Guilin Food Restaurants
2 min readSightseeing，cultural illumination and thrill seeking are all excellent reasons to travel，but the real plum in exploring China is to experience local cuisine.Gourmand tourists won’t be disappointed with the Guilin region.Southern cuisine reigns supreme here with Guilin’s cuisine a mixture of Guangdong and Hunan styles.While regional favorites include such exotic fare as snakes and dogs，special emphasis is placed on critters drawn from the Li River and assorted types of seafood may be the most unusual you wish to encounter.
Well-known area specialties include stuffed snails and (pijiu yu)，a local catfish simmered in a delicious beer broth.Dog hotpot（gourou huoguo）and horsemeat with rice noodles（marou mifen）are local specialties.Other favoritesinclude steamed meat buns with water chestnuts（matizhengrou bing），fruit andduck stew（baiguo dunlaoya ），chicken stir fry with mushrooms（matichao jiqiu）and heye fen zhengrou，a pork and rice powder mixture wrapped in lotus leaves then steamed，which infuses the rice powder with the flavor of the pork and the subtle aroma of the lotus leaves.For vegetarians，there’s the nun’s vegetarian noodles（nigu simian）served with assorted local veggies.All of these dishes go down better with a few bottles of Li Quan（liquan），the locally brewed beer.
Fans of lighter fare can rejoice in an abundance of fruit.Nearly every street has at least one stall selling freshly cut pineapple chunks，oranges，sugarcane，mangosteen，tangerines，bananas and even durians-those”stink fruit”can be found nearly everywhere.If you have a hankering for Western food，there are many opportunities to indulge in some of the area’s newer culinary standards，including pizzas，salads，burgers and banana pancakes.Some streets to check out for good eats include Binjiang Lu，Jiefang Lu and Zhishan Lu.
RESTAURANTS
Jufulin
offers traditional Guilin cuisine.
10 ZhengyangLu
10 am to 10 pm
Tonglai Guang
Food court specializes in Guilin snacks.
2/F，4 Zhongshan Zhonglu
Yiyuan Restaurant
Specializes in rice noodle dishes.
Nanhuan Lu
Yueya Lou
Vegetarian restaurant，their nun’s vegetarian noodle is very tasty.
Inside Seven Star Park
10 am to 10 pm
Red Star Express
56 Guihua Lu
1 pm to 2 am
Quotes
“The beauty of the area is astonishing.I came from the gray concrete jungles of Beijing and to see all the green makes me wonder why I didn’t come here sooner.”
“The attractiveness of Guilin lies not only with the scenery，but also with the people.They are open and friendly，as if the scenery is a reflection of its people.”
