Guangzhou A practical shortlist of 20 dishes, snacks and drinks to recognize before ordering in Guangzhou.
20 dishes
Recipes, spice, offal and fish-bone handling vary. Fine bones may remain even when a dish is usually low-bone. Show the Chinese phrase and confirm allergies or dietary restrictions before ordering.
20 Category All Main dishes Staples & noodles Snacks Sweets & drinks
Spice All Not spicy Mild Medium Hot Varies
Main ingredients All Pork Beef & lamb Poultry Seafood Egg & dairy
Food concerns All Avoid organ meats Low/no-bone fish
Dietary needs All Usually no pork Vegetarian possible
Main dishes · Char siu Char siu 叉烧 25–70 ¥ Organ meats: ask Main dishes · White-cut chicken White-cut chicken 白切鸡 18–45 ¥ Organ meats: ask Staples & noodles · Har gow Har gow 虾饺 18–55 ¥ Organ meats: ask Staples & noodles · Siu mai Siu mai 烧卖 12–35 ¥ Organ meats: ask Staples & noodles · Rice noodle rolls Rice noodle rolls 肠粉 12–35 ¥ Organ meats: ask Staples & noodles · Wonton noodles Wonton noodles 云吞面 18–55 ¥ Organ meats: ask Staples & noodles · Beef chow fun Beef chow fun 干炒牛河 10–28 ¥ Organ meats: ask Main dishes · Roast goose Roast goose 烧鹅 30–75 ¥ Organ meats: ask Staples & noodles · Claypot rice Claypot rice 煲仔饭 12–35 ¥ Organ meats: ask Sweets & drinks · Double-skin milk Double-skin milk 双皮奶 10–30 ¥ Sweets & drinks · Ginger milk curd Ginger milk curd 姜撞奶 6–20 ¥ Main dishes · Boat congee Boat congee 艇仔粥 30–90 ¥ Organ meats: ask Snacks · Steamed chicken feet Steamed chicken feet 豉汁蒸凤爪 8–22 ¥ Snacks · Pan-fried turnip cake Pan-fried turnip cake 萝卜糕 10–25 ¥ Snacks · Taro puff Taro puff 芋角 5–15 ¥ Sweets & drinks · Coconut tart Coconut tart 椰挞 10–30 ¥ Snacks · Cantonese beef balls Cantonese beef balls 牛肉丸 8–22 ¥ Staples & noodles · Cantonese soup dumpling Cantonese soup dumpling 灌汤包 15–40 ¥ Organ meats: ask Main dishes · Salt-baked chicken Salt-baked chicken 盐焗鸡 30–75 ¥ Organ meats: ask Sweets & drinks · Sugarcane juice Sugarcane juice 甘蔗汁 8–25 ¥ 