Text/Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporter Deng Weidong
Intern Xue Siyu Jin Yu
Photo/ Restaurant provided
"Food is in Guangzhou, taste is in Xiguan", some people say, remember a city, from the taste of the beginning. Nowadays, popular cuisine is undoubtedly the most "ground-friendly" dish, and simple ingredients can become the favorite of neighbors after careful cooking. Shortlisted for the "2021 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide" Guangzhou list, in addition to the well-known restaurants whose reputation continues to be online, many special public cuisine restaurants are not to be missed.
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Simple and delicious, full of affection, home-cooked dishes with a real taste
First stop:
Unique and time-honored brand, pioneering and innovative specialties
How many long-established brands a city has, it proves how many "essences of the world" the city has left behind. These old brands are symbols of love and righteousness, the crystallization of wisdom and diligence. In Guangzhou, there are many long-established restaurants with more than 100 years old, and there is no shortage of shortlisted restaurants in the "2021 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide".
Guangzhou restaurant as an important landmark in Guangzhou, many old Guangzhou will not move every week to come here "sigh tea" - "a newspaper, two pieces of a cup, blowing water tirelessly"; Beiyuan restaurant is not small, as one of the originators of morning tea culture in Guangzhou, but also a special restaurant and cultural protection unit in Guangzhou, the honor is full of walls, architecture and food are full of Lingnan style.
Guangzhou Restaurant Linjiang Avenue (Shortlisted Restaurants):
Be bold and innovative, and keep up with the times
Guangzhou Restaurant Linjiang Avenue Store is located at the intersection of Haixinsha Linjiang Avenue and Xian Cun Road South in Guangzhou, with a superior geographical location, famous for its traditional Cantonese cuisine, known as "the first food in Guangzhou" reputation. From 2018 to 2020, it won the "Black Pearl Restaurant Guide" one-diamond restaurant. While inheriting the traditional Cantonese cuisine culture, the store has continuously pioneered and innovated, introducing dishes that meet the tastes of consumers in the new era, which are highly appreciated by people from all walks of life.
Must-order signature dishes: Jinding umami shrimp dumplings, steamed chicken claws with sauce, red rice sausage, raw roasted pigeon emperor
This year's "Black Pearl" selection menu of "Guangzhou Restaurant" is: appetizer: two small plates of flavor (one bite of radish cool, old vinegar jellyfish head); main course: fragrant boneless crispy chicken, Thai sour and spicy wings, extraordinary crispy fish, black truffle butterfly shrimp, ten years of tangerine skin mud carp slippery dipping doucai; staple food: dry fried beef river; dessert: portrait walnut bun.
Guangzhou restaurant dim sum has a lot of "fans", Jinding shrimp dumplings with thin skin and fresh meat, filled shrimp are fresh and full; sauce fragrant steamed chicken claws, phoenix claws are soft and sticky, melting in the mouth; smooth and not sweet high barrel Portuguese egg tarts are popular; the entrance is very layered red rice intestines, a layer of powder, a layer of crisp, a layer of fresh shrimp delicious and interesting.
Thin-skinned and fresh-skinned Jinding umami shrimp dumplings
North Park Restaurant (Finalist Restaurant):
The master carefully produced, the classic dim sum to find the taste of the year
Won the 2020 "Black Pearl" one diamond restaurant Beiyuan Restaurant (Xiaobei Road Restaurant), founded in the late 1920s, has a history of nearly 100 years, is one of the three oldest garden restaurants in Guangzhou. Designed by the famous architecture school Smock, it is a typical Lingnan garden restaurant. When the master of art, Mr. Liu Haisu, was 87 years old, he once came here to feast and drink, and impromptu waved the word "its taste is infinite".
Must-order signature dishes: Beiyuan shrimp dumplings, red rice mesh sausage, steamed chicken claws with secret sauce
This year's "Black Pearl" selection menu of Beiyuan Restaurant is: chrysanthemum bamboo sheng tofu braised fish soup, signature flower carved chicken, dried sautéed vermicelli shrimp, green onion oil fishing dragon spot, sand ginger gel jelly sea emperor three treasures, soup meat slices soaked in seasonal vegetables.
The shrimp dumplings in The North Garden must be tried; the Snow Mountain Carbon Baked Char Siu Bun, the shell is crispy and rich in taste, the filling char siu is very refreshing, round and full, and the saltiness and sweetness are moderate. The classic duck foot-piercing dish of the almost lost Cantonese dim sum is popular in North Park, with the crispy smell of the boneless duck paws and the powdered taro with soup juice and the rotten skin outside, allowing diners to "eat and return to taste".
Shishi chicken retains the characteristics of Guangzhou, the chicken skin is smooth and elastic, the chicken is delicate and full, the meat is tender and smooth, and the dipping sauce is clam sauce, which is made of yellow mustard sauce and clam meat, and the taste is particularly delicious.
Chicken is delicate and plump
Stop 2:
The reputation of the small shop continues to be online, and it is delicious and carefully prepared
In the 1980s and 1990s, it was one of the glorious years in Guangzhou's food and beverage industry, when the catering industry was full of flowers and a hundred contending, resulting in many well-known stores. Some of them, although small in scale, are victorious in tenacity, and have worked silently and persevered for decades, making the nostalgic Lao Guang and overseas wanderers feel a lot of emotions every time they eat. Their existence, like a mission, makes people firmly remember the taste of that year.
Shinki Seafood Hotel (Finalist Restaurant):
Food stalls are flavorful for decades
Xin Kee Seafood Hotel is a long-established brand with a history of more than 30 years located on the Long Beach Avenue, founded by Mr. and Mrs. Li Jingxin, and the location of the restaurant is relatively hidden. Since 1982, it has taken root in The Long Causeway and retained the taste of Cantonese cuisine "to Guangzhou" during the reform and opening up period. Most of the diners who come here are Guangzhou locals, because the store selects ingredients more strictly, rather than indiscriminate, so the seafood variety will not be too much, but the production is absolutely authentic.
Although it was shortlisted for the first time this year, as a veteran Cantonese dish, The full of feelings and guaranteed productions of Xinji has always been the favorite of many locals, and there are old foodies who joke: "Here is definitely worth two brushes and three brushes." ”
Must-order signature dishes: fried crab with ginger and shallots, fried turtle with ginger and shallots, fried clams with sauce, southern milk meat, soy sauce emperor goose intestine, and melon pot
One of its signature dishes of southern milk meat, thinly cut pork belly fried crisp, but bite down and a little gravy, this kung fu is not easy to do, the aroma of southern milk is very tempting, crispy and delicious not greasy, is a good appetizer; sauce fried clams to sand clean, the meat is sweet and crispy, the sauce inside is particularly fragrant, very provocative.
Crispy and delicious southern breast meat photo by Deng Weidong
Ginger shallots tangerine peel silk fried turtle, even the bone has a taste Deng Weidong photo
Yayuan Restaurant (Shortlisted Restaurant):
"Rich canteen", taste at home
Awarded the 2020 "Black Pearl" one-diamond restaurant, the Yayuan restaurant located on Chaotian Road in the old city, known as the "Regal Canteen", although the price has risen in recent years, the taste is still as intimate as home cooking.
Must-order signature dishes: fried yellow croaker with soy sauce sugar, chicken in green onion oil, braised hanging slices, kale with foie gras, red bean paste
Soy sauce sugar fried yellow croaker is Yayuan's signature dish, almost every table must order, the skin is crispy, the inside is tender, the sauce at the bottom of the sauce and the fried garlic grains covered with the fish body make its flavor even more unique.
Chicken with shallot oil is another specialty dish of Yayuan, which is simply seasoned with shallot oil, the chicken is covered with red shallots, flashing with the luster of being infiltrated by shallot oil, and the chicken flavor and onion flavor are clear and harmonious, sweet and tender.
There are not many dishes that Yayuan has made diners particularly amazed in taste, but it is really valuable to let diners taste a silent belief. The store decoration can be simple, the store puts energy on selecting ingredients, controlling the heat, and always comes to be full, even a long queue.
Soy sauce sugar fried yellow croaker Deng Weidong photo
Cantonese Chicken (Shortlisted Restaurant)
The neighbors are strongly recommended and the craftsmanship is exquisite
Located in Yuexiu District, Beijing South Road, Guangyou Chicken opened for 22 years, it is reported that this chicken pot shop only has four tables, Hua Shao, Yuan Hong and many other stars have come to punch the card, want to eat have to make an appointment in advance, chicken pot just on the table is not allowed to move, not allowed to eat, this is a legendary small shop.
Must-order signature dishes: bamboo chicken stew, fried rice, cuttlefish cake with hometown specialties
The owner will adjust the ingredients according to the different seasons, and there are ingredients such as angelica, barley, goji berries, dates, bitter melon, horseshoe and other ingredients at the bottom of the pot, and a chicken can also make delicious food in all seasons. The chicken soup is rich, the chicken is tender, the texture is clear, each piece is almost uniform and consistent taste, and the secret watercress sauce is also the finishing touch, and the taste and freshness are amazing.
In addition to the chicken pot, there are some recommended dishes here: pork balls are crisp and crisp, the boss said that it is the reason for the addition of fish meat; cuttlefish balls can be seen inside the cuttlefish meat, chewy, fresh and sweet in the mouth.
A chicken casserole made of bamboo silk
Third stop:
From time to time do not eat, chic enjoyment
Vegetarian food is a fashion, and today's vegetarian restaurants have changed a lot in terms of decoration and dishes, calm and elegant, and the audience is very wide. Eating vegetarian food from time to time is actually a pleasing thing for the eyes.
Tianshui Vegetable Food Restaurant Oriental Wende Restaurant (Yi diamond restaurant):
Fresh and tasty, the seasonal menu is carefully designed
Vegetarianism is the encounter between the heart and the best ingredients.
Tianshui Vegetable Cuisine (Oriental Wende Restaurant), which has won the title of Black Pearl One Diamond Restaurant for two consecutive years, is a restaurant that only makes vegetarian food, and of course attracts many non-vegetarian enthusiasts to punch in.
Must-order signature dishes: Thyme charcoal grilled apricot abalone mushrooms, shallot oil noodles, black truffle pot rice, mulberry crisp rolls
The shop is more special is that it is not a traditional a la carte form, with a similar Japanese omakase no menu form, that is, a set menu system, each person enjoys a set menu, a total of 8 dishes, the clerk will send a dish in accordance with the soup, appetizer, main course, staple food, dessert order, and between each dish will give you enough tasting time, accompanied by dish explanation, very intimate.
The most brilliant is that the diners who come to "Tianshui" do not have to worry about ordering any dishes at all, different styles every month, there is no fixed menu, such as eating artichokes in May, eating lotus seeds in July, and really not eating from time to time.
Ginger candy tomatoes
This year's "Black Pearl" selection menu of "Tianshui Vegetable Food Cuisine (Oriental Wende Store)" is the "March Prosperous Bloom" single set menu -
Soup: Silk thread grass soup, appetizer: ginger sugar small tomatoes, main course: kyo onion baked morel mushrooms, tofu, charcoal-grilled maitake mushrooms with radish puree, staple food: first seaweed hand noodles, dessert: mulberry crisp rolls.
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Source | Yangcheng Evening News· Sheep city pie
Editor-in-charge | Shi Peilin
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Intern | Liu Yanlin