Xiguan is a famous food symbol in Guangzhou today, with the saying of "food in Guangzhou, taste in Xiguan", please follow me to visit the store today.
Yinji sausage powder shop, started in 1958, with high quality and delicious traditional bra sausage powder famous in the province of Hong Kong and Macao, has the reputation of "white as jade, thin as paper, smooth and tough, delicious taste". Mr. Cai Lan, a gourmet, also visited Yinji and wrote a personal inscription "Intestinal King" to praise. The first Yinji was created in Wenchang North Road, Liwan District, Guangzhou, and we ordered 3 pieces of sausages, which compared to what I had eaten in other branches, the taste here was slightly better, thin and smooth.
We also ordered 2 servings of porridge with fritters, which tasted delicious
Chen Tianji, located on Baohua Road, has been more than 30 years old, and its ancestral taste of refreshing fish skin has taken root in the hearts of Guangzhounese, according to neighbors, it is not only a shop selling fish skins, but also the memories of our Guangzhounese, which is the traditional cuisine of our Guangzhou. At the end of 2015, it was reported that the business was about to end due to no one to follow the craft (at the end of February 2016), many neighbors rushed to Chen Tianji after hearing the news, hoping to eat the last box of his fish skin, until I published the article, the store is still open. As an aside, Chen Tianji has a 30-year-old daughter who currently works in a bank, and Uncle Ming (The boss of Chen Tianji) hopes that the next generation can inherit the store, but unfortunately, everyone has their own aspirations, and young people have their own difficulties.
In the Lai Chi Wan Chung area, there are many recommended snacks, such as chicken cake, Pantang horseshoe refreshing, luo han guo tea, bowl cake and so on.
Chicken cake, formerly known as "Xiaofeng Cake", is one of the four famous cakes in Guangdong, created during the Xianfeng period by a female worker named Xiaofeng in Xiguan, Guangzhou. According to legend, Guangzhou Henan Chengzhu Tea House because of the Mid-Autumn Festival mooncake unsalable, the cake maker kneaded the mooncake, cleverly mixed with pork, vegetable hearts and other materials as filling, and then mixed with southern milk, five-spice powder and salt, the taste is sweet, fragrant, crisp, sweet, salty at the same time, salty with sweetness, favored by customers, because the shape is like a chick, so it is called chicken cake. The skin is thin and filling is small, crisp and loose, the skin is thick and filling, and the outside is crisp and soft on the inside. Located in Lychee Bay Feng Shui Ji No. 34, the main thing is to sell Pantang characteristic things, its chicken cake belongs to the kind with less skin and filling, the price is 10 yuan, bought 2 packs back, the family said delicious.
Bowl cake is a traditional pastry snack in Guangdong, has a history of hundreds of years, the finished cake body is crystal white, eat tough without sticking teeth, is a favorite dessert of young people and children. Although it is not the first to be founded in Guangzhou, it has been loved by the neighbors and is thickly made, so you may wish to try it when passing by.
Boat porridge is a Han snack in Guangzhou, and Xiguan boat porridge is one of the famous Cantonese porridges, known for its smooth and soft porridge, fresh and sweet. Legend has it that some people on the water used small boats to sell and make on the Lychee Bay River and the Pearl River, hence the name. The boat porridge is mainly fillets and lean meat, with fritters, peanuts, green onions, etc., suitable for the taste of the public.
"Xiguan cuisine" A world, in addition to my recommendation, there are also Xiguan beef offal, Nanxin double skin milk, Ou Chengji soup fresh shrimp wonton noodles, Dechang salty frying and so on.