In Guilin, there are some snacks that are really worth a taste. Especially, in the famous midnight street of Yangshuo, there are all kinds of snacks, such as camellia tea, dumplings, stewed chicken cups, sweet wine eggs, bean tea, Yangshuo soup, lotus seed soup, etc., which are not expensive. If you do n’t want to eat dinner, walk to Xijiekou on foot. Yangshuo West Street is a very famous place for tasting food in Yangshuo. A variety of local flavors and authentic western food come together here. As China's "global village", Yangshuo blends cuisines from all over the world, and it is a food show without borders. Here lists top special snacks in Yangshuo and Guilin.
Guilin Water Glutinous Rice Cake
Adding some sugar or cooked Soya while taking flour Water Glutinous Rice Cake out of the steamer, it is more delicious, fresh, sweet and smooth. Guilin Water Glutinous Rice Cake uses superior steamed glutinous rice and pestles into ball and then put into the steamer to steam. The fillings of Water Glutinous Rice Cake are bean paste inside, sweetened lotus-paste, sesame, and osmanthus sugar, and while taking out of the steamer, sprinkle a bit of sugar or cooked Soya flour.
Guilin Rice Noddles
Guilin Rice noodles(桂林米粉）, which can be either round or flat, are the most popular local snack of Guilin. The thing that sets one dish apart from another is the soup, which is made of pork, steak, Lo Han Kuo, and various seasonings. Depending on the ingredients used in the soup, rice noodles can be divided into vegetable, three-fresh, original soup, spicy and sour, beef, and horse meat rice noodles. The horse meat rice noodles of Huixian Lou are the most famous.
Guilin Water Chestnut Cake Guilin Water Chestnut Cake (桂林马蹄糕)
is one of Guilin's specialty products. Water chestnut cake’s main ingredient is sweet potato flour and stir with water and sugar, then put them into the mold and sprinkles some of water chestnut, set fire to steam, later you can take out and eat it. Its making method is simple, and taste sweet with tangy fragrance, soft, smooth, refreshing. Commonly you can buy in the vendor’s stand in the street. The Water Chestnut Cake stall is spread around the street corner. Passers-by can buy and eat immediately which is so convenient.....
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Guilin Stuffed Escargots Guilin characteristics river escargots
Guilin Stuffed Escargots (桂林田螺酿）, Guilin characteristics river escargots, is a unique snack in Guilin. Its approach is very complicated. First, take out the escargots meat and wash it clean, then marinate it with spices such as mint, then stir-fry, and finally steam it in the snail shell! Its texture is tough and tender, with a long and delicious fragrance. It has a faint mint flavor and three-flower wine flavor, which is enough to taste spicy enough. And it is a must in Yangshuo cuisine. And you can eat it at
the Escargots Girl Restaurant which operates
Guilin characteristics river escargots
Guilin Nun Vegetarian Noodles
Guilin nun vegetarian noodles(桂林尼姑素面） is said to have been created by Guilin Crescent Moon Nun. As time goes by, production methods are widely spread. Guilin's noodle soup is made from soy bean sprouts, fresh straw mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, and winter bamboo shoots. The soup is golden in color, delicious and sweet, full of fragrance. The noodles are cooked in clear water and placed in a bowl. Add the soup, and add vegetarian dishes such as guilin yuba, yellow vegetables, vegetarian ham, and gluten. The nun's face is most famous for the Crescent Tower in Qixing Park.
Gongcheng Oil TeaGongcheng people drink oil tea every morning. Some families even drink oil tea as three meals a day. The oil tea is not just boiled but also made by hammer in the pot. Guilin has many counties drink oil tea, but Gongcheng oil tea is the most famous one.
The oil tea in Guilin uses old leaves of black tea as main material. People often fry the tea until it a little burnt and appetizing, then add salt and water to boil it. Most of people add ginger. The oil tea tastes strong and astringent, with piquancy. Some areas in Gongcheng add peanut powder, making the oil tea less astringent, which making Gongcheng oil tea the best, famous in Guangxi Province.
Bean Mash Sticky Rice
Bean Mash Sticky Rice is one of the Guangxi snacks, with glutinous rice as main ingredient, Bean Mash Sticky Rice cooking method is given priority to steam, the taste of it belong to the sweet taste. Bean Mash Sticky Rice is quite popular among the Guilin people as breakfast, in Guilin lanes, especially close to the school, there are Bean Mash Sticky Rice stalls. If you go to Guilin for travel and eat for authentic sticky rice, then you must get up early, because the vendors of Bean Mash Sticky Rice are setting booth according to the work time of Guilin people and school time of students. Usually early in the morning vendors sell bucket of sticky rice on a small tricycle, after work time peak and school time peak the sticky rice is sold out.
Bean Mash Sticky Rice is made with superior glutinous rice and then steam to make it as rice cake, the main stuffing is sweet bean, then mix with roasted sesame seeds, add some chopped green onion, oil, rice, which is fresh fragrance filling. Combined with sausages, cooked beef fillings of salty sticky rice, it is also delicious. With some pepper, it will taste better.
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