Guiyang Food and Snacks
Qian (Guizhou) cuisine is one of the main cuisines in China. More than 250 popular dishes, mostly spicy and hot well present its diversity and complexity.
Dishes of Qian cuisine are not only spicy and hot but also tasty and delicious. With bright color and beautiful shapes, You can taste every Qian-flavored dish in Guiyang City.
Some of the famous local food and snacks are as follows:
Siwawa (Silk Doll)
It gets its name because various kinds of "Shreds" are wrapped up like newborn infants in thin rice-flour pancakes. Put a handful of shreds of vegetables like kelp, radish, bean sprouts, cucumber, Zhe ergen (Houtturynia), fried soybeans and pasted chili in it. Then roll up the cake and put in some sour and hot sauce. Putting the roll into the mouth, you will find it a little bit hot, crisp, sour, tasty and refreshing.
Sour Soup Fish
Just as its name implies, Sour soup fish is made of fish and sour soup. Sour soup fish is one of the most famous and delicious dishes in Guizhou.
Sour soup fish is not originated in Guiyang, but in Miao region. Miao often say that they could not be strong and stand up very steadily if they do not eat sour soup food every 3 days. Now this dish has become a typical dish in Guiyang.
You can have the dish at Kaili Sour Fish Restaurant, which is good at cooking sour soup fish. The address is No. 55, Shengfu Road of Guiyang.
Bean Curd in Love
People give a nick name “Bean Curd in Love” in Guiyang. Bean Curd in Love is one of the most popular snacks in Guiyang.
The preparation of bean curd in love is as interesting as its name: cut a piece of bean curd horizontally, fill it with sliced meat and vegetables, then toast the bean curd until it turns golden and then sprinkle with sesame oil, hot pepper, soy sauce, vinegar and other condiments.
Bean Curd in Love tastes peppery, slippery and delicious. You can eat it in most streets and markets of Guiyang.
Chang Wang Noodle
Chang Wang Noodle is famous for its color, fragrance and taste. The name of Chang Wang implies auspiciousness. With a long history of over 100 years, Chang Wang Noodle has been highly-praised by the people of Guiyang.
The main materials of Chang Wang Noodle are pig big intestine, fresh pig blood and egg noodles. More than 20 seasonings are needed during the preparation of Chang Wang Noodle, including red pepper, ginger, aniseed, green scallion, crisp pork dices, chicken soup, hot pepper oil, etc.
Guiyang Food StreetsShanxi Road is the most popular food street in Guiyang. Every evening after 18:30, street stands begin making mouthwatering snacks. Like Sichuan people, the Guiyang locals like spicy food, but the spicy food in Guiyang is different from the flavours in Sichuan. Hot pepper is indispensable to Guiyang food. In addition to some home style dishes, beer and various kinds of snacks as well as sea food from the southern coastal areas are becoming popular too.
