What kind of delicacies are there in Guangxi?

Guangxi, referred to as "Gui", is located in southern my country, with a total of 14 prefecture-level cities and a permanent population of 49.6 million. Guangxi's climate is a subtropical monsoon climate and a tropical monsoon climate. It has abundant rainfall, evergreens all year round, and is rich in animal and plant resources. Rich animal and plant resources provide Guangxi with rich ingredients, so Guangxi’s delicacies are countless. The following summarizes the 10 most delicious local delicacies and snacks in Guangxi.

10. Horseshoe cake

Watershoe cake is popular in Nanning and is one of the favorite desserts of the locals. The characteristics are: "pout continuously, soft, smooth, refreshing and tough at the same time", children's favorite.

9. Yulin Niuba

A local specialty of Yulin, one of the most popular snacks in Yulin. The history of Yulin Niuba can be traced back to the Song Dynasty, which is more than 800 years ago. Yulin beef is translucent, looks like coffee in color, tastes delicious, chewy but not hard.

8. Bama Roasted Pig

Speaking of Bama, most people’s first impression may be that there are many long-lived old people here, and it is a famous hometown of longevity. In fact, Bama is also a place rich in delicious food, especially the Bama roasted pork, which is very popular among diners. The pork used in the Bama Roasted Fragrant Pig dish comes from the local fragrant pig. This kind of pig is an excellent breed. It is not big in size, but the meat quality is very good. Even without adding any spices, the aroma is fragrant and makes people salivate.

7. Pingle Eighteen Brews

A local specialty snack in Pingle County, Guilin. This is a delicacy with a story. It is said that the Eighteen Arhats traveled to Pingle and saw Pingle. There are fresh and tender ingredients everywhere in the local area, so they each made a brew on a whim. This is the origin of Pingle Shiba Brew. Guilin's eighteen kinds of stuffed rice include stuffed bamboo shoots, stuffed peppers, stuffed snails, stuffed tofu, stuffed winter melon, etc. There used to be eighteen kinds, but now there are more than thirty kinds.

6. Suanye

Guangxi’s traditional snack is very popular in hot summer. The main raw materials include cucumber, papaya, radish, plum, pineapple, lotus root and other fruits and vegetables, which are characterized by "sour, sweet, fragrant, crisp and fresh". There are stalls of Suan Ye in basically every city in Guangxi, but the city with the most Suan Ye is Nanning.

5. Yangshuo Beer Fish

Many friends who travel to Yangshuo must have tasted the famous local delicacy in Yangshuo, Guilin. Yangshuo beer fish is made from the original ecological river fish of the Li River, fried with camellia from the mountains and forests, and finally added with local beer, which has the characteristics of "fresh, fragrant and tender". Generally, carp has a fishy smell to some extent, but Yangshuo beer fish does not have any fishy smell and is very delicious. You must try it if you have the opportunity.

4. Laoyou Noodles

Nanning’s local specialty food, although not as popular as Guilin rice noodles and snail noodles in the region, still tastes good and the price is very affordable. Locals believe that this kind of noodles is eaten to appetize in the summer and warm up in the winter. Therefore, no matter spring, summer, autumn or winter, a bowl of Laoyou noodles is indispensable in the daily life of Nanning people.

3. Guilin rice noodles

When it comes to articles about Guangxi delicacies and snacks, Guilin rice noodles will definitely not be absent. Guilin rice noodles have a long history and can be traced back to the Qin Dynasty. Most people only know that Guilin rice noodles are a kind of rice noodles, but they don’t know that Guilin rice noodles can be divided into four major categories, namely: soup noodles, vinegar water rice noodles, horse meat rice noodles, and braised vegetable noodles. The most delicious thing on the market now is braised cabbage noodle. This kind of pink has a good flavor and is very popular at an affordable price.

2. Taro Pork

Most of the Pork in Guangdong is Pork with Plum and Vegetables, but Guangxi is different and mainly uses Taro Pork. Taro braised pork is a traditional Guangxi specialty dish, which is characterized by being "fat but not greasy, tender and sweet".

1. Snail noodle

Snail noodle is the most distinctive snack in Liuzhou. It is now an intangible cultural heritage of Guangxi and may become a national intangible cultural heritage or even a world intangible cultural heritage in the future. Not everyone in Guangxi eats Liuzhou snail noodles. Some people think it is too smelly and some people think it is too spicy. However, this does not prevent it from going out of Guangxi and even abroad. It is reported that in the first half of 2020, the total output value of bagged snail noodles alone was as high as 4.98 billion. This year, snail noodles have also become popular abroad. In the first half of the year alone, the export volume reached 8 times that of 2019.