Often characterized by its sweetness
and a touch of spice, the flavor of Guilin is indeed unique. Traditional ingredients of
Guilin recipes include (somewhat to the horror of animal lovers) dog and turtle
meats! However, the vast variety of local dishes here make it possible for
one to sample the distinct flavor of Guilin without having to come into contact
with those meats. The Guilin traditional dishes of fame
are: steamed mandarin fish of the Lijiang River, red cooked meat slices with
Lipu taro, fish cooked in bamboo tube, steamed pork with rice
flour wrapped in lotus leaves and Guilin rice flour.
Examples of Guilin's
traditional dishes:
Lipu
Taro looped Meat
This
famous dish is made of taro from Lipu combined with streaky pork with skin, pepper, mashed onion, preserved bean-curd of
Guilin, cooking wine, sugar etc. The final product is golden and aromatic with
taro's scent.
The Gulin Rice
Noodle
The Guilin rice noodle is a local snack and the
residents' favorite. The rice noodle is prepared with gravy, fried peanuts or soybeans, chopped scallions and
slices of your choice of meat.
Waternut
Cake
This
cold season's snack is shaped like a horse’s hoof, and is made of watertnut flour with sugar, milk
and coco as dressing.
Glutinous
Rice Dumpling
The
glutinous rice dumpling in Guilin is made of sticky rice with stuffing made of mungbean flour,
Chinese chestnut, Lipu taro, peanuts, black bean, and pork. there are
several shapes of dumplings such as triangle rice dumpling, wrap rice dumpling,
pillow rice dumpling and cool rice dumpling.
Bowl
Cake
The
tasty bowl cake is a snack made of sticky rice flour, polished japonica rice flour and brown
sugar.
Pickled
Vegetable
The Chinese
pickles are made of selected vegetable soaked in vinegar
and sugar. It tastes sour and sweet and is used to accompany meat dishes.
Oil-tea
Every county of Guilin has the habit of drinking
oil-tea, and the most famous one is Gongcheng oil-tea.
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