Specialties found in Guangzhou, Guangdong

Above, grass jelly with lotus seeds in coconut syrup. Below, intestinal noodle or cheong-fun in Guangzhou dialect. This is rather different regionally as that in Malaysia or USA. Guess there are many different varieties and depending on the chefs.

Specialties from Xiguan of Guangzhou: above, hailing Guangdong indigenous products, white carrot cake, miscellaneous cow related food, fish eggs are sold here; below, Lai Noodle King selling lai-fun or lai-noodle.

These are stores located in the basement leading to the metro station. Above, usually dried food or candies, a variety of local and regional as well as international products can be found here; below, nothing beats a freshly made (wow, on the spot) tofu drink with up to 7 flavoring choices (but there are only 6 operating tofu drink makers running by three staffs concurrently and one is taking order and help out here and there...one wonder why there is one short for only one flavor to be ready made??). Simply marvellous, this is mandatory if in Guangzhou.

This is Double Skin Milk. Guess this is made from milk and yellow bean. Not sure. Will have to research more. One small dish is enough to fill one's stomach for the rest of the day. Recommended one per day and not to over eat. On left is Lo-han tea and You-fruite tea.

Cool tea or herbal tea is a term linked to Guangdong. This is defintely a local invention long time ago. One sweats out or perspires more during hot and humid summer days while herbal tea or cool is an ingenius replenishment that suits geographical climate to nourish human needs. Huang Zhenglong is a chain store ubiquitous around Guangzhou.

And another Old Deng Cool Tea is found as well, below.

One can never complain for a cup of cool tea or herbal tea for a good price ranging from RMB2 to RMB6, above; while below is seen a different kind of herbal products.

Jeremy

Guangzhou, Guangdong

February 16 - 19, 2009