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What are the specialty snacks in Guangdong

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La sausage is a very famous local traditional snack in Xiguan, Guangdong, which belongs to the Cantonese cuisine. It is made with rice milk and is also known as brai sausage and sausage vermicelli. The practice of intestines originated in Luoding, has been spread throughout the country, according to the geographical (flavor) distinction between the more famous Guangzhou intestines, Meizhou intestines, Chaozhou intestines, Yunfu Hekou intestines, Yunan City intestines, and so on.

Shrimp dumplings

Shrimp dumplings are a famous traditional snack in Guangdong, belonging to the Cantonese cuisine, which was created in a small family-run teahouse in Wufeng Township, Wucun, on the outskirts of Guangzhou at the beginning of the 20th century, with a history of 100 years. Those places are rich in fish and shrimp, and the teahouse chef then paired it with pork and bamboo shoots to make the meat filling.

Fried River Vermicelli

Shahe Vermicelli is a popular rice product in Guangzhou. It is named after the town of Shahe where the noodles first came from. It is made from rice soaked in water from Nine Dragons Spring on Baiyun Mountain, ground into batter and steamed, and then cut into strips. Shahe flour has a history of more than a hundred years. The powder is white, thin and tough, the food method has dry fried, wet fried, soaked (soup powder) food, cold and so on.

Glutinous Rice Chicken

Lotus Glutinous Rice Chicken is a must-have snack for Cantonese tea drinking. The ordinary lotus leaves are steamed in a steamer, and the special aroma is integrated into the glutinous rice, and the chicken meat tastes particularly smooth and tender. Unlike ordinary glutinous rice chicken, which is wrapped in fresh lotus leaves, the aroma of lotus leaves is also emitted in the process of making the chicken.

Wonton Noodle

Wonton noodle is also known as wonton noodle, fine hibiscus, and big hibiscus. It is a Han Chinese specialty snack in Guangdong Province and belongs to the Cantonese cuisine. It is usually mixed with wonton noodles and divided into soup noodles and lo mein. Nowadays, most of the wonton noodles we usually eat are made of fresh shrimp wontons, and the ingredients of wontons are wonton skin, fresh shrimp and pork.

Noodles

Barbecued pork buns are one of the representative dim sums of Guangdong, characterized by their soft skin and juicy filling, and are one of the "four kings (shrimp dumplings, dry-steamed siu mai, barbecued pork buns, and egg tarts)" of the Cantonese morning tea. In addition to barbecued pork buns, quick-sand buns and dry-steamed siu mai are also very popular pastries for Cantonese morning tea.

Pastries

There is a sentiment called Pantang Afternoon. Walking down Longjin West Road, the sunlight through the branches of the old neighborhood trees, shining on the brick walls of the houses interlaced with modern style and old flavor, a few hundred meters in a circle, just find a small store, are old. Feng Shui Ji's cup of horseshoe cool or a mouthful of horseshoe cake is enough to make you travel in the time tunnel of Xiguan.

Congee

On the western outskirts of Guangzhou in the old days, lychee trees were planted on both sides of the river, which was called Lychee Bay, and one of the eight scenic spots of the ancient Yangcheng City, "Lychee Bay Evening Singing," referred to this place. Every summer dusk, there is no shortage of literati and tourists from all sides to play here, the river boat shuttle to and fro. One of these boats specializes in serving "boat congee".

Drinks

Shuangpi milk is a famous Cantonese dessert. Produced in Shunde, Guangdong, China, it is sweet, smooth and unique. Legend has it that double-skinned milk was invented in 1850 in Daliang, Shunde by an old lady, Mrs. Dong. In Shunde, Renxin and Minxin are the most famous. Besides double-skinned milk, ginger-cream, herbal tea and sweetened water are also Guangdong's specialty drinks.

Cakes

Chicken cake is a traditional Han Chinese cake snack in Guangzhou, Guangdong, formerly known as "Xiao Feng cake", created by a woman named Xiao Feng in a rich family surnamed Wu in Xiguan, Guangzhou, during the reign of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty. Chicken cake is one of the four famous cakes in Guangdong.