Today, we’re going back to Guangdong, and I’m going to tell you a little bit about what do people eat here in Guangdong. Just as a reminder, if you do have friends coming from Guangdong, don’t ever presume that they eat everything. Stereotyping may be really bad sometimes, because you are simply assuming what you know to be the truth. I even get offended sometimes while people asking me whether I eat everything. I would probably put it this way: there are people who eat nearly everything here in Guangdong, but I don’t, and most of the people don’t either. For me, just thinking about myself eating random creatures gives me a vomiting feeling. You’ve probably heard many people saying that Cantonese eat everything, but as a Cantonese, I’ve never seen those people who do eat everything before. I’ve heard of it too, but nearly every Cantonese around me feels disgusted towards consuming weird things. Today, instead of focusing on the “eating everything” topic, I would tell you more about something I like to eat as a Cantonese.

Does it not look delicious in the picture above? It’s the Cantonese Dimsun. It’s more like the breakfast or brunch here. Family usually get together in the late morning, around 10:00 am (it varies depending on the situation) to have some chatting while enjoying the delicious food. Some people go to work after eating the Dimsun, but for the older people, they usually come early in the morning and stay for a long time reading newspaper. When I went to Hong Kong, I noticed that most of the people in the restaurants eating Dimsun were the older. They usually order a pot of tea and two dishes of Dimsun, and then they would sit there quietly enjoying the morning.

Some of the restaurants with Dimsun are expensive, and you usually need to get into a long waiting line if you haven’t made a reservation ahead of time. In these restaurants, there are always some carts with different Dimsun going around, and you could just pick whatever you like.

There are some other restaurants like this where you go and get your own food, and they will stamp on a card given to you to keep track of what you’ve ordered. I’m not saying that these restaurants aren’t good, but it depends more on the running style of the restaurants.

This is probably one of the most famous Dimsun dishes, and it’s called rice rolls. It probably doesn’t look as good as it taste, but I promise that it’s one of the best things in life (if you go to the right place). It’s wrapper is rice made, and you could choose different inside–there are beef, pork, shrimp, roast pork…and so on.

This is called the roast beef bun, and it’s my favorite for sure. It has a kind of sweet taste, and just thinking about it makes me feel so hungry!

I really can eat a lot when I go eat the Guangdong Dimsun, and I will show you more of them below.

Steamed pork ribs

Chicken claw

Turnip pudding

Shrimp dumpling

Water chestnut cake

Crispy durian cake

Pan-fried sponge cake

Cream custard bun