣小吃名店”美食榜單，讓大家可以按圖索骥、看圖尋寶。
另外，美食地圖還從3000多家荔灣美食店鋪中整理了100多家具有代表性及特色的美食店鋪形成“荔灣美食資訊”。同時還結合了當下最受遊客歡迎的城市漫步形式，推出十大美食旅遊推薦商圈，包括上下九步行街、永慶坊-荔枝灣美食街、沙面島、寶華路、西華路等。
廣大市民遊客可在荔灣各個重點景區、博物館、星級酒店、民宿以及西關文旅巴士，免費領取荔灣美食手繪地圖，還可以關注“文旅荔灣”微信公衆号免費下載下傳地圖電子版。
文｜記者 馬思泳 通訊員 荔宣
圖｜記者 陳秋明
翻譯｜洪婷