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GUANGZHOU
Below Popular in
Guangzhou cuisine
are dim sum and
roast meats, among
countless dishes.
There’s a Chinese
saying that one
should be born
in Suzhou, live in
Hangzhou, eat in
Guangzhou and die
in Liuzhou.
It is said that Guangzhou has the
most number of restaurants and
teahouses in China. Cantonese
cuisine (Yuecai), includes dim
sum, roast duck and pork, is one
of the most widely eaten in the
world – and the basis for food and
restaurant offerings in Chinatowns
around the world. Guangdong
residents were among the first to
immigrate to places like America, so
their food defined Chinese cooking
there.
Chefs will tell you that Cantonese
cooking is one of the most refined
The Opera House, designed by the late
architect Zaha Hadid, sits at the heart
of Zhujiang (Pearl River) new town. The
twin boulder design visually links to the
river, but also unifies nearby old and
new buildings.
and celebrated cuisines in China.
Foreign merchants who arrived in
the region to establish trading posts
brought along with them not only
their merchandise, but their culinary
customs as well. Yue chefs adapted
styles and ingredients from other
Chinese cuisines, even incorporating
Western influences, making
Guangdong cooking the first truly
cosmopolitan cuisine of China.
Trade and commerce formed the
ancient route to Guangzhou and now
this city is also a prime destination
to shop and play in the new way.
Enormous malls and retail
stores cluster around the old
and new parts of town. The Tee
Mall Plaza, the China Plaza,
including the trade fairs in
the Guangzhou International
Building provide easy access to
top-notch products from all over
the world. Strolls can be enjoyed
on the Shangxiajiu Pedestrian
Street and Beijing Road Business
Street. Younger
consumers head to more
trendy places in Tianhe
Square.
Here is where one finds
APF Kafe decorated with
high stools and long
communal tables lit by
slender pendant
lamps and angular
wand sconces set
the mood.
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