Street Food in Guang Zhou

Rice dumpling coated with peanut & sugar



Desserts galore!
Black sesame paste & red bean paste







Guangzhou is never complete with braised innards



Curry Fishball

Dim Sum in Guang Zhou

Dim Sum!!!!
Finally got the chance to try the local delicacy! yeah!! Luckily we were on our adventurous streak and didn't opt for the breakfast provided by the hotel (which by the way, cost 50RMB each. It doesn't sound much but let me tell you... we ate at a local Dim Sum restaurant and it costs us only 69RMB for all 3 of us!! heh heh. Motto of the story: Be adventurous!)

Anyway, this is the first Dim Sum place we went for on our first morning in Guang Zhou. :)

Unlike Dim Sum served in SG, the Chinese tea are always served with a pot of hot water and full sets of tea cups.



Braised Chicken Feet



Siew Mai!! The prawns are served as a whole and not mashed up as some paste.



Ha Gau. Am really loving a whole prawn concept :)





Introducing, Egg Tarts, Char Siew Sou and Egg Custard steamed buns.









Custard Egg bun



This come in a shock actually. We ordered Chee Cheong Fun but apparently, their Chee Cheong Fun means something else. BUT... the gravy is really really good and it's served with braised pork. What more can you ask for?

Eating in Guangzhou

Guang Zhou isn't a place to eat western food but i was just looking for something different. Something for a change so i ordered a western set and surprisingly, it turns out pretty good!





And not to mention the usual Cantonese-styled food...

It comprises of5 different types of braised meat, (Can't remember what they were though but there's sausage, roasted pork among them) and a salted egg (common in Cantonese food), all served with rice.

真功夫 in Guang Zhou

真功夫 - One of the local fast food restaurants which sells healthy (that's what they publicized as..) Chinese food. And when i said Chinese food, i meant rice, soup, veggies and meat. Interesting isn't it?

On a weird note, it's spokesperson is the legendary Bruce Lee .. which explains the logo.



Rice with braised pork.



Cantonese styled soup



My set lunch. It's really alot. Trust me. Though i won't say it's really healthy since you can literally see the layer of oil on the soup, veggies and steamed meat with mushrooms.

Street food in Xiamen

饺子

Freshly made 饺子, dumplings are readily available in here... And it's just RMB6 for 20 饺子!! Isn't THAT cheap? Ordered the 韭菜 filling ones (as featured below) and it was such a soothing snack in winter...



肉夹膜

Freshly diced braised pork (with braised sauce) stuffed in chinese-style 'hamburger'. It's really juicy cos the braised pork was obviously cooked in sauce for many hours and the taste is so rich you can't find anything less enticing. Cost RMB5.



Po pia

My repeated favourite snack inXiamen! Found the old lady in the same old corner at Zhongshan Road. Filled with white radish, malt sugar, peanut bits, coriander leaves and finally topped with a tinge of chilli sauce. Sounds weird? No no... the chemistry of all the ingredients is just aaawwww......



胖子小吃

Remember this pic? Took it last Dec (2006) And yup... we went back for dinner-cum-supper!!!



地瓜粉

Doesn't look very appetizing but it's really nice! Translated to be pumpkin noodles, it's QQ to each bite!




And of course.. the rest of our orders which are served literally on a metal tray... hur hur. Topped with their own spicy sichuan-like sauce, am missing it...



烤玉米

Didn't manage to take a picture of the barbecued maize but look! I caught the food vendor cooking it in a run-down corridor right behind their make-shift store. haha! Cost RMB2 for a barbecued maize topped with sesame and spicy sauce.



韩国烧烤

Don't know why it's called Korean barbecue. I mean what's really the link to Korea anyway? But well.. They are apparently quite popular with the locals cos they are really plentiful on the streets... Featured in the picture : Sausage, squid and chicken bits topped with pepper, chilli and cinnamon powder.

RIYUEGU in Xiamen

YES... finally a new entry to my nearly-dead-food-blog. hur... Pictures from my xiamen and guangzhou trip!!

I've never really talked about this hotsprings resort in Xiamen during my last trip. It was a pleasant retreat from work, just like what you need for a holiday.



A relaxing place to soak in the winter, it has a larger number of flavored hotsprings (around 30 if i'm not wrong) including red wine, beer, rice wine, jasmine, lavender, milk bath and even coconut hotsprings! The place is self-sufficient in that you'll probably need to bring yourself in for the hotspring. Swim wear is provided for free if you come unprepared. The show area is well-equipped with towels, shampoo and shower cream. There's even an area where you can blow-dry your hair (especially in winter). Hair brush and even rubber bands are plenty.



Morning breakfast buffet was appetizing!


Thankfully the made-to-order fried egg is still available!

Pine Court

Address: Meritus Mandarin, level 35





I love the setting of the cutlery!!!



The unique design of the tea cup give a special flair to the dining experience.



3 sauces provided, namely 2 types of chilli sauce and ground ginger (middle).



Starter

Salad wrapped in a small cube, topped with black sesame seeds and salad dressing



Dim Sum

Fried carrot cake

This is the softest carrot cake i ever tried!!! If you thought carrot cake from Crystal Jade or Red Star was good enough... hur hur. You don't know what you are missing!!



Xiao Long Bao

Served with black vineger and ginger shreds



Scallop Siew Mai

This is also so soft!!! The white top is in fact, one single scallop!!!! hohoho... kudos!!!





Fish Maw dumpling

aahhhh.... This! I usually don't take fish maw because of its fishy taste BUT there isn't a single fishy taste!!! Made from fresh prawn paste, it's D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S!!!





Har Kao aka Prawn Dumpling



Char Siew Su

Served with pork floss and sesame seeds sprinkled on top... The char siew chunks are sweet to the core!





Shark's Fin Dumpling

The size of the dumpling fits the WHOLE bowl actually. And the shark's fin is ONE whole slice!!!! WAHAHAHA.... Dumpling's filling includes sea cucumber chunks, fish maw chunks and crab meat (if my taste buds didn't fail me) :)





Dessert

Aloe Vera and lime jelly topped with lemongrass sherbet

Served on top of a pot of dry ice, you just can't resist!!!



Lemongrass sherbet is unique in its own way while the aloe vera chunks are fresh and juicy.